Jun, You Should Know Me By Now!
Jun,
My "aside" was just that, an aside re: Dan grades within one year. You & I both know that this is extremely rare in the West.
My point is that I find it very difficult to accept that one can truly be "ready" to fully defend oneself after one year's training in Aikido.
Please let me know if I am wrong, but what is the average time that it takes an Aikidoka to achieve Shodan in the US?
& let me add, that this is not a guarantee that one could fully "look after oneself" anyway, let alone control an aggressor without pain or injury; which was the original point of my post.
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