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**VardyCodarexyz** · 05-15-2006, 08:00 AM

I believe age plays a huge part in this, especially being a martial art. There are a lot of technical concepts that are more easily grasped by older minds than by younger, 'give it all you got' types. On the flip side, younger people (kids, in general) tend to be less scared of injury and failure and basically 'give it all they got' while surpassing some of the finer points like 'exactly where should my kamae be?'

That said, I have seen the average age of getting shodan in my area of Japan to be from 3 to 4 years, usually testing the 3rd year of junior high school or 1st of high school. Older people tend to be promoted faster for reasons I said before (I believe).

All said, this really doesn't matter because rank doesn't make you a better shiai player. You may have cleaner cuts but that high school 2-dan guy will be so much faster.

My 2 cents (change available).

05-15-2006, 08:00 AM	#12
VardyCodarexyz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	I believe age plays a huge part in this, especially being a martial art. There are a lot of technical concepts that are more easily grasped by older minds than by younger, 'give it all you got' types. On the flip side, younger people (kids, in general) tend to be less scared of injury and failure and basically 'give it all they got' while surpassing some of the finer points like 'exactly where should my kamae be?' That said, I have seen the average age of getting shodan in my area of Japan to be from 3 to 4 years, usually testing the 3rd year of junior high school or 1st of high school. Older people tend to be promoted faster for reasons I said before (I believe). All said, this really doesn't matter because rank doesn't make you a better shiai player. You may have cleaner cuts but that high school 2-dan guy will be so much faster. My 2 cents (change available).
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