This kind of builds on bushidomartialarts thread about rank, and kind of doesn't. If you were contacted by someone who offered you a rank in his/her style because of your contributions to the arts in general, would you take a rank....say 5th dan from a 9th Dan, without a test, without knowing the system, and knowing that you will be now out ranking people who worked many more years to get to their 3rd, 4th and 5th dans? Doesn't this action violate some of the core tenets of the martial arts in general? What would you do, and what if anything would you say or do if this was your organization or school?
I'll post my answer later; I don't want to limit the discussion by posting my answer now.
I'll post my answer later; I don't want to limit the discussion by posting my answer now.