Awarding ranks
Should belts be awarded only on grounds of good performance? How about those students who are slow or awkward at times? Should they be left in their ranks because of poor performance ,or lets say not exciting performance? Perhaps they should be awarded ranks because of their dedication or good attendance and for their efforts being made. Not everyone can be a Chuck Norris , Steven Segal or Bruce Lee etc.. Secondly,should Instructors be those with knowledge and good performances,or does it surfice to have knowledge and experiance? In Kaze Arashi Ryu there is no official rank untill the rank of Oku Iri(black belt).To achieve this rank one must pass a test, which material has been decided upon by the Menkyo Kaiden of the system.Before that rank of Oku Iri it is the Head Instructors decision of a particular dojo to issue rank and he can use different colors for internal reasons alone.This alows for flexibility untill the rank of Oku Iri.There are four official ranks in KAR. Oku Iri, Moku Roku ,Menkyo, Menkyo Kaiden.Headmaster is a Menkyo Kaiden who has been elected by the council of Menkyo Kaiden.The head Master today is Akemi Nishiyama .The Nishiyama family has been transfering the knowledge of KAR .