Thats right Richard. We must always travel with a white belt. Somehow
we are all beginners.

Cheers,
Ricardo

--- In Aikido_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Richard Pernatin
<aikione2001@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi Assunta, Sorry to hear about your plight - so I thought I would
add my 3 cents worth.
>
> 1. Why don't you attend as a white belt. Every time I go to a
different school or style of Aikido or martial arts where I feel that
my rank would not be accepted or in fact get in the way of the new
teachings, I wear a white belt. I still get the benefit of the
training without the hassel. ( Wearing a white belt no one expects
you to know anything)
>
> 2. Do you know if this semminar is closed to just that style or
for specific grades or maybe for instructors only etc?
>
> 3. This is the difficult point to explaine - but here goes -
about recognition of ranks - If you needed brain surgery and I
approached you and told you I was a qualified brain surgen - wouldn't
you ask for some proof? And if I showed you my deploma that I
graduated from brain surgery school in Middle Slobovia, but don't you
worry that I don't have Australian qualifications would you let me
operate? What I am saying is that everyone has the right to accept
or deny your rank. So if I really wanted to go, I would supress my
ego, put on my white belt and enjoy the teachings.
>
> Cheers Richard
>
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