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Philippe Gouttard: “If we are strong it is for helping others, not for hurting them.”<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n A little Zen story: “Sensei, how long should I train in order to master the art of meditation?” The answer was “by committing yourself completely, it will take 3 years”. Not satisfied, the student replied: “How long if I will train night and day?”, The sensei spoke calmly “Well, in this case 6 years!”.<\/em><\/p>\n In Budo the path is the main goal, not the ranking advancements. Ranking in\u00a0Budo follows the traditional system of Japanese martial arts called Kyu-Dan system. It consists of 6 lower levels called Kyu (white belts)\u00a0or “mudansha” (without rank), plus eight higher\u00a0degree ranks called Dan (black belts).<\/p>\n In Budo, the beginner is called “mukyu”. Mudansha levels range from 6th to 1st. In average, each level advancement is achieved once a year. The first exam is an advancement to the 6th kyu level. Each\u00a0level advancement requires\u00a0a minimum of training hours and taking part to a certain number of seminars.\u00a0The\u00a0level advancement\u00a0is only granted at the teacher’s own discretion. Ranks and levels in Budo do not have an absolute value: they symbolize personal progress, not advancement over others. A rank ore level is achieved after having improved with respect to one’s own condition of life, age, body, health. The same rank does not make two budokas equal.<\/p>\n National\u00a0Dan degrees from\u00a0Progetto Aiki<\/a>\u00a0examiners are\u00a0recognized by Aikikai’s Honbu Dojo through a referring Shihan.<\/p>\n The Progetto Aiki association is recognized by Aikikai’s Honbu Dojo in Tokyo as an organization appointed to promoting, spreading and teaching Aikido according to the principles established by the Founder Ueshiba Morihei. Find out more…<\/a><\/p>\n Kyu test requirements<\/a>\u00a0| Dan test requirements<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A little Zen story: “Sensei, how long should I train in order to master the art of meditation?” The answer was “by committing yourself completely, it will take 3 years”. Not satisfied, the student replied: “How long if I will train night and day?”, The sensei spoke calmly “Well, in this case 6 years!”. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6314,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6285\/revisions\/6314"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nOur dojo’s referring Shihan is Philippe Gouttard<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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