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Gou, It comes down to this. As you know I was a TKDer for a long time. I studied under a very formal, strict and traditional instructor. If one of us had our belt that out of whack, he started by taking it away completely. He ingrained into us that the belt was not only an indicator of knowledge gained, but respect earned and given. If we did not respect ourselves enough to honor what we had accomplished then we did not repsect him or his teaching, or the art. It remains something that drives me nuts, and I do not let my own students get away with it.