Dan Anderson
Master of Arts
I'm in an interesting position of being the runaway son of Remy Presas by forming my personal branch of Modern Arnis.
First and foremost I would recognize any person's rank as promoted by Remy Presas. As he was my teacher there is no way I could not recognize a rank HE presented. When I added my signature to Jeff Leader's 3rd degree certificate at the first WMAA camp, Rich Parsons (above post) told me the above and asked me if he was in the same position, would I sign his cert. I told him without hesitation that I would.
As to ranks given by any other Modern Arnis group than my own (note: I consider the CSSD/SC group as one of my own in a blood brother fashion), I hold to what I normally do in my karate school. Every person in American Freestyle Karate, no matter what their previous rank might be, starts at the bottom. I let them know that this is no invalidation of their previous accomplishments but since this is a different organization with different training methods and emphasis points, they start at white belt. This is without exception.
I would do the same with most other Modern Arnis players. Since MA-80 is mostly different in emphasis points and not so much structure (MA-80 is roughly 90-95% Remy Presas Modern Arnis), they would, most likely, progress faster than a brand new white belt. I say most Modern Arnis players because the higher ranked and (hopefully) higher skilled they are, it would be impossible to deny a black belt status. Rich Parsons would be a good example of this.
Yours,
Dan Anderson
First and foremost I would recognize any person's rank as promoted by Remy Presas. As he was my teacher there is no way I could not recognize a rank HE presented. When I added my signature to Jeff Leader's 3rd degree certificate at the first WMAA camp, Rich Parsons (above post) told me the above and asked me if he was in the same position, would I sign his cert. I told him without hesitation that I would.
As to ranks given by any other Modern Arnis group than my own (note: I consider the CSSD/SC group as one of my own in a blood brother fashion), I hold to what I normally do in my karate school. Every person in American Freestyle Karate, no matter what their previous rank might be, starts at the bottom. I let them know that this is no invalidation of their previous accomplishments but since this is a different organization with different training methods and emphasis points, they start at white belt. This is without exception.
I would do the same with most other Modern Arnis players. Since MA-80 is mostly different in emphasis points and not so much structure (MA-80 is roughly 90-95% Remy Presas Modern Arnis), they would, most likely, progress faster than a brand new white belt. I say most Modern Arnis players because the higher ranked and (hopefully) higher skilled they are, it would be impossible to deny a black belt status. Rich Parsons would be a good example of this.
Yours,
Dan Anderson