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Robert Cowham · 03-05-2013, 02:56 PM

Have recently gone through this with Aikikai for one of my students - he got shodan 10 years ago but it wasn't Aikikai registered. In order to promote him to nidan had to give him shodan (again) and then wait to be able to give him nidan.

So depends on the organisation!

03-05-2013, 02:56 PM	#9
Robert Cowham Dojo: East Sheen Aikido and Kashima No Tachi Location: London, UK Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 181 Offline	Re: Transfering Ranks Between Schools Have recently gone through this with Aikikai for one of my students - he got shodan 10 years ago but it wasn't Aikikai registered. In order to promote him to nidan had to give him shodan (again) and then wait to be able to give him nidan. So depends on the organisation!