This question comes from somebody commenting to me that aikido is famous for how easy it is to obtain first dan.
I personally don't think it is true, but that person had being doing judo for sixteen years and was only a first kyu.
I know that everybody has different syllabi (pl?) for their shodan grading, but I would like to ask what you believe to be the minimum requirement in terms of experience or time before a person is awarded first dan?
It took me six years to get to first dan, but I was at university for that time and went training every day instead of going to my lectures.
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