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Rupert Atkinson wrote:
I think such changes with time. In the1980s rank was everything to me as I had very little at the time, but now it means very little.
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Kinda like money, you don't notice it, if you have it.
Which rank, then? my first level in Wing Tsun? I had fun getting that. My shodan in Seidokan Aikido? I really aimed for that one, broke myself a couple of times getting there, then just kinda threw it away.. my equivalent to brown belt in Kokoro Ryu?
I teach classes, and we're all sorry when time is up.
I train, and I hate to stop.
I'm not sure that's a function of my rank, though.
I'm rich beyond words, in a variety of experiences.
What my actual rank is worth, is a function of my own confidence, and the charity and vision of the person with whom I can train.
It's like time.. an arbitrary measure of an infinite thing.
*shrug*
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