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All students need to complete th e Rank Advancement Application before 7 days Testing Date Check in with the testing official at least 30 minutes before Scheduled time Students are re sponsible for their own warm-up Rank Testing
Locati on: 2979 Prosperity Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22031 

2016 Scheduled Rank Testing

 

August 6
January 9 
February 20
March 12 
April 9
May 14
June 11
July 9
September 10 
October 15
N ovember 12 
Decemer 10

 

Testing at US Wushu Academy 

Testing at US Wushu Academy Every m onth a select group USWA students appear before the school's testing board to demonstrate their readiness to exchange their belts for new ones, symbol izing the next level of expertise.Following the concept instituted by the B eijing Wushu Team, Academy students first earn their belt stripes and, once the training coach makes the determination that individual students are qu alified for testing, they are then recommended to the board. The school doe s not conduct block examinations; instead, each student is tested according to his or her particular skill level. As the Academy continues to grow, th e number of instructors and judges is expected to increase in the near futu re as well, and they will play a more active role in testing.Coach Pei will continue to attend the examination ceremonies, but he probably will not di rectly take part in judging students. The goal is to encourage other instru ctors to become involved in the process, place greater responsibilities on senior students, and ensure continuity in the school. 


Instru ctors will be held accountable for the student's preparedness to be tested and her or his ability to meet the challenge successfully. A student fails to pass the examination when he or she does not meet the scoring criteriaTe sting at US Wushu Academy corresponding to the rank and skill necessary to advance to the next level.The higher the rank, the higher the score that th e student is expected to attain. Moreover, the test score should be indicat ive of the student's relative competitiveness, in that it also reflects the score he or she is likely to receive in the course of a competition. In ot her words, if a student has scored 8.5 in a school test and knows that a ri val competitor has a 9.0 score, it is clear that skills will have to be imp roved significantly before he or she is ready to engage in a competition. T he successful student will demonstrate skill in performing the form, proper attitude, and familiarity with the examination protocol. The number of stu dents tested every month varies, but rarely exceeds 20, and the time schedu led for the entire group does not go beyond two and one half hours. Unlike some schools, US Wushu Academy does not have fixed testing schedules for st udents because progress in skills depends on personal abilities and class a ttendance frequency. Classes at the Academy cannot be compared with regular school classes where students are expected to be present every day; the US Wushu Academy student comes whenever he or she has time for training. More over, testing only when the coach is confident that the student is prepared to pass the test successfully is financially more advantageous to the stud ent, 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 m ore senior skill levels. The youngest students to be tested at the USWA are five year olds who undergo the same procedures and protocols as adult stud ents. However, it is the responsibility of the instructor to ensure that th e 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 student is at least at the level of 5 .5, so that when performing before the testing 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 Acad emy black belt instructors certified by the Academy, who will be applying e xactly the same judging criteria that are used by the International Wushu F ederation.

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