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Don_Modesto · 07-18-2009, 08:48 AM

What does it even mean to be a shihan?

A name?
Who cares?

Decision making power? Over what?
Who to promote to SHODAN?
Directions aikido will take as decided by a board at Honbu, Tokyo?

07-18-2009, 08:48 AM	#3
Don_Modesto Dojo: Messores Sensei (Largo, Fl.) Location: Florida Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,267 Offline	Re: non-Japanese cannot become shihan anymore? What does it even mean to be a shihan? A name? Who cares? Decision making power? Over what? Who to promote to SHODAN? Directions aikido will take as decided by a board at Honbu, Tokyo?
	Don J. Modesto St. Petersburg, Florida ------------------------ http://www.theaikidodojo.com/