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Kenneth Hannah wrote:
I think that for those of us who are mudansha have a sense of pressure to want to succeed and not let down our instructor and/or ourselves. Now that I am an Ikkyu, I do not feel the pressure and when I am to be tested for Shodan, I know I will be ready.
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Funny.. In my experience the pressure builds even more after entering the yudansha grades. Previously somebody were ready to give me opinions on my level and readiness... now when I'm a yudansha and I run a dojo it is up to me to decide when I am ready to grade.. and letting your students down feels a lot more scary than letting your teacher down - at least in my book..
Well.. aikido is not objective but it was quite interesting that I feel so different from you.
Have fun
Jørgen Jakob