Podium promotion pessimism

[Gerry Seymour]

IMHO, belt rank really doesn't mean much outside of your specific school/organization. It should be a bench mark for your instructor to tell at a glance what skills a student "should" possess, this is much more important in a large school with multiple classes and assistant instructors. Not as important when it is a small class and you know everybody.

This is pretty much what rank means to me in NGA.

 

[JowGaWolf]

That's purportedly one of the characteristics we try to instill in students. It's unfortunate that so many don't actually believe it, or live it.

You have good timing. I just saw that a karate school in Kansas just made the pages this week for not having integrity. lol good timing