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The Pred
Green Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2003
Posts: 385
Styles: Goju Ryu
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 Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:04 pm Post subject: Passing on your obi |
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| I was wondering, has anyone ever passed on their obi to a student of theirs or has anyone received an obi from their own instructor? |
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16251
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:34 am Post subject: |
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Some time ago, 2011, my Dai-Soke's wife gave me the obi that he had wore for quite some time daily, after he passed away in 2010.
Just recently I gave my longest student, Steve, one of my obis; I told him to hold onto it for whenever I can come back to the floor. If I can't return to the floor, then I respectfully pass it on to him.
Just last week I passed by oldest obi to my daughter, who was once my student, the obi I wore on the floor to teach, at testing cycles (on and off the testing panel), to demonstrations, and to compete in.
My wife will receive my ceremonial obi when I pass away, which, God willing, won't be for a very long time.
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Wado Heretic
Green Belt
Joined: 23 May 2014
Posts: 494
Location: United Kingdom, England, Shropshire
Styles: Wado-Ryu , Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu (Kodokan), RyuKyu Kobojutsu
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:57 am Post subject: |
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I gave my, I suppose one could say disciple, my old brown-belt when I promoted them to Ikkyu. I have a few students but he is my private student I am passing onto not just Shorin-Ryu but my broader knowledge of Karate and the Martial Arts so I am holding him to quite a high standard.
My instructor gave me an Obi they purchased in Okinawa as a gift. Well I tend to see it through rose-tinted glasses as such but the reality is they had it as a spare, and they did not particularly like the cheap looking black-belt I had received at my shodan grading.
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The Pred
Green Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2003
Posts: 385
Styles: Goju Ryu
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Some time ago, 2011, my Dai-Soke's wife gave me the obi that he wore for quite some time daily after he passed away in 2010.
Just recently I gave my longest student, Steve, one of my obis; I told him to hold onto it for whenever I can come back to the floor. If I can't return to the floor, then I respectfully pass it on to him.
Just last week I passed by oldest obi to my daughter, who was once my student, the obi I wore on the floor to teach, at testing cycles (on and off the testing panel), to demonstrations, and to compete in.
My wife will receive my ceremonial obi when I pass away, which, God willing, won't be for a very long time.
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Hope you are able to go back on the floor as soon as possible |
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16251
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| The Pred wrote: |
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Some time ago, 2011, my Dai-Soke's wife gave me the obi that he wore for quite some time daily after he passed away in 2010.
Just recently I gave my longest student, Steve, one of my obis; I told him to hold onto it for whenever I can come back to the floor. If I can't return to the floor, then I respectfully pass it on to him.
Just last week I passed by oldest obi to my daughter, who was once my student, the obi I wore on the floor to teach, at testing cycles (on and off the testing panel), to demonstrations, and to compete in.
My wife will receive my ceremonial obi when I pass away, which, God willing, won't be for a very long time.
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Hope you are able to go back on the floor as soon as possible |
Thank you, The Pred; I, too, hope I can one day return to the floor, much sooner than later.
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Wastelander
KF Sensei
Joined: 18 Oct 2010
Posts: 2712
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Styles: Shorin-Ryu, Shuri-Ryu, Judo, KishimotoDi
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Not exactly. Back when I was a green belt, I cut my old white belt into pieces that I distributed to a group of kids at an inner city school I did a demonstration at, as sort of keepsakes. At this point, the only belts I still have are the white belt I still use when I train at other people's schools, my Judo green belt, my Shuri-Ryu brown belt, my old Shorin-Ryu brown belt, my current black belt, and my "formal" black belt that my Sensei gifted me (new) when I was promoted to Shodan.
Since I only fairly recently went independent, and the pandemic put a pause on really starting up my dojo, I haven't had the opportunity to train someone up to a belt rank I could pass on the belt for. I suspect I will pass on my brown belt, someday. The formal black belt has sentimental value to me, since my Sensei has passed on, but I may pass on my regular black belt, someday.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30008
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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The Pred
Green Belt
Joined: 26 Jun 2003
Posts: 385
Styles: Goju Ryu
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:24 am Post subject: |
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| Great responses everyone, I have a potential student that I may give one of my belts to one day. |
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DWx
Black Belt
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 6455
Location: UK
Styles: Tae Kwon Do & Yang family Tai Chi
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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I know people who have done this, giving their belts to their student or often parents gifting their belts to their children.
In Taekwon-Do its less common nowadays as the belts tend to be embroidered with your name.
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Nidan Melbourne
KF Sempai
Joined: 21 Aug 2013
Posts: 2350
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Styles: Goju-Ryu, BJJ, Balintawak Arnis
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Theres 2 Belts I will be passing on, My original Black Belt which will go to my wife as we literally met not to long after me be promoted.
The other is my current belt, which will go to my daughter when I pass. |
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on the post.
