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Michael Ellefson (MikeE) wrote:
I respect all Aikido yudansha when they come into my schools. And I also have them wear their proper rank and hakama because it is my responsibility to keep my students safe. And to have someone where their rank will never make one of my kyu ranks underestimate them and do something stupid...like get hurt.
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Thanks Mike, I could not have put it better. Would you want your 1 week beginner training with a Dan Grade from another school who is wearing a white belt!!!
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Michael Ellefson (MikeE) wrote:
I've had this conversation with a friend of mine who is a shodan in another style. he will show up in a whitel belt because he believes he doesn't understand the style he's visiting.
I told him that this was a form of ego, and just as bad as walking in an expecting them to accept your rank as yudansha.
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I remember having to talk a friend out of something similar when he got his Nidan. He wanted to ask my teacher if he could wear a white belt under his hakama instead of a black belt...
Like my Master said - "Show your true colour!"