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By: leeanneandwayne

leeanneandwayne — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000

my opinion is the same as it always was and after reading some of the other morons answers here i will say it again theres very few ppl on this site that no anything about ma.i cant be bothered answering after seeing some of the keyboard and internet warriors answers.some of the ppl here need to get up out of the couch and actually do ma instead of giving thier wrong opinions here when there only source of knowledge is video games and fights on the tv.
EDIT>theres nothing wrong with the belt system the problem is ppl who dont understand it or use it for monetary gain.

By: Ray H

Ray H — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000

Belts are only to show that you have reached a certain level of knowledge in an art. It has nothing to do with skill.

By: surffsav

surffsav — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000

Belts are worthless.
They are an Occidentals way to show progress in a society that rewards the worthless.

I am a Caucasian by the way, and I still feel this way.

By: thewatcher78

thewatcher78 — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000

I think they are a nice way to signify achievement in a martial arts discipline. I think one should focus on each step of the journey towards black belt mastery of their chosen style before the color of the belt, but I don’t think the grading system in and of itself is inherently bad.

By: fastfists7

fastfists7 — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000

Necessary but unfortunate Kanjo when he invented them had a good idea goin then it got ruined. With organizations like ATA handing out BB ti 7 year olds its lost its meaning. As far as I know BJJ is the only art where a belt means anything. Ive beatin the shit out of brown belts at my school in sparring at the schoool and im only orange another example I sparred an ATA BB and didnt have a single bruise the next day. whereas I sparred a yellow belt at my school and had 4 or 5 so it is what you make of it. Belt=time

By: begforemail

begforemail — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000

I believe belts are a scam.

I attended martial arts classes as a younger kid, and earned the belt just lower than the highest degree of black belt.

The instructor told me I was skilled anough for that belt, but too young.

He wanted me enrolled in the program for another year, but I was pissed and refused to give him any more money.

By: Abel H

Abel H — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000

I have always been privately trained my masters have said a belt hold up your pants. They have told me kill or be killed… The difference between a novice and a Grandmaster is determination and how long he will strive for perfection..

By: Bruce Tzu

Bruce Tzu — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000

Belts are overrated. Competition is where skill talks. Belts too often are just about egos

By: JavaJoe

JavaJoe — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000

Personally I don’t like them. Yes, they’re an indication of what level you’ve reached but they’re not necessarily indicative that you’ve got any skill.

We’ve all seen the products of the McDojos out there where some guy gets a black belt in a year’s time but he still doesn’t know the proper way to spar. Or his stances when he does kata are sloppy as hell. Or the way to advance to the next level is simply to count up to 10 in Japanese, do 2 kata (poorly) and he’s suddenly a green belt.

Besides, people are too focused on what colour belt they have, I’ve seen guys that are very proud to be Nidan that can’t do a proper kata or spar worth a damn.

In other cases, the idea for the belt is valid but the process to get one isn’t. I did Okinawan Kobudo for a while and there were only two belts for this, white and black. No green, brown, blue, purple, yellow or anything else. But for some odd reason you couldn’t get a black belt unless you had a brown belt, but there was no official brown belt for this. So for the guys that were ready to get their Shodan they got two tests. One week they’d have an unofficial test for certain kata and get their brown belt. Then two weeks later they’d get the official test for their Shodan.

It was an odd system, and my sensei agreed that it made no sense but he had to abide by the rules.