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Katherine Derbyshire wrote:
But then there's the money issue. To whom are dojos and individuals paying membership dues and testing fees? That one's a lot harder, because people's livelihoods are at stake, and that one's where things are more likely to get ugly.
Katherine
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Yes, I tend to agree. George Ledyard's promotion to 7th Dan was by the Aikikai and for dan examinations a proportion of the testing fees are remitted to the Aikikai in Japan. The Aikikai has dan regulations, with a fixed scale of fees (from 1st Dan to 6th Dan -- the fees payable for 7th Dan and 8th Dan are shrouded in mystery), but it is sometimes a major source of dissension when the fees charged to the applicant are not the same as the fees remitted to the Aikikai. Of course, I am not suggesting that this is true of the ASU, but the ASU is unusual in that it is not officially recognized by the Aikikai and does not appear in the list of such organizations on the Aikikai's website.
Best wishes,