ldgman1970
Yellow Belt
Hi all,
After almost two years I finally got my blue belt and I have to say I came close to just giving up. When I first started Kenpo I was pretty gung ho and everything seemed to come easy but after I got to purple I kind of lost my momentum due to a combination of injuries and work stuff which kept me away from my studio for big chunks of time and the fact that all of the techniques seemed to be a lot more technical. Anyway my private instructor who was leaving the studio after two years suggested I test for blue because he felt I was ready. So I tested and I have to say it was my worse test.
I am happy I am now a blue belt but I feel like I have forgot a ton of stuff and that I need to spend some serious time reviewing everything I have learned up until now. I now am pretty darn confident I will work hard and continue on to black but I now know what everybody means when they talk about the blue belt blues.
After almost two years I finally got my blue belt and I have to say I came close to just giving up. When I first started Kenpo I was pretty gung ho and everything seemed to come easy but after I got to purple I kind of lost my momentum due to a combination of injuries and work stuff which kept me away from my studio for big chunks of time and the fact that all of the techniques seemed to be a lot more technical. Anyway my private instructor who was leaving the studio after two years suggested I test for blue because he felt I was ready. So I tested and I have to say it was my worse test.
I am happy I am now a blue belt but I feel like I have forgot a ton of stuff and that I need to spend some serious time reviewing everything I have learned up until now. I now am pretty darn confident I will work hard and continue on to black but I now know what everybody means when they talk about the blue belt blues.