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Originally posted by Chris Li
He issued a few dan certificates (most notably, and 8th dan to Kenji Tomiki) before the war, but the system didn't go into general use until later.
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I read that Tomiki K. was the first of several of O Sensei's students to be awarded a Menkyo Kaiden before the war, and that those Menkyo Kaidens were later declared to be equivalent to 8th dan. Is that not the case?
Sean
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