Hi Folks:
Years ago I met a man whom for sake of conversation will remain nameless for now. He is the head of a rather large Christian Based Martial arts Organization. He holds the title of Soke. When I asked him for his creditentials he was kind enough to provide them to me. His list includes over 20 seperate black belts some of which were clearly listed as honorary. While others were not. His highest legit rank was a 3rd Dan.
These days there are so many Soke groupds most of which are in my opinion BS groups. So my question is this, What creditentials should a person have to become a Soke? Also,
Personally I feel their should be some type of testing board and more importantly a persons creditentails should somehow have to be verified not just a pat on the back in a good ole boy group and then pooof your a Soke.
I welcome any and all feedback.
Thanks
San
Years ago I met a man whom for sake of conversation will remain nameless for now. He is the head of a rather large Christian Based Martial arts Organization. He holds the title of Soke. When I asked him for his creditentials he was kind enough to provide them to me. His list includes over 20 seperate black belts some of which were clearly listed as honorary. While others were not. His highest legit rank was a 3rd Dan.
These days there are so many Soke groupds most of which are in my opinion BS groups. So my question is this, What creditentials should a person have to become a Soke? Also,
Personally I feel their should be some type of testing board and more importantly a persons creditentails should somehow have to be verified not just a pat on the back in a good ole boy group and then pooof your a Soke.
I welcome any and all feedback.
Thanks
San