Belated Hello

[ninjanurse]

Welcome!

 

[Kanzashi]

I've enjoyed your posts and your outlook. You belong here. Welcome.

[White Warlock]

Thank you

[Thruhiker]

Hello White Warlock,

 

Belated Welcome,

 

I know you mentioned that some have called you a jack of all trades and a master of none because you lack a piece of cloth around your waist. I feel your pain that some are considered unworthy because they don't have a certificate to validate their job skills.

 

Unfortunately that is where our society is going. Society wants the piece of paper to validate you history. They want the black belt and the certificates showing your knowledge. As if on the job training isn't enough.

 

Today it seems just a few jobs are worthy of on the job training such as a plumber or an electrician.

 

Todays society wants proof of your claims. There are too many scams these days on TV, internet, door to door, relief funds (911 & tsunami), dojo's (self proclaimed instructors), etc.......

 

Just search the internet and look at some of the videos of kata from different schools. There are some scary black belts doing stuff that make a white belt look good.

 

Enough rambling.....as always it's a pleasure .

 

Thruhiker

[krzychicano]

here is a belated welcome right back at ya!

[pineapple]

Hi White Warlock!

 

Your experience in the martial arts sounds a lot like what I experienced in the martial arts. I jumped from school to school, training a few years here and a few years there and never achieving any high rank. I was later advised by one of my instructors to make one art my base while training in other styles. I told him that I felt really discourage in the martial arts because I had so many years of training but nothing to show for it and he told me that this was not true because although I did not have the rank at the time, I had the skills to show. I took his advice and made Kajukenbo my base and never regret it.

 

There is nothing wrong with training the way you do if your intention is simply to learn martial arts, unfortunately if you wish to open your own school, it normally requires a high rank to attract students.

 

I just thought that I'ld share my experience with you because it sounds like you have the same frustrations that I once had.

[Taku-Shimazu]

Konnichiwa!