i want to say something to all of y'all, i mean this in no disrespect to anybody or anyone's martial art, but as my instructor once said, "your belt only covers one inch of ur back side, u must cover the rest." Now martial arts is supposed to be about being able to defend yourself and having the courage to do whats right, is not a tenet of many of m.a.'s coutresy and respect? If so why are you bashing others for there martial art? It doesn't matter how many gold bars you have on your belt, the bully isn't going to care, what does matter is what you learned and how you can apply it. With that being said i mean no disrespect to any black belt out there, and i believe some apologies are in order....