Manny
Senior Master
Last night I had a bad conversation with a kenpo brown belt, I am not going to tell you all the details cause this will be a very long post, the thing is this guy lacks humility.
Hugo is 20 years old brown belt and wants to do his black belt test but he is not ready, last september he went into a bar fight (he was intoxicaded) and ended in the floor with his face with cuts because one of the other guys (yes Hugo was kinda of drunk and wanted to fight with three or four guys) smashed a glass and beat him severily. Since last september Hugo has coming dojo oinly 4 or 5 times to train and he's not ready.
But well, Hugo got mad at told me I am no one to tell if he is or not ready for his black belt examination, I told Hugo that I am not his sensei and I am only a yellow belt in Kenpo but... I am older than he and I have a black belt in TKD and know when somebody is ready or not and I deserve to be traeted respectful not only for my rank (1st Dan Black belt) but by my age.
This guy got mad, and told me my TKD rank is nothing so I told him that a truly black belt treats with respect even lower ranks and does not matter what kind of martial arts one trains we always have to have humility to ourselves and the others. Even I am a black belt in TKD I must to be polite and humble with other black belts no matter they are judokas,karatekas or aikidokas for example.
I got pretty mad when somebady try to discard us takwondoings saying that a black belt in TKD is not big deal compared other martial arts.
Let me tell you I was alwyas cool and never was unpolite to this young fellow, the only points I told him were: he has not the humility and character to wear a black belt, that he needs to improve and polish his technikes,prepare himself very good and always be polite.
Am I wrong?
Manny
Hugo is 20 years old brown belt and wants to do his black belt test but he is not ready, last september he went into a bar fight (he was intoxicaded) and ended in the floor with his face with cuts because one of the other guys (yes Hugo was kinda of drunk and wanted to fight with three or four guys) smashed a glass and beat him severily. Since last september Hugo has coming dojo oinly 4 or 5 times to train and he's not ready.
But well, Hugo got mad at told me I am no one to tell if he is or not ready for his black belt examination, I told Hugo that I am not his sensei and I am only a yellow belt in Kenpo but... I am older than he and I have a black belt in TKD and know when somebody is ready or not and I deserve to be traeted respectful not only for my rank (1st Dan Black belt) but by my age.
This guy got mad, and told me my TKD rank is nothing so I told him that a truly black belt treats with respect even lower ranks and does not matter what kind of martial arts one trains we always have to have humility to ourselves and the others. Even I am a black belt in TKD I must to be polite and humble with other black belts no matter they are judokas,karatekas or aikidokas for example.
I got pretty mad when somebady try to discard us takwondoings saying that a black belt in TKD is not big deal compared other martial arts.
Let me tell you I was alwyas cool and never was unpolite to this young fellow, the only points I told him were: he has not the humility and character to wear a black belt, that he needs to improve and polish his technikes,prepare himself very good and always be polite.
Am I wrong?
Manny