Design proofs for dojo awards
Before anything is engraved, Dojo Award Studio draws each plaque and trophy with the real names, ranks and divisions on it. That drawing is the proof. It gives the instructor or tournament director a chance to correct a rank term or a division label while fixing it means editing a file.
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What should an instructor check on a rank plaque proof?
Read each student's name against the grading list, then the rank term, the discipline spelling, the date and the school name. For trophies, check category, division and placement against the ring results. Send every correction together and quote the version number printed on the proof, so an older draft is never the one that gets signed off.
What does a proof catch that a spreadsheet does not?
A taekwondo school orders a 3D Fist or Kick Motif Trophy for its Technical Excellence award at the autumn showcase. The list is correct. The proof still raises two questions. First, the figure: the drawing shows a high side kick, and the instructor wants a pose students will recognize from their own syllabus. He sends a reference picture of a student, with the family's permission. Second, proportion: the kicking leg is thin at trophy size, so it is thickened slightly to stay in scale with the base. The base plate is checked last. It gives the art as Taekwondo, one word, the way this school writes it, not the three-word spelling used elsewhere.
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3D Fist or Kick Motif Trophy
Select a pose that represents the intended discipline and provide a reference for the design review. Keep thin limbs and small details in proportion to the trophy, with the competitor information on a separate base plate.
The details to personalize: competitor, discipline, award, event, year. The product page lets you enter them and carry the design into your quote request.
How should a dojo review its proof?
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Read ranks aloud against the list
Open the grading list or ring results and read each proof line aloud. Check the spelling of the name, the exact rank term and that the belt level in a division label matches the division the competitor entered.
02
Measure the wall or the shelf
The proof states the size of each piece. Mark that size on the dojo wall or the display shelf with tape. A phone screen enlarges everything, so it cannot tell you if a rank can be read from the mat.
03
Ask what a drawing cannot show
Walnut grain, metal sheen and the depth of a raised figure do not appear on a flat proof. When the choice hangs on finish or color, ask us what physical reference exists for that material and wait for it.
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Questions about design proofs for dojo awards
What should an instructor check on a rank plaque proof?
Read each student's name against the grading list, then the rank term, the discipline spelling, the date and the school name. For trophies, check category, division and placement against the ring results. Send every correction together and quote the version number printed on the proof, so an older draft is never the one that gets signed off.
Who should approve the proof at a school with several instructors?
One person, named at the start. Usually that is the head instructor for rank wording and the tournament director for division labels. Others can comment, but their notes should be collected and sent as a single list. Two instructors approving different versions is how an old rank term returns to a plaque.
How many rounds of proof changes does a dojo order get?
Your quote sets out how the proof is delivered and how many correction rounds come with it. To keep inside that number, settle rank terminology and the spelling of the discipline before the first proof, not during it. Those two questions are the usual reason a dojo proof goes round again, and both can be answered from the school's own documents.
Can a plaque be changed after approval if a grading result is revised?
Write at once, giving the order reference, the student and the corrected rank. Whether the plate can still be changed turns on the stage production has reached. Dojo Award Studio tells the school what the change does to the cost and the schedule before touching anything. A new row for a later promotion is simpler than altering a plaque already being made.