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**Vitoethiche** · 01-26-2007, 07:11 AM

There is such a large curve when it comes to grading. You find people making shodan from 1yr or less to 5+ years. Because of this fact, I tend not to judge how good a person is by thier rank, I go by how much time they have been practicing. So if you say you are a shodan and go it in 2 years, I'm pretty confident anyone over 3 years no matter what thier rank is will more than likely best you if they have been practicing hard.

That being said, I do believe the ranking system does have it's merits and uses, but it's so skewed I don't find it a reliable system until you get up beyond sandan.

01-26-2007, 07:11 AM	#21
Vitoethiche Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	There is such a large curve when it comes to grading. You find people making shodan from 1yr or less to 5+ years. Because of this fact, I tend not to judge how good a person is by thier rank, I go by how much time they have been practicing. So if you say you are a shodan and go it in 2 years, I'm pretty confident anyone over 3 years no matter what thier rank is will more than likely best you if they have been practicing hard. That being said, I do believe the ranking system does have it's merits and uses, but it's so skewed I don't find it a reliable system until you get up beyond sandan.
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