Many congratulations to [user]K.Cima[/user], who has been awarded his 7th Dan.
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http://instagram.com/p/jky-XGHAXc/ (http://instagram.com/p/jky-XGHAXc/)
For those of you that don't know, there are grades 7-10 above the "normal" Dan gradings. These are awarded based on the things a player has done to promote kendama in various ways. [See
http://www.kendama.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,635.0.html (http://www.kendama.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,635.0.html) ]
With his travels and interactions with foreign players, Cima has certainly helped to spread a lot of kendama culture and knowledge to the Western world.
We salute you, sir!
I saw it earlier today on Facebook.
It is a very well deserved 7th Dan. I'm very happy for Shimadera-san
Shimadera-san definitely deserved this grade. His presence at the European Conventions is always most highly welcome and inspiring. Congratulations.
Thank you so much. It is honor JKA recognized my activities and many friends congratulated me.
My life goes with kendama. And I got many friends through playing kendama.
Many congratulations, Cima! I'm really pleased for you.
I've updated http://kendama.co.uk/dan.html (http://kendama.co.uk/dan.html) - it's almost exactly 11 years since you got your 6th Dan!