Qi Grades[1]
Characteristics: black trousers, white t-shirt and/or black jacket with NING MUI emblem.
4. Qi, siqi 四期, Basics, white sash
3. Qi, sanqi 三期, Little Idea, blue sash[2]
2. Qi, erqi 二期, Looking for a Bridge, yellow sash
1. Qi, yiqi 一期, Thrusting Fingers, red sash[3]
Duan Ranks
Characteristics: black trousers, white t-shirt and/or black jacket with NING MUI emblem and black sash, NING MUI pin.
1. Duan, yiduan 一段, Wooden Dummy, one white stripe[4]
2. Duan, erduan 二段, Long Pole, two stripes
3. Duan, sanduan 三段, Short Swords, three stripes
4. Duan, siduan 四段, Chief Instructor, four stripes
5. Duan, wuduan 五段, Head of School, five stripes
6. Duan, liuduan 六段, Halberd, six stripes[5]
7. Duan, qiduan 七段, Grandmaster, seven stripes
8. Duan, baduan 八段, Grandmaster, eight stripes
9. Duan, jiuduan 九段, Grandmaster, nine stripes
10. Duan, shiduan 十段, Grandmaster, ten stripes
Titles
Characteristics: Assistant Instructor grey t-shirt. Instructor black t-shirt. Heads of School and further ranks can wear their own traditional Chinese outfit.
– Shijie 师姐 > Temporary and Assistant Instructor (woman)
– Shixiong 师兄 > Temporary and Assistant Instructor (man)
– Jiaolian 教练 > Instructor
– Zhujiaolian 主教练 > Chief Instructor
– Yuanzhang 院长 > Head of School
– Dashi 大师 > true Master, Grandmaster
– Daozhang 道长 > Grandmaster in terms of head of a style
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[1] See our termini directory for the Chinese terminology in detail.
[2] Possibility to act as a Temporary Assistant Instructor.
[3] Possibility to act as an Assistant Instructor, grey t-shirt with NING MUI emblem. Possibility to apply for the Instructor examination, black t-shirt with NING MUI emblem.
[4] Possibility to open a NING MUI Martial Arts School.
[5] Possibility to apply for the Master examination.