We have leaks He was right though . If you ' re worried about a child ' s health then you ' re much better off feeding them semen than Pepsi . Yet giving a child your semen is illegal and giving them Pepsi isn ' t . Obviously the child ' s health isn ' t the government ' s primary concern when they make these laws . <| sep |> A question I ' d like to know as well . Time is going to be compressed in game so that we can see daynight cycles . But I don ' t know if insurance goes off of the universal in game clock , or real world time . Feels like a question that has probably been answered at some point . <| sep |> I think that ultimately , whether you cram or not , the grading is going to reflect your kendo because you will fall back on your training . OTOH what you present at grading is a subset of what your kendo is , so it is important to do at least some training with feedback so that you understand what it is that you are trying to present . You can ' t significantly change anything in a month ' s time , but you can change which part of your existing kendo that you show in that minute or two . Some people say that your shinsa kendo should be exactly the same as your shiai kendo , but I ' ve only ever seen one person for whom that is true . Most of us that are trying these senior grades have trouble getting enough personal practice , as mentioned elsewhere . People who try 7 dan generally need a year or even two of focussed training before attempting it . So when grading is looming for one of our seniors , our club tries to rearrange teaching duties so that person can have more personal training time over the year leading up to the grading . This is not so much cramming as simply getting more keiko and trying to improve in general . One month cramming won ' t change your kendo , but a year ' s extra practice can . As far as how important 7 dan is to me I ' d say medium . It ' s important enough that I am willing to travel and pay the fairly hefty CKF fees for it . It ' s not so important that I am spending all of my time in the dojo focussing on it . And absolutely selfimprovement is separate from grading . Regarding the lower grades they are just a consequence of your regular training . People should do some grading oriented practice leading up to it so that they know what they are expected to present to the judges .