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**zatronanec** · 11-08-2009, 09:43 AM

You will need a copy, eventually it will get forwarded to your old instructor and hopefully they can mail it on to you. I have experienced wait times of as little as 2 months to a year or more, I am currently waiting on one from early march.

I am unsure what happens if you don't have it. Recently one of my dojomates took her first test in 17 years, so I am curious what she did.

I am running under the assumption that ranking records aren't held nationally like in judo?

Ranking records are held at a national level from my understanding as they are assigned to your AUSKF membership number but I don't know how accurate this is. As for waiting for your menjo, as mentioned by HL1978 it can vary greatly. If you are greatly concerned you should contact the regional Federation you belong to when you passed your exam as they will get the menjo from the AUSKF. After I passed my nidan exam I waited almost 2 years before I got my menjo but I have also received them in at few as a couple months.

I concur with Miyu ( Hi Tina!) that if you were to register with two regional Feds you would likely have to pay AUSKF dues twice due to the way membership registration is set up, but I really don't think that this is something you would be advised to do. As I mentioned you can belong to one Federation and continue to pay your dues to them and practice (and test) in another Federation you just need to be aware that there is more paperwork as your home Federation president needs to approve your shinsa form before you can test.

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zatronanec Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	You will need a copy, eventually it will get forwarded to your old instructor and hopefully they can mail it on to you. I have experienced wait times of as little as 2 months to a year or more, I am currently waiting on one from early march. I am unsure what happens if you don't have it. Recently one of my dojomates took her first test in 17 years, so I am curious what she did. I am running under the assumption that ranking records aren't held nationally like in judo? Ranking records are held at a national level from my understanding as they are assigned to your AUSKF membership number but I don't know how accurate this is. As for waiting for your menjo, as mentioned by HL1978 it can vary greatly. If you are greatly concerned you should contact the regional Federation you belong to when you passed your exam as they will get the menjo from the AUSKF. After I passed my nidan exam I waited almost 2 years before I got my menjo but I have also received them in at few as a couple months. I concur with Miyu ( Hi Tina!) that if you were to register with two regional Feds you would likely have to pay AUSKF dues twice due to the way membership registration is set up, but I really don't think that this is something you would be advised to do. As I mentioned you can belong to one Federation and continue to pay your dues to them and practice (and test) in another Federation you just need to be aware that there is more paperwork as your home Federation president needs to approve your shinsa form before you can test.
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