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Re: Rankings
One of these days, I'm going to start a new organization. It will be call the UAF - Unified AIkido Federation. When you test, you will test before a panel, made up of Shihans from ALL organizations - Birankai, Ki Society, Iwama Ryu, Aikikai, Kokikia, ASU, AAA, etc. You will not be judged on what variation of the technique you did (such as style) but on whether or not you performed the technique at that level and if your aikido was sound and effective. I have seen several Shihans all do a technique differently. But the basis for the technique was solid, and the it was very effective. As much as they are all different, they are all the same. I judge people by the level of their aikido, which is not always equal to the level of their rank. My rank? I am a STUDENT!
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