Used Black Belts

[opr1945145 32]

For what it is worth: I searched ebay-US for used "embroidered Karate belts" for last 90 days completed sales.. I found 4 belts that were embroidered black belts used were sold. All were less than $50. One was the Ninja belt I purchased. There were 8-10 old looking plain black belt sold, frequently seller would custom embroidery them for a fee. I found none in the over $100 category. Certainly a non-scientific survey.

Personally, it seems to me that purchasing someone else's earned black would have a use a decoration (me) less likely for wear. However, an old looking belt embroidered to your qualifications/style would have a higher likely hood be for wear.

Maybe there are more frauds out there than I think?

 

[opr1945145 32]

I also emailed both of the sellers of the expensive belts asking why they were so high. I did not receive a reply from either, so I sent a second email today.

 

[opr1945145 32]

I received unique lower sale price"

 

[Same Trick93 44]

Offering discount is utterly disrespectful to the former owner who put in much hard work, blood, sweat and tears with that belt…. Don’t buy it

 

[opr1945145 32]

I have sent the sellers a couple of emails asking why they are priced so high. No responses so far.

As best I can recall the two I purchased were are $30 each. These are priced way above my pay grade.

 

[opr1945145 32]

I was ready to start putting the two Black Belts in the shadow box. However, I cannot find the Ninjutsu belt. It is missing. I remember exactly where I left it. And. now it is gone............

 

[Gyakuto147 156]

I was ready to start putting the two Black Belts in the shadow box. However, I cannot find the Ninjutsu belt. It is missing. I remember exactly where I left it. And. now it is gone............

They have found you. Be scared…be very scared!

 

[Same Trick93 44]

I was ready to start putting the two Black Belts in the shadow box. However, I cannot find the Ninjutsu belt. It is missing. I remember exactly where I left it. And. now it is gone............

Checked around your waist ?

 

[opr1945145 32]

yup. not there. Thanks.

 

[Same Trick93 44]

Must be a large waist, took 4 days check…..

 

[opr1945145 32]

The black belt with re embroidery has not turned up yet. I looked in all the places that I thought it might be.

I wonder if one of the kids threw it away?

 

[Ace-of-Spades11 10]

Why don’t you commission a brand new, embroidered blackbelt just for yourself? It’d cost a fraction of the above and be unique and personal to you.

Can't understand why anyone would buy a used black belt
I did know one sausage who bought one to pose in his garden hitting a sandsack
He proudly told me his neighbours saw him
He was a white belt in shotokan with about a years experience (didn't do any belt exams as he never joined the club but the Sensei let him train for free)
I trained there myself for a short time but disliked Shotokan..the Sensei was a good guy..definitely a powerful Shotokan guy

 

[Gyakuto147 156]

Can't understand why anyone would buy a used black belt

opr1945 likes them, plain and simple, plus he finds them inspirational for his own journey and he never wears them, but instead, privately displays them for his own pleasure.

I love expensive pieces of old Japanese steel and obsessively keep then in humidity controlled cases. Some people collect fuel-guzzling hot rod cars, others collect fossilised dinosaur faeces. Horses for courses and why not?

I did know one sausage who bought one to pose in his garden hitting a sandsack
He proudly told me his neighbours saw him
He was a white belt in shotokan with about a years experience (didn't do any belt exams as he never joined the club but the Sensei let him train for free)

Some people have an external locus of identity where their self-worth and value comes from the outside and other people rather than derived internally. This can develop in people grew up in environments where love and approval were tied directly to meeting others' expectations rather than being yourself. In others it’s due to surviving unsafe homes or toxic dynamics where scanning others'moods and conforming was necessary for protection. Some, living in tight-knit cultural, familial, or religious groups that dictate your beliefs, roles, and purpose. I was taught early on that putting your own desires last makes you ‘good’ or ‘valuable’ which can cause this externslisation of identity. Also measuring your worth through likes, comments, and curated digital standards on social media. Finally, linking your value to your productivity, job title, or financial success in a capitalist society.

We all have elements of these but in some they are more overt than others.

I trained there myself for a short time but disliked Shotokan..the Sensei was a good guy..definitely a powerful Shotokan guy

Non sequitur

 

[Prince_Alarming84 20]

Horses for courses and why not?

Because I have only ever been hungry enough to eat 1 horse

 

[Dirty Dog20 4]

I found a great use for one of my used black belts. I had it embroidered and passed it on to my wife.

 

[Buka51 3]

I found a great use for one of my used black belts. I had it embroidered and passed it on to my wife.

I did the exact same thing! I asked her “IF you ever make black belt, what would you like on your belt?”
She said “Just my nickname.”

 

[Gyakuto147 156]

I did the exact same thing! I asked her “IF you ever make black belt, what would you like on your belt?”
She said “Just my nickname.”

I was hoping her nickname was ‘’Snookhams’.

 

[Dirty Dog20 4]

I was hoping her nickname was ‘’Snookhams’.

I always told Mrs Dog that she was the only person who had to call me "Master"... Didn't happen.