Gradings II Deleted Scenes       Indications of not being ready for the next higher rank    are:      if   - two weeks before the examination, one does not even know the mere ixsequence of the required kata    - two weeks before the examination, one has no idea about possible   ixdefenses in kumite   - the test programme is as familiar as the phone book of Kualalumpur     Comment These issues seemed to be not general enough.                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Indications of not being ready for the next higher rank    are:      if   - the instructors advice against it   - one sets a passed examination as precondition for continuing practising     Comment   That's how it is published in the article. But more and more instructors are neither willing nor able to tell students the truth. Moreover, one can hardly fail examinations which should in fairness be called give-away events. Therefore these two criteria don't make much sense anymore.   © 2004 TDI