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"Hajime!"
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I already am a song: Taido Hitosuji.
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Formspring, Facebook, Twitter.
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Yes. Moonwalking is a big part of what inspired unshin.
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The Taido song is enka. I like enka.
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I know the first two, but I've never met anyone who knows the third. What info do you want?
I have a feeling that asking me if I know things is not going to help you very much. How about asking the think you really want to know, then I'll give you the best answer possible. -
I could tell you about it, but you'll need to be more specific. What do you want to know?
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Training with good friends in the morning and afternoon, then having a few beers together in the evening.
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Everyone knows that unshin was partially inspired by the moonwalk.
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I'm afraid I've never heard of that one. However, I'd choose a great teacher over a great martial art any day, so if the teacher seems like somebody you'd like to learn from, go for it.
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I wouldn't have broken my arm in Hiroshima.
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The highest rank in Taido is tenth degree black belt - 10dan (ju-dan), but nobody holds it.
We do have about 12 or 13 8dan in Japan, and there are rules/requirements decided for 9dan, so it's possible that someone could reach that rank eventually. Since some of the new 8dan are still well under 60, we'll probably see 9dan in Taido sometime in the next ten years.
As far as I know, the highest rank outside of Japan is 7dan, which is held by (I think) three people (outside Japan that is - there are many 7dan in Japan). -
Answering as Taido: convincing people that I'm a real martial art.
To speak for myself: remembering to eat when I get excited about something I'm working on. -
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Ideally, at the waist, which is probably to obvious an answer.
For people with curvier bodies, the belt will tend to want to move up or down, depending on which way you happen to curve. If I had to make a blanket prescription for the 'correct' height, I'd probably say anywhere that's comfortable that puts it above the butt crack and below the navel. -
Anything you've learned is fair game. Count on whichever hokei you've been working on recently and any techniques that comprise it.
Beyond that, I can no longer give an educated answer - the standards have changed so much since my last summer camp.
The hokei for men and women may be different, but the techniques will be the same.
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While both are necessary, I'll admit to favoring talk.
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