karate-ka1

I agree with (karatekid1975)

It took me 15yrs to reach GoDan and the title of Master from my Shidoshi, training 3 days a week, 2hrs every monday & Wednesday, saturdays 4 hrs. I volunteered to do everything i practically live at the dojo up until this very day. I beleive that there is no time limit on rank, belts don't make a man, man make the belts. Here is the ultimate question. who made the first master?

Spirit first technique second.

The Martial Arts are 90% mental 10% physical, the body will do only what the mind wills it to do.

I don't think there's anything wrong with training on your own, as long as you have good fundamental your good to go. Mas Oyama trained alone for several years before developing kyokushin.

we have white, yellow, green, purple, brown, black, red is reserved for 9th and 10th Dans