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I've been genuinely thinking about this a lot lately
I feel like they take more than what they give. For example if you get a black belt, you feel this intense pressure to perform and the expectation is you should easily be able to handle most colored belts and fall asleep while tapping whites or blues.
There doesn't seem to be an * next to any of these statements. Doesn't matter if that white belt has 100lb on you or is 10 years younger, as a brown or black belt, you should be in control 100% and tap them at will at any time.
It also creates this weird heirchies that shouldn't be there. For example, I intentionally get late to some evening classes because the coach makes us line up in rows by belt rank and always waves me over to his bb line so we can face the class. It's weird to do that when many of the lower ranked people I'm facing kick my ass when we roll.
On top of all that, they are largely meaningless. Are they supposed to signify skill? Knowledge? Simply time you've trained and nothing else? I got my belt just due to attendance and consistently coming I'm 4 to 5 times a week for a little over 7 years. Boom heres your black belt.
But in another academy , I might have done the same and still be purple or brown
So which one are you in that case?
To me , I love no gi for a lot of reasons but mainly because there are no visible belts. There are a few people that wear colored rash guards to signify their belt , but for the most part everyone wears natural or black rash guards .
What are your thoughts? Do you think taking away belts or ranks or promotions of any type will make the sport less motivating or appealing ?
I feel like they take more than what they give. For example if you get a black belt, you feel this intense pressure to perform and the expectation is you should easily be able to handle most colored belts and fall asleep while tapping whites or blues.
There doesn't seem to be an * next to any of these statements. Doesn't matter if that white belt has 100lb on you or is 10 years younger, as a brown or black belt, you should be in control 100% and tap them at will at any time.
It also creates this weird heirchies that shouldn't be there. For example, I intentionally get late to some evening classes because the coach makes us line up in rows by belt rank and always waves me over to his bb line so we can face the class. It's weird to do that when many of the lower ranked people I'm facing kick my ass when we roll.
On top of all that, they are largely meaningless. Are they supposed to signify skill? Knowledge? Simply time you've trained and nothing else? I got my belt just due to attendance and consistently coming I'm 4 to 5 times a week for a little over 7 years. Boom heres your black belt.
But in another academy , I might have done the same and still be purple or brown
So which one are you in that case?
To me , I love no gi for a lot of reasons but mainly because there are no visible belts. There are a few people that wear colored rash guards to signify their belt , but for the most part everyone wears natural or black rash guards .
What are your thoughts? Do you think taking away belts or ranks or promotions of any type will make the sport less motivating or appealing ?