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Christopher Li wrote:
Shioda was (relatively speaking) never much of a weapons guy (he flunked that part of his his 9th dan test).
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We're off topic here, but that story sounds a bit strange to me. If the rank you're referring to is Aikikai (I suppose Shioda was of high Aikikai rank before he left) were there really formal grading tests on that level? And including weapons, even more surprising.
If the rank is Yoshinkan the story also sounds weird. The founder of a style getting rank in his own style, judged by whom?