Gaijin53

At age 64, and 2nd Dan, I train at home consistently twice a week with sessions lasting 2.5 - 3 hours. Since January of this year, I've added Tekki Shodan, KankuDai, & Hangetsu to my existing WTF/ChangMooKwan repertoire. That would have been unthinkable at my last Dojang where I was the Senior student ( in age & rank ). My workout also includes Yoga, Tai Chi, & ends with Meditation. Oh yeah ... Added Kettlebells a couple months ago.

Hmm ... I've heard of this before ... seems like the term used was something like ( Conditional Black Belt or Recommended Black Belt ). Bottom line, I guess, is that it really depends on your instructor and how they manage the grades and ranks. I can't remember if my 1st Dan was conditional or not, but I made 2nd Dan in a little over a year after that.

Hello Dave. Did you get back into PasaRyu? I did PasaRyu up to Purple Belt around 1973. I'm currently adding PasaRyu Chul-Ki (tek-Ki) 1 to my practice.