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I don't need a signature for renewals, just pay the fee. BUT this official certification is the issue at hand now. Once I get over this hurdle just continue to hand over the fee's...yay.
8 years with my instructor...and we parted ways
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Yeah this has happened to a few people I know. I think they must have some sort of workflow on the applications where it routes for verification with the guy that signed it.
I'd guess like 90%+ of the sigs floating around on these were not wet signed by the guys themselves anyway. So I don't think they are actually checking the indecipherable squiggle lines that are put on these. It's got to be some sort of external check to get you a yes/no.
Pretty sure you also don't need to keep getting signed every year to stay at the same rank. Once you're signed, it's good. It's just moving up that you need the approval one time.
You could try being persistent in English that you would like to get certified. Sometimes it just takes a few emails to get it across.
Other thing you could try is translating into Portuguese underneath. If you have a friend who speaks, that is the best. Otherwise try to keep it simple and use Google translate. If you speak Spanish or know someone who does, it's pretty close so with the help of Google translate you can probably make some sense in Portuguese if stick to simple sentences.
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Well I sent him an email asking if he would sign...so lets see how this goes. ;-/
Just email them and explain what you want and your situation.
You want register your team and you want to get certified.
They will tell what they require.
I had to go through the same process for my friend who went straight to 1 degree black belt ibjjf certified because he did not want to get his bb certification when we were affiliated.
You don't need his signature if he already signed your membership card.
lechien does our time count towards degrees as long as we are black belt members with an active card? Or do we have to be certified?
I'm just trying to figure out exactly what certification get us. Also you're saying we don't need another signature on another form if we already have the membership card?
I'm just trying to figure out exactly what certification get us. Also you're saying we don't need another signature on another form if we already have the membership card?
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He told me "send it over, I appreciate you thanking me (I told him I appreciated all the years he believed in me etc, which I do), I'll get it turned around quickly".
Everything is gravy, really glad to be moving in my direction and having the support of him
Everything is gravy, really glad to be moving in my direction and having the support of him
Yes, this is what happened to my friend.
Now he is 5 months away of getting his 2 degrees certified.
I have another 2 years for my second.
But we finally close to our goal.
Which is freedom from any affiliation
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