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Conrad Gus · 11-16-2007, 10:34 AM

Inaba Shihan told me a story once of a man who joined Kobayashi Dojo in Japan when he was in his 60s. He was up to 7 dan 20 years later.

I could have the details wrong, but the point of the story was that age is not a barrier if you have the motivation.

11-16-2007, 10:34 AM	#30
Conrad Gus Dojo: Eclipse Budo Location: Victoria, BC Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 274 Offline	Re: Poll: If a 50 year old person came into your aikido dojo and said that they would Inaba Shihan told me a story once of a man who joined Kobayashi Dojo in Japan when he was in his 60s. He was up to 7 dan 20 years later. I could have the details wrong, but the point of the story was that age is not a barrier if you have the motivation.