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Old 12-28-2007, 07:25 PM   #14
PeterR
 
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Re: "Larger Named Youngest US Second-Degree Aikido Blackbelt&qu

The article itself seems to be just of local interest story. Lots of generalizations and such - and not to be taken seriously. It wasn't clear to me how much he trained.

I don't know about the JAA/USA but Shodokan in Japan does have student yudansha and unless I am mistaken so does the Aikikai. Then after a certain age, case by case, they are invited to train with the adults and start from the beginning. So you have a student Nidan (the highest) - being mukyu in the adult class. Of course they tend to move up the ladder very quick.

Clubs, such as the one I ran in Himeji, had no childrens class, but I did let some young people in again case by case. If they did the grading well they got the grade.

Peter Rehse Shodokan Aikido
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