is your rank forever?

[bushido_man96]

I suppose anyone with a college degree should lose it after being out of school for years????

The knowledge is always there. The accomplishment can never be taken away.

I started a new style and I had absolutly no problem wearing a whitebelt.

Not 1 person in the class had any doubt as to the level of my skill.

I do not have the knowledge and understanding in my new art to deserve higher rank. True, I may posess greater skills on many things, but the true understanding of the art is not there.

I have to earn it like everyone else. I may move along at a faster pace but I am still the same as everyone else.

I never knew how much fun it was to learn a new art after you've already studied. It's so much less confusing and twice as much fun.

This is the same way I experienced it as well. It is enjoyable, no matter what the color around your waist is.