For the most part, I like how a school's curriculum can allow for techniques' rank prerequisites to be waived. Waiving other prerequisites still seems odd to me. Examples:
- A Spy or rank 3 Kakita Swordsmith can take Spin the Web, normally restricted to Kolat (awkward design, but probably not actually problematic).
- Any random samurai with the Yoriki title can take Lord Hida's Grip or Lord Shiba's Valor (this feels like a much more significant design issue).
I'm still waiting for the pdf version before buying Courts of Stone, so there may be more issues in there I haven't seen yet. At any rate, it seems very likely that as more sourcebooks come out, we're going to see more weird interactions like this.
How would you rule this? I'm tempted to just limit prerequisite waiving to rank.