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Hello, When Joe lewis earn his Black belt in Okinawa, it took him 7 months...Why? ...He kept beating and winning against all the black belts in class...So his Sensi awarded him a black belt.
Many Judo schools you have to win at least 3 matches of equal rank(tournaments), or win so many matches in classes of equal ranking (during testing) to get promotions
Meaning you have to fight and win against people of same ranking before you can move up.
TODAY THIS METHOD IS RARELY USE.
When I was a brown belt...my Sensi mention it several times when he said "when" ready testing I will need to fight at least 7 black belts in a ring....I did not have to win..just survive and not give up, before I could earn a black belt in his Shotokan/goju school. This did not happen..I just sparr the other brown belts.....and met the other schools requirment. (Know all the Katas') was a big part of testing.
Today many schools one does not have to beat all the brown belts in fighting semi or full contact anymore.
Learning you schools martial arts? ....if you cannot win againist the brown belts in a fight most times? ....how can one be promote to a Black belt?
Is fighting to win "the best way for testing to be a Black belt?" ....your thoughts on this please.....? .............Aloha
Many Judo schools you have to win at least 3 matches of equal rank(tournaments), or win so many matches in classes of equal ranking (during testing) to get promotions
Meaning you have to fight and win against people of same ranking before you can move up.
TODAY THIS METHOD IS RARELY USE.
When I was a brown belt...my Sensi mention it several times when he said "when" ready testing I will need to fight at least 7 black belts in a ring....I did not have to win..just survive and not give up, before I could earn a black belt in his Shotokan/goju school. This did not happen..I just sparr the other brown belts.....and met the other schools requirment. (Know all the Katas') was a big part of testing.
Today many schools one does not have to beat all the brown belts in fighting semi or full contact anymore.
Learning you schools martial arts? ....if you cannot win againist the brown belts in a fight most times? ....how can one be promote to a Black belt?
Is fighting to win "the best way for testing to be a Black belt?" ....your thoughts on this please.....? .............Aloha