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I actually started when I was 22, but it did not stick. I started again at 28, & it stuck, been doing it for close to 14 yrs now. I always wanted to do martial arts from a young age, but I am not sure I would have continued if I had had the opportunity. Maturity has a lot to do with "sticking" to it, IMO.

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Good luck on your shodan exam! After shodan, the journey truly begins.

I have traced my family history back a few times and have gotten back quite a ways in certain branches, almost nowhere on others. It can be interesting, fun, tedious, & frustrating all at the same time. Good luck in your search.

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When I took ninjutsu, ever so briefly for about 3 months, taught by someone affiliated with the Bujinkan style, their unarmed system was called budo taijutsu.

Most styles have different ranks or grades. These grades are represented in different ways. Most follow some type of color scheme. In the style I practice we have 12 color belt ranks or kyu grades. All start at white, then go to advanced white, yellow, advanced yellow, ETC all the way to black belt. Yellow is a plain yellow belt, advanced yellow is a yellow belt with a black stripe thru it. Sometimes, there would be a black stripe at the tip of the belt, or black bar, as you seem to have described. It sounds like your son's class mate is one grade further along than your son if his yellow belt has a black bar or stripe on it. Every school is different however, so this is just a guess based on what you said & what I have seen in the martial arts.

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Black belt is only the beginning of the journey.

I saw the MD on Dec 19. I received a good report. I do have another herniated disc but he says that the disc only "bruised" the nerve and that I should make a full recovery without surgery. He says that he has "hundreds" of pts walking around with herniated discs in their backs. He alleviated a lot of my anxiety and I feel much better. Thanks for listening/reading.

Hatsumi is the ninja grandmaster that taught Stephen Hayes. He founded the Bujinkan. Hatsumi is the one who received the traditions of the Togakureryu(sp) as the 34th (#?) grandmaster. To the best of my knowledge, Tanemura was one of Hatsumi's students who broke away and founded the Genbukan. So, then the above quote would mean the individual in the UK would be the first dan (black belt) in ninjutsu from these traditions. Similar to Stephen Hayes who was one of the first in the US.