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Old 12-07-2002, 11:28 AM   #21
JMCavazos
Dojo: Aikido Center of South Texas
Location: Houston,Tx
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 151
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Society of Aikido Center rank is acknowledged by SAC. IAA rank is acknowledged by IAA. Seidokan is acknowledged by Seidokan. Suenaka Sensei (Suenaka-ha aikido) is recognized by Suenaka-ha aikido. etc...

The aforementioned, and many, many more, don't have any affiliation with aikikai. It probably depends on who the instructor is. The aikido world knew who Bill Sosa Sensei was. By that virtue, aikido organizations would recognize that we had a rank in his organization. Sosa Sensei always told us to wear our white belt, out of respect, for an organization if we had the opportunity to work out with one. He told me that our ranks were recognized by the strength of our organization & that we didn't have any rank in aikikai, or any other organization!

I have had a few aikikai, ASU, USAF, Seidokan, Tomiki-ryu students attend our seminars and classes. Every single one of them left impressed by the aikido that was being done by IAA and now SAC. These are shodan and above students who did not know what to expect with our organization. We have also attended seminars by other organizations that were impressed enough to ask who our instructor was!

Aikido in the USA is very good due to the instruction that our instructors were fortunate to have received. Their legacy is being passed down by their students. Don't believe that Aikido in the Americas is not good just because we don't affiliate with Japan!
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