Talk:Dan rank
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I added a paragraph and moved the page from dan (martial arts), since dan ranks are often used in non-martial art context. I am not sure which name is the best one for the page, but it should not include anything martial art/budo related. / Habj 11:43, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 7th dan
Is there a reason why the 7th dan is not listed but integrated into the 6th dan "also: shichidan"? Aurora sword 09:19, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- yeah..., I screwed it up... I'm fixing it now, thanks :P Bradford44 15:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 15th Dan
Doesnt Bujinkan has 15 Dan grades? Thought 11 - 15 are little bit different than 1-10. Korppi76 12:22, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
According to its wikipedia entry it does, but their website is very sparse on information. I don't know about anyone else, but my martial arts experience leads me to conclude that having more than ten dan ranks is extremely rare and unorthadox. And usually 10th dan is reserved only for the style head, or awarded posthumously. Until you mentioned Bujinkan, I had never heard of anyone other than American instructors with inflated egos awarding or claiming ranks higher than 10th dan. My preference would be to leave the list at ten, since they are most often used. On the other hand, if anyone really wants to list 11 through 15, I believe they would be:
- 11. Jūichidan
- 12. Jūnidan
- 13. Jūsandan
- 14. Jūyondan
- 15. Jūgodan Bradford44 04:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] History
Currently the history section is only for martial arts. But dan ranks were used much further back for other arts (e.g., I think they were already in use in the 17th century for go). Maybe someone who knows about this can improve the history section. --Zundark 14:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
