To support longtime teachers of Japanese budo and their students, rank and teacher certification is available. Fully qualified members of the SMAA can earn kyu, dan, and teaching certificates. At the same time, rank requirements are strictly regulated assuring that rank cannot be purchased or illegitimately obtained. This serves to insure that you will not be embarrassed by another SMAA teachers lack of competence or integrity. The SMAA goes to great lengths to support its certified instructors. Members that have earned teaching certification can recommend their students for promotion to ranks within one of their own. In other words, a fifth dan with an SMAA teaching license can recommend his or her students for promotion in the SMAA for ranks up to and including fourth dan. Plus, each SMAA certified instructor sets up his or her own teaching curriculum. As long as this instruction adheres to the basic spirit and ethics of traditional budo, the SMAA will not be involved in the running of your dojo. SMAA members need not purchase dojo charters, there are no SMAA franchises, and the SMAA does not take a percentage from members schools.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:44:35 +0000
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