ArchAngelos
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Im Chi-bin's gym in Korea has an optional ranking system. Not sure why because of the language barrier, but there's just a little thing on the wall with everyone's names, and they're listed by rank. I think there were 6 or something. Testing was optional, costs about USD $10, and they had 3 tests in the year I was there. I could never figure out why they did this - it didn't seem like they ever used the rankings for anything, and nobody wore anything to mark their rank - but maybe it was just a cultural thing (testing, in general, is very important in Korea). The only thing that rank seemed to afford you was that you had to be two levels in to purchase some of the gym's shirts/shorts.
Anyway, I bring that up to make two points: that this is not strictly a US-based phenomenon, and that a legit fighter's gym might use internal rankings for some reason.
That's great, but Chi Bin Lim is a Kickboxer and we are talking about REAL THAILAND MUAY THAI!