And again....and again

General discussions on Wado Ryu karate and associated martial arts.
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Gusei21
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And again....and again

Post by Gusei21 »

Sounds like the Wadokai 8th dan exam.
This kyudo guy got his 7th dan 17 years ago...
Since then he has tried his 8th dan test 15 years in a row....and goes for it the 17th time....and he fails again.

I know this doesn't make any sense for many of you but it's what we do.
Of course everyone wants to pass...but just passing is not the point. It's the attempting again and again and out of that something of value is born.

Not a single non Japanese resident has ever passed the 8th dan Wadokai exam. (That means all Wadokai people who lives outside of Japan, whether you are Japanese or not.). Perhaps you can be the first non Japan resident?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh-ohspu ... UOeLnlMVHg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZNdx_g_ ... UOeLnlMVHg

Good luck to everyone attempting their dan grading in England next weekend!
Bob Nash
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Re: And again....and again

Post by WKU »

Looks like Kendo is similar. I very much enjoyed watching this video about their 8th dan test:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MXMfPPWkMV ... XMfPPWkMVY
Kate Williams
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