As I suggested, there are many differences among the various schools. This is a good thing. Different goals and communities desire and need different forms. Rank would be pointless in a school where the primary goal is competition in vale tudo (from what I've seen).
We use our three shirt colors so that if somebody needs to ask a question, they know who to ask. Grays ask reds or blacks. Reds ask blacks.
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A broken mace is still a weapon.
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