Podium promotion pessimism

IMHO, belt rank really doesn't mean much outside of your specific school/organization. It should be a bench mark for your instructor to tell at a glance what skills a student "should" possess, this is much more important in a large school with multiple classes and assistant instructors. Not as important when it is a small class and you know everybody.
This is pretty much what rank means to me in NGA.
 
That's purportedly one of the characteristics we try to instill in students. It's unfortunate that so many don't actually believe it, or live it.
You have good timing. I just saw that a karate school in Kansas just made the pages this week for not having integrity. lol good timing
 
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