Re: How do "no test" dojos work?
Heather:
Do you practice aikido? Soke's are unusual in aikido.
Anyway, the only one I have seen not doing formal promotions would just observe the student until he thought they were ready for a certain level and then hand over the rank. It was an issue for the organization since the organization required formal testing through Nidan. Ultimately he split and did his own thing.
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