DRAGON SEN-I JUTSU RANK;
OUTSIDE OF OUR DOJO

  DRAGON SEN-I JUTSU, IS A WORKING PROCESS OF COLLECTIVE VARIABLES. IT IS NOT A SPECIFIC PROCESS OR DEFINABLE BY CONVENTIONAL DISCIPLINES. THE MEANING IS MORE PHILOSOPHICAL THAT VERNACULAR.  IT IS IN FACT AN ACT OF SELF EXPRESSION WITH MARTIAL ARTS ATTRIBUTES TO ADAPT TO, OR DISCARD FROM, YOUR METHOD OF STREET COMBAT.

   AS DRAGON SEN-I JUTSU, IS AN ECLECTIC MARTIAL ARTS SYSTEM, IT HAS TO BE JUDGED AS SUCH. ANY SIMILAR EXPERIENCE IN A MULTIPLE MARTIAL ARTS SYSTEM WILL QUALIFY SOMEONE FOR RANK DEEMED APPROPRIATE, BY SOKE OR A BOARD OF HIS CHOICE.

  GIVEN THAT, DSIJ IS SITUATIONAL AND IS INDIGENOUS TO PERSON USING IT. AN OPEN MIND MUST BE KEPT IN JUDGING THE RANK GIVEN. ALL STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS OF DSIJ ARE URGED TO FIND THEIR AUTHENTIC FIGHTING SELF. IT IS DISCOURAGED THAT DSIJ PARTICIPANTS, BECOME “COOKIE CUTTER STYLIST.” THUS, ALL LOOKING LIKE EACH OTHER AND DEVELOPING THE COOKIE CUTTER STYLE, IS THE ANTITHESIS OF THE SYSTEM. AS LONG AS AN EXISTING SENSEI OR MASTER OF ANY OTHER STYLE, OR DISCIPLINE , IS TEACHING AND TRAINING IN THE  SKILLS OF; STRIKING, CLINCHING, JUJITSU/GRAPPLING AND KICK BOXING, THEN HE/SHE CAN TECHNICALLY BE CONSIDERED,  A DRAGON SEN-I JUTSU TEACHING MASTER, OR INSTRUCTOR. AS IT IS SITUATIONAL, THE SYSTEM IMPLIES GREAT RANGE OF APPLICATION TO THE END RESULT.

  AWARDING OF RANK CAN ONLY BE DONE BY DENNY SHAFFER, SOKE. OR A GROUP OF DAN’S HIGHER THAN THE RANK BEING GIVEN AND THEN ONLY WITH SHAFFER’S FINAL APPROVAL.  AWARDING RANK OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN DOJO, ON NON SPECIFIC TEACHING PHILOSOPHIES, COULD BE SAID TO BE ARBITRARY. THIS COULD BE TRUE, EXCEPT IT WILL BE AWARDED BY DENNY SHAFFER ORIGINATOR AND SOKE OF THE SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH RANDOM PERHAPS, IT IS NOT ARBITRARY. IT IS RECOGNITION GIVEN TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALWAYS BREAKING NEW GROUND TO THE BENEFIT OF THEIR STUDENTS AND CO-TRAINERS.