Images from the Karate Union of Australia Dan grading examination. KUA Dan grading examination, examiners and examinees The guys in these photographs actually took part, in one way or another, in the grading proper for most on the Sunday. Kathy Sweeney Sensei (KUA Chief Instructor, centre in blazer) was in a gi on the first day, instructing one of the sessions, on advanced combinations to be used in the gradings. Ted D’Arcy Sensei, on my [Thomas's] right in both photograph