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writerlady04
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Joined: 15 Feb 2005
Posts: 45
Styles: Taekwondoe
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 Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:18 am Post subject: 1st degree black belt testings---Confused |
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Have to test again! Werid isn't...But at least I got my BB by the way. Now have to test for it to become perament. GOing nuts...3 weeks away!!!!!- know everything...just the boardbreaking part gets me. Can't do the same moves, different techinques to choose from...so many...I'm so little to do some of them...GOing Nuts...Help me.... 
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ArmorOfGod
Orange Belt
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
Posts: 101
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Why isn't your black belt permanent?
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JWLuiza
Orange Belt
Joined: 04 Dec 2005
Posts: 196
Styles: Tang Soo Do and Jujitsu
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| In some schools you get a provisional belt and have to retest in 6 months or so. |
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JDZNate
White Belt
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
Posts: 17
Location: Walla Walla Washington
Styles: Brazilian jiu jitsu.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Either you earned it or not. Making you test agian really dosen't seem right. They should know your capabilities by now. |
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Menjo
Black Belt
Joined: 27 Jun 2005
Posts: 1786
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| JDZNate wrote: |
| Either you earned it or not. Making you test agian really dosen't seem right. They should know your capabilities by now. |
I agree, but im sure a organiation would earn a couple extra dollars with excessive gradings.  |
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TAZ
Orange Belt
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 113
Location: Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Styles: American Kenpo, Shorin Ryu
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe the school wanted to make some extra money from testing fees and such, by testing her(?) twice. 
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Jiffy
Black Belt
Joined: 23 Jun 2005
Posts: 1343
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| JDZNate wrote: |
| Either you earned it or not. Making you test agian really dosen't seem right. They should know your capabilities by now. |
Completely agree. If they are concerned about your technical ability/knowledge, they should have paid more attention the first time. If they are concerned about your personality, they should have paid more attention during your years of training.
Is there a valid reason for this that I seem to be missing?
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patusai
Black Belt
Joined: 11 Nov 2005
Posts: 1648
Location: Palos Hills, IL
Styles: So Ryu, Shorin Ryu, Isshin Ryu
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How big and thick are the boards that you need to break? How many techniques do you need to use? Any restrictions i.e. minimum number with foot techiques and a minimum number with hand techniques and the remainder using either?
I have heard of retesting in such a manner. I believe the rank translates to black belt in holding or something like that. My first instructor went through something like this in Japan. However, there was no charges for the next test. Is it necessary? Gee, I don't know. You are what you are when you get there. |
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Zorba
Orange Belt
Joined: 07 Jun 2004
Posts: 158
Location: Australia
Styles: Tae Kwon Do, Shotokan Karate
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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maybe they figure some people get their black belt and slack off. could be a test of character more than anything else.
dunno, just one idea for their side....
i do know some clubs have a junior black belt then you retest again once you reach the age that senior black belt has. in WTF its 16, but its not really a black belt, its called something else but i cant remember
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powerof0ne
Orange Belt
Joined: 21 Jan 2006
Posts: 174
Location: Tacoma, WA
Styles: shito ryu, kakutogi, kyokushinkai, muay thai..and more
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| JDZNate wrote: |
| Either you earned it or not. Making you test agian really dosen't seem right. They should know your capabilities by now. |
In many styles of Karate you have shodan-ho which is basically to make sure that you don't quit right after you get your shodan. I can see how some would see this to make more $ but in the dojo I was at that did this you didn't pay anything more to get your shodan. What was funny to me was how one individual that I went to HS with quit right after getting his shodan-ho and told everyone at school that he was a shodan...I would go around and call him a shodan-HO! while emphasizing the HO because he quit
Awww...fast times at ridgemont high..heh
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