Quote:
Etsuo Kobayashi wrote:
...I think that having the black belt is another beginning of Aikido...
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kobayashi san,
honto desu! if you look at your friends' rank certificate, the kanji for 'sho' in shodan is the same as in shoshinsha. i think the idea of black belt in the west is different than in the east. that's the first thing someoene asks if they hear you studio martial arts...'oh! are you a black belt master?' blah blah blah.
as shodan, we're starting to get a grasp of the basics, to omoimasu