Earl Weiss
Senior Master
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Earl, when your students test for 2nd dan, is the certificate with-held in the same manner as your 1st dans? If not, can you explain why not?
No, it is not withheld. The purpose of the probation is a way to force people to see beyond the goal of First Dan as opposed to setting this as a journeys end. If they have not learned that the success is in the journey and not the destination by 2nd Dan, there is no point in repeating the methodology.