The point is not how much of a nice person he is, the point is that he lied about his rank in BJJ so he could get a rank in 10th Planet.
The fact that he was using the 10th Planet logo on his site is bad enough, but a couple of months back I noticed he'd been grading people. I remember a bit on his site that said congratulations to the gradings some of his guys got. One was: Purple Belt (10th Planet Blue Belt). It meant that he had been giving rank in 10th Planet when he wasn't of sufficient rank, or affiliated.
I'm a 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt, and if I were running a school that wasn't officially affiliated, I still wouldn't dare to use the logo. Yeah, I'd say I was a 10th Planet Blue Belt, but the way in which is was used implied that it was an official 10th Planet school.
Hanno said he was a "pending" 10th Planet Brown Belt. He actually claimed this, and Eddie came out and said that he was denied this.
End of the day, it doesn't matter how nice of a person you are, the rules apply to everybody.
EDIT: I watched some Stargate Universe in the making of this post, and Chris beat me to it.
The fact that he was using the 10th Planet logo on his site is bad enough, but a couple of months back I noticed he'd been grading people. I remember a bit on his site that said congratulations to the gradings some of his guys got. One was: Purple Belt (10th Planet Blue Belt). It meant that he had been giving rank in 10th Planet when he wasn't of sufficient rank, or affiliated.
I'm a 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt, and if I were running a school that wasn't officially affiliated, I still wouldn't dare to use the logo. Yeah, I'd say I was a 10th Planet Blue Belt, but the way in which is was used implied that it was an official 10th Planet school.
Hanno said he was a "pending" 10th Planet Brown Belt. He actually claimed this, and Eddie came out and said that he was denied this.
End of the day, it doesn't matter how nice of a person you are, the rules apply to everybody.
EDIT: I watched some Stargate Universe in the making of this post, and Chris beat me to it.
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