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Rick
Orange Belt
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Joined: 12 Sep 2004
Posts: 185
Location: Mystical Land of Oz
Styles: Boxing, Kickboxing, Wushu, Kyokushin, Goju Kai, Zen Do Kai, Zen Go Shu, BJJ, HapKiDo.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry, just having a light poke... There's a bruce lee quote where he says the best belt is the one that holds ur pants up or something like that.

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GhostlySykanRyu
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Joined: 10 Sep 2004
Posts: 393
Location: Pennsylvania
Styles: Using no way as way, having no limitation as limitation

PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOL, not a problem...I just know there are some that aren't too happy with the amount of quotage, didn't know if you were one of them (at the time).

As for learning the beltage, I'll just have to start a new thread...
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47MartialMan
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Joined: 27 Aug 2004
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Styles: Small Variety....."Spice of Life"

PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 3:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never had any belt "blues", per mental state. When I had trained, the "next belt" was hardly a concern.
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Rick
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Joined: 12 Sep 2004
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Location: Mystical Land of Oz
Styles: Boxing, Kickboxing, Wushu, Kyokushin, Goju Kai, Zen Do Kai, Zen Go Shu, BJJ, HapKiDo.

PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 3:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think that everyone has hit that sort of plateu before - i don't think u can participate in the martial arts without hitting some sort of wall from time to time. But IMO it is when we knock down those walls and fight to become that better person, and refuse to give in to stagnancy, that we really show our quality as a martial artist. I've hit many a plateu and smashed into many a wall in my time, even recently giving up for a year and then coming back with a vengeance, dissatisfied with what i had become without my beloved kickboxing.

This is an extremely good article - i'm gonna read it again!

Rick
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47MartialMan
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Styles: Small Variety....."Spice of Life"

PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, throughout some of my training, I had smashed into a wall-literally.
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Rick
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Joined: 12 Sep 2004
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Location: Mystical Land of Oz
Styles: Boxing, Kickboxing, Wushu, Kyokushin, Goju Kai, Zen Do Kai, Zen Go Shu, BJJ, HapKiDo.

PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heh, u know i once tried a jumping spinning kick i had never done before on my bag outside and i spun out of control and smashed the side of my face on a tree... Man that smarted!

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47MartialMan
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Styles: Small Variety....."Spice of Life"

PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about Belt Blues? Does each color have a different blue? I guess. But along with the belt blues, don't forget the "Tourney Blues". Or the "First Class" blues. Nice starting thread, though.
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superleeds
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Joined: 03 Sep 2002
Posts: 346
Location: Bergen norway
Styles: Chito-Ryu Karate-Do

PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I must say that his has been a very inspiering article and thread. It made me reflect on how much my belt means to me...not the belt in itself, but all the effort I put in to it. Speaking of which..I'm off to training..
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Vito
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Joined: 07 Jul 2004
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Styles: grappling, striking

PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i think thats just another symptom of these ridiculous belt systems of learning that we have today in so many places. even the most traditional martial arts, back in the day, didt have all these colors, and stripes for the colors, and other nonsense.
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longarm25
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Joined: 26 Sep 2004
Posts: 304
Location: Ohio
Styles: Shorin Ryu, Ryu Kyu Te

PostPosted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

very nice
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