Sir, If you think you want to be me you have a world of disappointment ahead of you. As far as "Translation error" that would involve a lot of error in the explanation he provides which taken together cover a full page of text. Or perhaps I misunderstand and you are referring to your erroneous translation.
Sir, I really have no idea what this question has to do with anything. I know there are some who make the claim. I will readily admit I was not there and this I something I cannot attest to.I hate to bark up the wrong tree but Choi's black belt in Shotokan was never certified, was it Earl?
Sir, Since SW can also apply to blocking why would we only be talking about striking? We were addressing exaggerated motions not being practical, and my point is if you want to critique practicality, then there is a whole lot besides SW to critique as far as patterns are concerned.
Which is relevant to which part of this discussion??I hate to bark up the wrong tree but Choi's black belt in Shotokan was never certified, was it Earl?
This is where we get into perceived meaning again. "President" doesn't mean anything powerful. Technically, I'm the President of my company. Mind you, the Hobbit and I are the only members in the LLC, and I currently have no employees (had 3 at most). But "President" is still an appropriate title...because it does't mean much on its own. The meaning comes from what the person is president of. Just the a black belt, in and of itself, has little intrinsic meaning.
I've heard that argument before, but have yet to have anyone give an explanation how more colors increases income. Sure, some folks charge exorbitantly for testing, but that only makes the claim true of those folks. The vast majority of the belt-rank schools I have operational knowledge of either don't charge for testing (and only approximately charge cost for the actual belt), or charge a small testing fee (on the order of $10-20). So where's the "western capitalism" in that?
"new" and "inexperienced" are both relative terms. Where black belts are awarded after a year or two, many of us would consider those folks mostly (likely with exceptions) to be novices.
I don't know if it is in TKD or not, but hip twist can be applied to blocks, as well.
Depending how testing is done, that may not be unreasonable. If it's extra time for the instructor (or other instructors, to cover class during testing), and there are other fees (cost of belt, registering with an association), it might be mostly a wash. If it takes regular class time (everyone in class is testing) and doesn't cover anything else, that's extra money.
But it's not, really. If someone came from a non-belt art (let's say boxing) and decided to use belts to make managing class easier, it wouldn't really matter to me that they'd never been awarded a BB rank - they're defining what that belt (and the others) signifies within their new system.
