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Old 11-23-2005, 03:39 PM   #22
Mark Uttech
Dojo: Yoshin-ji Aikido of Marshall
Location: Wisconsin
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: Skipping grades?

If you are training for training's sake, the path of training includes each kyu grade. If a certain grade means nothing to you, you insult everyone who holds that certain grade. Training should be about encouragement; every grade you reach encourages those behind you. There are no gifted people; no one reaches ten years old quicker than any other.
In gassho.
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