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CATEGORIES:Testing
CREATED:19691231T190000
SUMMARY:Monthly Rank Testing Rules
LOCATION:VA USWA
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:All students need to complete the Rank Advancement Application before 7 day
 s Testing Date Check in with the testing official at least 30 minutes befor
 e Scheduled time Students are responsible for their own warm-up Rank Testin
 gLocation: 2979 Prosperity Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22031 2016 Scheduled Rank Te
 sting\n\n \nJanuary 9 February 20March 12 April 9May 14June 11July 9August 
 6September 10 October 15November 12 Decemer 10\n\n \n\n\nTesting at US Wush
 u Academy \nTesting at US Wushu Academy Every month a select group USWA stu
 dents appear before the school's testing board to demonstrate their readine
 ss to exchange their belts for new ones, symbolizing the next level of expe
 rtise.Following the concept instituted by the Beijing Wushu Team, Academy s
 tudents first earn their belt stripes and, once the training coach makes th
 e determination that individual students are qualified for testing, they ar
 e then recommended to the board. The school does not conduct block examinat
 ions; instead, each student is tested according to his or her particular sk
 ill level. As the Academy continues to grow, the number of instructors and 
 judges is expected to increase in the near future as well, and they will pl
 ay a more active role in testing.Coach Pei will continue to attend the exam
 ination ceremonies, but he probably will not directly take part in judging 
 students. The goal is to encourage other instructors to become involved in 
 the process, place greater responsibilities on senior students, and ensure 
 continuity in the school. \nInstructors will be held accountable for the st
 udent's preparedness to be tested and her or his ability to meet the challe
 nge successfully. A student fails to pass the examination when he or she do
 es not meet the scoring criteriaTesting at US Wushu Academy corresponding t
 o the rank and skill necessary to advance to the next level.The higher the 
 rank, the higher the score that the student is expected to attain. Moreover
 , the test score should be indicative of the student's relative competitive
 ness, in that it also reflects the score he or she is likely to receive in 
 the course of a competition. In other words, if a student has scored 8.5 in
  a school test and knows that a rival competitor has a 9.0 score, it is cle
 ar that skills will have to be improved significantly before he or she is r
 eady to engage in a competition. The successful student will demonstrate sk
 ill in performing the form, proper attitude, and familiarity with the exami
 nation protocol. The number of students tested every month varies, but rare
 ly exceeds 20, and the time scheduled for the entire group does not go beyo
 nd two and one half hours. Unlike some schools, US Wushu Academy does not h
 ave fixed testing schedules for students because progress in skills depends
  on personal abilities and class attendance frequency. Classes at the Acade
 my cannot be compared with regular school classes where students are expect
 ed to be present every day; the US Wushu Academy student comes whenever he 
 or she has time for training. Moreover, testing only when the coach is conf
 ident that the student is prepared to pass the test successfully is financi
 ally more advantageous to the student, who is spared from incurring testing
  fee expenses three or four times a year.The Academy has a flat fee for all
  examinations and does not follow the practice in some schools, where costs
  increase as students advance to more senior skill levels. The youngest stu
 dents to be tested at the USWA are five year olds who undergo the same proc
 edures and protocols as adult students. However, it is the responsibility o
 f the instructor to ensure that the child is ready, qualified, and that he 
 or she will pass successfully. For example, if the passing requirement for 
 white belt is a score of 5.0, the instructor must be confident that the stu
 dent is at least at the level of 5.5, so that when performing before the te
 sting board, he or she will do so with a margin for error that should help 
 him or her make the passing grade. Junior Taijiquan and Wushu students will
  be tested by senior US Wushu Academy black belt instructors certified by t
 he Academy, who will be applying exactly the same judging criteria that are
  used by the International Wushu Federation.\n
DTSTAMP:20260408T002606Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160109T130000
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