>I agree completely with you. However, I have yet to see a dojo
>(dojang, crun) that didn't use some form of rank system. Of course, I
>haven't tried to pick up advanced katana forms yet, either. What, you think they need something more than 'apprentice', 'journey<gender>', and 'master'?
(Well, the salon I did my own training in had another step, so I guess you could. It was more a level of your experience. 'Apprentice' meant you didn't know enough to not hurt yourself or someone else, 'journeyman' meant you did know enough to not hurt yourself or someone else, 'duelist' meant that you knew enough to be used as a demonstration for the apprentices or as a training dummy for one, and 'master' meant you knew enough to teach. Unfortunately, I had to stop just as I reached Journeyman, but I do intent to return to study under Maestro someday. Italian ren-style is FUN.)
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