Comments on: Yudansha: 1984 – 2007 http://www.taidoblog.com/taido-yudansha/ Taido theory, technique, and information Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.taidoblog.com/taido-yudansha/comment-page-1/#comment-8713 Andy Mon, 24 May 2010 01:53:55 +0000 http://taidoblog.com/?p=11#comment-8713 Someone recently called my attention to this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWeyzqMXKk0" rel="nofollow">video of a short Taido demonstration in honor of Russell Bietsch</a>. In his introduction, Brenden makes two interesting statements: <ol> <li>That in 35 years, US Taido has had up to 25,000 members.</li> <li>That only 60 of those reached black belt.</li></ol> <strong>Both are clearly BS. </strong> In the case of the first statement, the dojo would have to register at least two new students every single day of business for 35 years (assuming two weeks off a year and 6 business days each week) to get 25,000 students. As for the second statement, the record above clearly shows that at least twice that number had been awarded black belts by 2007. The total is possibly as high as 150 by now. Someone recently called my attention to this video of a short Taido demonstration in honor of Russell Bietsch.

In his introduction, Brenden makes two interesting statements:

  1. That in 35 years, US Taido has had up to 25,000 members.
  2. That only 60 of those reached black belt.

Both are clearly BS.

In the case of the first statement, the dojo would have to register at least two new students every single day of business for 35 years (assuming two weeks off a year and 6 business days each week) to get 25,000 students.

As for the second statement, the record above clearly shows that at least twice that number had been awarded black belts by 2007. The total is possibly as high as 150 by now.

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