Re: What if the school is not Aikikai assoc
To turn it on the head,
Dan ranks not issued by the Ki Society are not recognized.
Kyu ranks generally have to be retested on a case by case basis.
There is no obligation for one organization to recognize the ranks of another organization. Just the way it works.
Being affiliated with a particular organization is no guarantee of quality. The big organizations have particular points of view. On the local level what matters to you is
the quality of instruction,
quality of the learning environment
and how good a fit it is for you.
You need to make visits, watch classes, participate in trial classes as a visitor, in other words do your due diligence.
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