Little back story... I trained for ten years when the studio started going downhill. I left and took several years off. I stayed proficient on my own just reviewing when I could. I started back up two years ago when I found out someone I used to train with opened up his own studio. It was a joint ownership between him and a higher ranking instructor. I was supposed to be testing this year When they got in a fight and split ways. So no one high enough to test me. My instructor joined up with another itf studio (who has amazing high ranking black belts) but he's in a different state. I found out that I'm expected to travel frequently there to train and eventually test (who knows when...). Which I can't travel. So guess I'm stuck at second dan indefinitely.