brown belt

Heads up - they say that after every bloody belt...........

Crash

I am so happy for you getting you Brown belt, I presume this is your 1st Kyu grade, May I say don't see it as nearing the end, see it as nearing the start.

Too many Brown belts stay at this grade and never go to Shodan or they leave before ever getting near it. I can tell by you message you are someone like myself who sees the journey infront of you.

Remember

Karate is like hot water. If you do not give heat constantly it will again become cold.

Well Done

congrats my friend........good luck.

tight belts

Congrats! I also just passed my Ikkyu test last week. It took me a year to advance from Nikkyu. I don't think I'll be testing for Shodan for another 18 months (minimum), because I need to learn:

• Kushanku dai
  
• Matsukaze
  
• Jion
  
• Chatan Yara No Sai Sho
  
• Chatan Yara No Tunfa Sho
  

Congrats but i have been taking karate for 8 years and am still a brown belt! u have to be 16 in my club to recieve black.

Hello Crash:



Congradulations!

Do you know why they did this??? They like all of us want the best for you. Now they have at least two years to see how you do... how hard you push, where your ~head space~ is at at every opportunity. They see how you deal with things that are problems, or challenges. Who you are as a person, what you are made of as a martial artist. What you do with things that you cannot solve instantly, easily....?

They are watching, and making notes . Just stay in the boat... do not quit and regardless you will do well.

Jeff

Haze, yes, our dojo does have gradings, here is the full story. We had a grading last week and a hand full of students that were ready attended including myself, however Sensi told me months in advance that I would NOT be ranked and he still wanted me to be there, just to be evaluated and to see where I'm at as a blue belt, I was also glad to be there to give mental support to my fellow students, our gradings are pure hell physically, so I also thought this would get me training hard and make sure I was in shape. So I trained myself like I always do for a grading, I realized indeed this was a good way to keep myself sharp and in the zone. After the grading everyone passed (yes we do fail people) I was happy for them and glad I didn't let anyone quit. That's when sensi called me up to present me with a brown belt, everyone was suprised especially me. I guess he though I was ready. I have alot more to do to get my black belt, then the journey begins...

By the way Ukraine, nobody is really supposed to recieve a black belt untill they are AT LEAST 16 years old, at least in Ontario Canada this is the case, so don't feel like you have been singled out, I wouldn't give a student a black belt if they were 15, it's just a maturity issue with me. I'm 18 now and will probably be 20 when I get my shodan.

Congratulations dude! I got my brown belt last Nov. I was exited too, and exhausted but excited none the less. Oh and I love the signature man, AC/DC ROCKS!!!