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**neictscek** · 01-26-2007, 02:05 PM

Depends. One year. Three years. Obtaining a shodan is not important in kendo. Striving to do your best whether you are not ranked or are a hachidan is important.

I slightly disagree. Shodan does bring a few new things that might or might not be important to you or people around you,
For starters, many competitions divide people in an A and a B class with the B -class open for ikkyu and below and A-class for shodan and above. Needless to say, the resistance gets stronger when you pass the shodan line, which is of course both good and bad

Second, achieving shodan gives you the mandate to grade other people. For smaller clubs this can be really important.

01-26-2007, 02:05 PM	#28
neictscek Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	Depends. One year. Three years. Obtaining a shodan is not important in kendo. Striving to do your best whether you are not ranked or are a hachidan is important. I slightly disagree. Shodan does bring a few new things that might or might not be important to you or people around you, For starters, many competitions divide people in an A and a B class with the B -class open for ikkyu and below and A-class for shodan and above. Needless to say, the resistance gets stronger when you pass the shodan line, which is of course both good and bad Second, achieving shodan gives you the mandate to grade other people. For smaller clubs this can be really important.
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