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Hello KaratekaAikidoist, if I remember correctly you had a post that was congratulating my son and myself for acheiving our next belt rank and also thanked me for the encouragment to others about to be tested. You also stated that you were about to test for your black belt which you then came back and posted that you had gotten. I and others congratulated you on your accomplishment which was much deserved. It seems ironic that your getting angry over something that you freely participated in. I'm confused. With that said, I feel that this is a second dojo for me as well and see nothing wrong with sharing with other MA's on each others accomplishments. Who better to understand all the sweat and tears, hard work and didication it takes to be sucessful. IMHO Respectfully yours, G

We have no set time limits or such to test. Our Hanshi will give us target dates to shoot for. For intance we have another promotion coming up in November. A couple of weeks before that time he will have a list of students that he feels are ready to advance. You don't have to if you feel you may not be ready or if you would like to try and test you just have to get th OK from Hanshi. Your welcome to try, but no gaurantee you make it. He may also let you know your weak points to work on before promotions. He charges nothing for our tests and he buys the belts himself. He says "belts are earned not bought". The system seems to work well for us!

Congrats to you KaratekaAikidoist, well done! Doesn't it feel great. Keep up the hard work. Greg

My light weight top is still in good condition but my pants got a rip in the crotch. Must have been those super high kicks of mine. I purchased a middle weight Gi about six months ago and haven't had in trouble so far, but it is fairly new still. I'll let you know how things develop.

I fenced while in college. I liked it! It was very challenging and a lot more to it then some might think. I never pursued it after college though, I often think back to the fun times however!

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Newnan Georgia, USA I'm very lucky in not having to pay anything for our lessons. Our Hanshi (9th Dan) volunteers his time to teach us a couple times a week and one other day the more advanced students teach the lower ranks. He has been doing this for over three years and says as long as he has students he will continue to teach. He has over 37 yrs experience in many styles and I feel blessed to have the opportunity to learn from this man. As for experience for teaching, this came up in class the other day. Hanshi said that he has seen many great teachers with little experience and he has also seen great martial artist with alot of time under there belt that were not very good teachers at all. Basically some people can convey a concept or technique that is easy to understand and follow and others can perform a technique flawlessly but have a very hard time teaching someone else how to do it. Hope that makes some sense!

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Thanks everyone, and thanks to you karate_women for the signature reminder. No telling how long I would have went before I noticed. Thanks again! Greg

Here's a pretty good site with lots of information. Hope it helps a little. http://karatethejapaneseway.com/index.html

Congratulations to me and my son. We just got home from testing for our Brown belts (3rd kyu). We both received them, and boy am I tired. It lasted about 2 1/2 hours and was very intense. It was also great, there's no feeling like achieving your next rank. The feeling of accomplishment after all the hard work is well worth it. Anyone out there getting ready to test I wish you the best of luck and say "Go For It"!

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Welcome, any questions you have can be answered here. Some great people with great experience!

Great to have you here Aes. I started MA over three years ago with my son on the suggestion of my wife. "It will be fun, you two should do something together". Will she was right, we're both still training and would'nt give it up for the world. We're both going for our brown belts (3rd kyu) in a couple of weeks. So I can relate with doing something with your kids. I've rambled long enough! Welcome, I've enjoyed your posts.

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Purple belt (4th kyu), testing the 21st of this month for Brown (3rd kyu). Wish me luck!

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