The JKA has revised the trick tables for Dan examinations several times. Here are some of the trick tables from previous years.
Trick table in 1977
| Dan Level → | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Tricks ↓ | ||||||
| Spike | 6/10 | 7 /7 | 8/5 | |||
| Swing In | 6/10 | 7/7 | 8/5 | |||
| Around Prefecture | 2/10 | 3/7 | 4/5 | |||
| Around Japan | 4/10 | 5/7 | 6/5 | |||
| Around the World | 4/10 | 5/7 | 6/5 | 7/3 | 8/2 | 9/1 |
| Airplane | 2/10 | 5/7 | 6/5 | 7/3 | 8/2 | 9/1 |
| Lighthouse | 2/10 | 3/8 | 4/7 | 5/5 | 6/3 | 7/2 |
| No String Moshikame | 100/2 | 200/2 | 300/1 | 400/1 | 500/1 | 600/1 |
| Kajiya | 5/3 | 7/3 | 8/2 | 10/2 | 15/1 | 20/1 |
| Slip-On-Stick | 1/7 | 2/6 | 3/5 | 4/4 | 5/3 | 5/2 |
| Earth Turn | 1/10 | 2/9 | 3/8 | 4/7 | 5/6 | 6/5 |
| Lighthouse, Falling In | 1/10 | 2/10 | 3/10 | 4/10 | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Bird | 1/10 | 2/10 | 3/10 | 4/10 | 5/10 | |
| Jumping Stick | 1/10 | 2/10 | 3/10 | 4/10 | 5/10 | |
| 1-Turn Lighthouse | 1/10 | 2/10 | 3/10 | |||
| Base Cup Ridge Special | 1/10 | 1/7 |
FEATURES & UPDATES:
Example: 4th Dan, trick 1 (Spike) shows “8/5.” That means you have to have 8 consecutive successes in 5 level attempts for the trick. (see below)
Player A
1st try: OOOX
2nd try: OOOOOX
3rd try: OOOOOOOX
4th try: OOOOOOOO PASS!
5th try: N/A
6th try: N/A
7th try: N/A
8th try: N/A
Player B
1st try: OX
2nd try: OOX
3rd try: OOOX
4th try: X
5th try: OOX
6th try: OOOOX
7th try: OOX
8th try: OOOOOX FAIL!
There are a few higher level tricks.
Consecutive success is required for most of tricks.
Kajiya = Big cup, tap, Base cup; and repeat.
1st Dan is included in Kyu level table.
Trick table in 1979
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |
| Tricks → | Spike | Airplane | Swing in | Around Japan | Around the world | Around prefecture | Lighthouse | Slip on stick | Falling in | Earth turn | Jumping stick | Bird | 1-Turn airplane | 1-Turn lighthouse | Base cup ridge special | Slip grip special | Bird flying on the valley | 2-Turn lighthouse | Time trial A (sec) | Time trial B (sec) | Moshikame (times) |
| Dan Level ↓ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 200 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 300 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 400 | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 60 | 500 | |||||||
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 55 | 600 | |||||||
| 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 50 | 700 | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 45 | 800 | |||||||
| 9 | 9 Dan and 10 Dan: Instead of an examination, the JKA administration evaluates each candidate’s activities in promoting Kendama awareness and contribution to the development of the JKA. The 9 Dan and 10 Dan rank is approved based on paragraph 2 of the JKA official ranking regulation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
FEATURES & UPDATES:
Time trials adopted.
The designated times success are required in ten times attempts.
Trick table in 1982
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |
| Tricks → | Around prefecture | Around Japan | Around the world | Around Europe | Earth turn | Slip on stick | Lighthouse | Bird | Falling in | Jumping stick | Around the cosmos | 1-Turn airplane | 1-Turn lighthouse | Bird flying on the valley | Base cup ridge special | Falling in, build the lighthouse | Lighthouse flip | Rotete bird flying on the valley | 2-Turn lighthouse | Swing slip grip special | Time trial A | Time trial B | Time trial C | Moshikame |
| Dan Level ↓ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 200 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 300 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 120 | 90 | 400 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 60 | 55 | 500 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 45 | 1000 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 40 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 Dan and 10 Dan: Instead of an examination, the JKA administration evaluates each candidate’s activities in promoting Kendama awareness and contribution to the development of the JKA. The 9 Dan and 10 Dan rank is approved based on paragraph 2 of the JKA official ranking regulation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
FEATURES & UPDATES:
Since players improved their technique, the trick table was revised.
The technical gap between 1 Kyu and 1 Dan became larger so 1st Dan in the 1979 trick table was used as Pre-Dan (Junshodan) level to fill the gap as an operation in training practice.