Creating my own style. Don't desire a higher rank. Possible?

[sensei8]

I'm always a skeptic of these ideas. Funakoshi wasn't creating a style as much as he was refining a teaching method. Mabuni wasn't creating a style, he was preserving and organizing kata. Ohtsuka created his system to integrate jujutsu waza in karate, not necessarily to create his own organizational-style. Kano created his own style, but he lived in a time and place that was unique (late Meiji, modernizing Japan). I know I'm not bigger than any of these men.

Maybe your ideas are unique, however. If so, go for it. If you want feedback, put it up on youtube, or throw on the gloves and do some competition. I'm always interested in learning about new ideas.

I don't think Funakoshi was creating a style either. I believe he was only sharing with others what he knew to be effective within his MA.

[AngelAriz]

If you are starting a new thing i dont see a point to making rank? In my school i have beginner, intermediate, advanced.