Dan Logcher wrote:

> Ken Blake wrote:
>> Dan Logcher wrote:
>>>
>>> Who knows.. but I thought as a Dan I should reply.
>>
>> You may not know this, but Go players are ranked as kyus (lesser
>> players) and dans (better players). A first dan is the lowest of the
>> dans, second dan is better and so on.
>>
>> If you are even a first dan, you're very good. I don't play in
>> tournaments and have no official rating, but if I did, I'd be a
>> mid-kyu player. Congratulations on your being a dan. ;-)
>
> I had no idea.. I'm a first Dan in my family.


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Incidently, the Karate ranking nomenclature is essentially the same. A first
degree black-belt is a first dan, and so on.

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