allenjp
Brown Belt
To jade dragon 3:
Dude, your avatar is just disturbing.
Dude, your avatar is just disturbing.
Why does it take so long to get a Black Belt in most systems?
JadeDragon3
Black Belt
But Bill Wallace was already doing Karate for a long time.
My school's fastest black sash in it's 35 year history was just under 6 years. The guy who earned it had already earned several other BB's in other styles.
The next closest has been almost 8 years.
My Sifu is of the view that once someone has earned a black belt, they are ready to start learning kung fu.
He has a policy of simply refusing to take any student who asks a question about how long it takes to earn a black belt, if it in anyway sounds like he is asking about "how long till i'm bruce lee" and not "what is it I should expect it terms of how hard and long I must commit to become proficient in this art?"
There's a TKD place near by. He usually responds with something along the lines of "If you want a black belt in a year or two, go there. If you want to study martial arts, forget about belts."
Though he still does belts so people will feel like they're progressing. He used to not have a belt system at all, but implemented one due to customer demand.
The next closest has been almost 8 years.
My Sifu is of the view that once someone has earned a black belt, they are ready to start learning kung fu.
He has a policy of simply refusing to take any student who asks a question about how long it takes to earn a black belt, if it in anyway sounds like he is asking about "how long till i'm bruce lee" and not "what is it I should expect it terms of how hard and long I must commit to become proficient in this art?"
There's a TKD place near by. He usually responds with something along the lines of "If you want a black belt in a year or two, go there. If you want to study martial arts, forget about belts."
Though he still does belts so people will feel like they're progressing. He used to not have a belt system at all, but implemented one due to customer demand.
