Ella
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MartialArtHeart just posted this in another thread, but I thought it might deserve it's own.
I've never heard anything truer.
A Black Belt is a White Belt who never quit.
I was having a conversation with my best friend, who happens to a black belt instructor. He was having one of those "I don't feel I truly deserve my rank" days. And I was telling him that the reason he was a black belt was not because he was bruce lee, was not because he could kick above his head, was not because he can break cement blocks with his bare hands... but because, every week, he showed up at the studio, to better himself. He didn't quit when training got hard, when he hit a plateau, when he got frusterated or angry or mad. Being a certain rank isn't about being perfect and never making mistakes and giving it 100%.
It's about dragging your butt on the matt when you feel depressed, when you're tired, and getting back up when you fall down.
Thoughts?
I've never heard anything truer.
A Black Belt is a White Belt who never quit.
I was having a conversation with my best friend, who happens to a black belt instructor. He was having one of those "I don't feel I truly deserve my rank" days. And I was telling him that the reason he was a black belt was not because he was bruce lee, was not because he could kick above his head, was not because he can break cement blocks with his bare hands... but because, every week, he showed up at the studio, to better himself. He didn't quit when training got hard, when he hit a plateau, when he got frusterated or angry or mad. Being a certain rank isn't about being perfect and never making mistakes and giving it 100%.
It's about dragging your butt on the matt when you feel depressed, when you're tired, and getting back up when you fall down.
Thoughts?