Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
Trek, I'd be really upset about the mixed messages you are getting from the dojo. I hope it works out.
Well, it's kind of amusing really. Aikido, being a traditional art is a bit like stepping away from the hubbub of the modern world and into feudal Japan. So you bow at the door and step into a world where there's all this elaborate etiquette. Class by class it's mostly who starts a teqnique first, it's not as if anyone is committing sepuku if they do it wrong.

I don't want to step on feet, "I'm a nidan and I get to do this this way". But this A person who wrote me is likely waaaaaay under my rank and experience and really should have checked with sensei before she told me to go back to basics. I'll just talk to sensei and expect to clear this up. And then, there is a saying in the peaceful, nonviolent, supportive, protective, respectful, safe art of Aikido. "There is no revenge in Aikido. But there is "my turn"".

So I'll find A and just train a bit with her. That should clarify my rank.