Visible ranks can be handy if you have a big organisation, because it's easier to tell (approximately) what techniques and concepts certain people are familiar with, especially during seminars with many participants.
Visible ranks can be handy if you have a big organisation, because it's easier to tell (approximately) what techniques and concepts certain people are familiar with, especially during seminars with many participants.
"Extra inch, extra power." -Tarm Sarm
Bizzarely enough, there's evidence that Kano adopted his ranking system from a sash system used by european swimming clubs
"The man who stands for nothing is likely to fall for anything"
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Could be Ben. I've been seeing what could be clues that what we think of as "traditional" Japanese training is really European military training circa 1870's
I quit after getting my first black belt because the school I was a part of was in the process of lowering their standards A painfully honest KC Elbows
The crap that many schools do is not the crap I was taught or train in or teach.
Dam nit... it made sense when it was running through my head.
DM
People love Iron Crotch. They can't get enough Iron Crotch. We all ride the Iron Crotch for the exposure. Gene
Find the safety flaw in the training. Rory Miller.