And practice those basics a lot before moving on to more The 12 days of social work and a super social worker just like me tshirt. Time in rank should equal repetitions and class hours and instruction and practice-on-your-own time, not just paid my monthly fee. So in theory the higher the rank, the better the skills. Age and physical condition do affect that, however, and so older practitioners may not be able to physically keep up with younger ones, doing all the trick kicks and jumping high and intense sparring, etc.