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italian_guy
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Posts: 1476
Location: Italy
Styles: Formerly in Goju ryu karate (Nidan) now in Wing chun with past experience also in krav Maga, Kickboxing, Tai chi chuan (yang) and JKD.
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| Yellow, in Goju ryu, testing for Orange soon. |
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AnonymousOne
Red Belt
Joined: 27 Jan 2002
Posts: 812
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what is your belt?
Well I tend to use leather ones to hold up my pants but on the odd occasion when my son was young and rebellious I used it as a "high speed persuasion device"
Haha
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isshinryu5toforever
Black Belt
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 2358
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Styles: Isshin-Ryu Karate, Jidokwon Taekwondo, Kyokushinkan
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I actually had a very good grasp on what it meant to achieve the rank. This probably stems from the fact that I tested twice. The first time I was around 10 1/2 and tested for a junior black belt. He was going to make me wait until I was 16, but then the development I went though over that next year was vast in my improvement of the martial mentality as well as my physical ability. So, he allowed me to go through a full adult black belt test. Long and stressful for a kid, but I wanted it. So, the answer yes, I vastly appreciated my black belt when I received it. I actually wrote a short essay on my kind of martial theory, I posted it to the articles forum, but it may be some time before it actually appears. If you want to read it ahead of time, you can e-mail me.
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TangSooGuy
Blue Belt
Joined: 22 Sep 2003
Posts: 324
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Styles: Tang Soo Do
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Off topic a little bit, but I HATE it when people assume that a child cannot truly grasp or appreciate what black belt is and what it means.
Can every child? Of course not.
But I know some twelve year olds or are more mature and responsible than some of the 40 year old black belts I know...
Ok, enough on that rant.
I got my black belt in 1989. I was 15 at the time, so somewhat ironically, I have now been a black belt for longer than I was alive when I initially got it.
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Souldburned
Yellow Belt
Joined: 31 Jan 2005
Posts: 67
Location: lisbon
Styles: karate shotokan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Off topic a little bit, but I HATE it when people assume that a child cannot truly grasp or appreciate what black belt is and what it means.
Can every child? Of course not.
But I know some twelve year olds or are more mature and responsible than some of the 40 year old black belts I know...
Ok, enough on that rant.
I got my black belt in 1989. I was 15 at the time. |
i was born in that year. I´m 15 now |
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TangSooGuy
Blue Belt
Joined: 22 Sep 2003
Posts: 324
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Styles: Tang Soo Do
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:37 am Post subject: |
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i was born in that year. I´m 15 now |
yeah...I always get a kick out of telling my youth class that i have belts that are older than they are.... |
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isshinryu5toforever
Black Belt
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 2358
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Styles: Isshin-Ryu Karate, Jidokwon Taekwondo, Kyokushinkan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:31 am Post subject: |
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I get a kick out of 8-year-old black belts at open WTF tournaments that think they can tell me what to do when I'm standing around in street clothes. I've been a black belt as long as they've been alive. On that note, it really does make you feel old doesn't it? No matter how old you really are.
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pers
Purple Belt
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
Posts: 503
Location: England
Styles: shotokan
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Started shotokan 1984
shodan 1992
nidan 1995
Haven't graded since  but still train when I can ! 
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senna_trem
Green Belt
Joined: 27 Nov 2004
Posts: 458
Location: British Columbia
Styles: Kyokushin
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| Well I tend to use leather ones to hold up my pants but on the odd occasion when my son was young and rebellious I used it as a "high speed persuasion device" Haha |
So you beat your children and enjoy it...interesting...
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JOMA
White Belt
Joined: 07 Feb 2005
Posts: 6
Location: London, Canada
Styles: Shotokan
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Black belt since April 2008 IF I"M LUCKY
Sorry, Blue belt ( 4th kyu )right now but there is know rush I'm only 40 this year . LOL |
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