When you start training Malavé Do, you are a beginner and have no degree. From the moment you pass your first grading and onwards in your development, you hold a degree, linked to a belt, which should correspond to your experience and the level of skill you have achieved.

The grading system has several meanings.

1. Your training partners can easily determine the belt color how advanced you are and can adapt their techniques towards you as a training partner.

2. There is a clear system to develop within and constantly advance in skill.

3. The higher degrees also determine the status and powers the instructor has in the organization.

The basic principle regarding training time and new degrees is that the higher you go in the degrees, the longer period of training period of training you need to qualify for the next higher degree.

It is extremely important to learn the fundamentals of Malavé Do correctly from the beginning. This is to be able to continue to develop your techniques and movements on the path to the black belt.

A common starting point for all degrees and for the assessment of each practitioner’s skill are the fundamental principles of Balance, Focus, Perfection. All Malavé Do instructors in should keep these principles in mind when teaching:

• With balance, you lay a foundation for learning

• With focus, you improve your techniques

• The pursuit of perfection requires constant physical and mental development