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Rainman
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Testing has its place. Some people use it as something to remember, others view it as a right of passage. Basically testing and ranking was an attempt to standardize skill and knowledge. That is the idea of having an association and a board of blackbelts present for brown and above. Having a well respected instructor sign his name to the diploma/certificate was to remove doubt about the students ability. No top instructor worth his salt would marginalize his reputation buy endorsing a rank that was not agreed upon by the board.
As far as the reality of this well... Doug, Seig, Mr.C, I agree with all of you. How does this happen? I would venture to say issues of trust, loyalty, and character demonstrated by yourself to a top instructor will get you what you need. The trick is finding the guy that best works with your personality. For me I'm a die hard AK'er (American Kenpo Player) my teacher is world class. I also enjoy my talks with Mr.C and Dr. Chapel- they are great guys and are 2 very giving individuals- If you doubt that name any of the old guard- or new guard for that matter that are on the boards teaching AK. That probably says something about their character... at least it does to me.
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As far as the reality of this well... Doug, Seig, Mr.C, I agree with all of you. How does this happen? I would venture to say issues of trust, loyalty, and character demonstrated by yourself to a top instructor will get you what you need. The trick is finding the guy that best works with your personality. For me I'm a die hard AK'er (American Kenpo Player) my teacher is world class. I also enjoy my talks with Mr.C and Dr. Chapel- they are great guys and are 2 very giving individuals- If you doubt that name any of the old guard- or new guard for that matter that are on the boards teaching AK. That probably says something about their character... at least it does to me.
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