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<p>[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 1569167, member: 22271"]Somewhat off topic, but the <i>minimum</i> time it takes to achieve 7th dan (degree) for a single martial arts discipline (<i>e.g</i>., the Korean So Bahk Do style) is 27 years <i>after</i> achieving (1st Dan) Black Belt. To have simultaneously achieved 7th dan in four different styles is pushing credibility (it could be done, but at the exclusion of most other activities, unless some of the schools are "diploma mills").</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise (on the credibility front), his "CAN ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE" statement tends to ignore what happened to the sliver market in 1980 (and to a lesser degree, May 2011).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 1569167, member: 22271"]Somewhat off topic, but the [I]minimum[/I] time it takes to achieve 7th dan (degree) for a single martial arts discipline ([I]e.g[/I]., the Korean So Bahk Do style) is 27 years [I]after[/I] achieving (1st Dan) Black Belt. To have simultaneously achieved 7th dan in four different styles is pushing credibility (it could be done, but at the exclusion of most other activities, unless some of the schools are "diploma mills"). Likewise (on the credibility front), his "CAN ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE" statement tends to ignore what happened to the sliver market in 1980 (and to a lesser degree, May 2011).[/QUOTE]
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