PlasmaShock

I passed the test and now im a 3rd kyu(brown belt). Ill post the videos up when I upload them.

Juicefree

Congratulations matey.

Hardball

Congrats, Brown belt gets just as much respect as Black. IMHO. You may be there a long time but don't let it get to you; just enjoy the journey. I stayed brown belt for over 3 years.

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GranFire

Shit, man, don't tell him that!!!

Anyhow. Congratulations!

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Britt

Awesome, PlasmaShock! What style?

bydand

Congratulations!

weehoagie

Congrats my man
Gets a little tougher from here in (and so it should)
keep in there.

Thai Bri

I stayed a brown belt for 24 years, and counting!

Well done. I remember taking mine in Shukokai Karate. I haven't got a lot of time for that system now, but back in the day I lived for it!

Hardball

You must have had some serious injuries or serious issues.

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Thai Bri

Not at all. I thought that the coveted "Black Belt" should really mean something. But, the more I saw in the so called "martial" arts, the more I saw people wearing black belts who couldn't knock their way out of a paper bag. The whole thing became something to avoid, an acheivement not worth having.

Tom Yum

......Bingo.

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Hardball

You must be one helluva brawler/fighter because according to you Wing Chun is crap and now you are saying All Japanese Black belts are crap. LOL

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Hardball

By-the-way, I've seen plenty of those McDojo Black belts that you are referring to. LOL

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Thai Bri

I didn't say that all Japanese Black Belts are crap at all. But the people surtrounding me where, as well as those I saw in other clubs.

Now there were some great fighters but, to a man, they all cross trained (and this is back in the early 80s). Privately they all agreed that they initially thought Karate would be the answer but, as they got into it, they then realised that it wasn't.

For example I trained with this guy

www.maxt.co.uk

He was all over most of us in Karate..... but felt the need to move on. He's a 4th Dan and I don't think he uses ANY of the Karate stuff at all.

I reckon that early Karate-Jutsu was an effective art. It was all about fingers in the eyes, ax hands in the throat and stomps on the knee etc. But it was massively diluted over the years. Those effective clubs are probably less than 1% of what is out there.

Hardball

You are right about those McDojo Black belts though. I didn't realize that there were so many lame arse black belts until I started attending major seminars and tourneys within my association.

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