Actively training? Poll

[Rick]

Yep, i sure do... We were a linked organisation of around 8 schools (well, 8 when i finished training with them, maybe more now, dunno).

 

We were structured like a karate class with everyone starting at 10th Kyu:

 

10th white

 

9th white, yellow tip

 

8th yellow

 

7th yellow, blue tip

 

6th yellow, 2 blue tips

 

5th blue

 

4th blue. green tip

 

3rd green

 

2nd brown

 

1st brown, black tip

 

Then obviously black belt. Our master was 5th Dan Goju Ryu, Certified Muay Thai Instructor, Won titles as a boxer, kickboxer, and ring karate fighter and had some rank in Aikido, i can't remember what it was...

 

Hope that cleared things up...

 

Rick

[AngelaG]

The kickboxers that rent out our dojo have different colour sashes.

[47MartialMan]

Yep, i sure do... We were a linked organisation of around 8 schools (well, 8 when i finished training with them, maybe more now, dunno).

 

We were structured like a karate class with everyone starting at 10th Kyu:

 

10th white

 

9th white, yellow tip

 

8th yellow

 

7th yellow, blue tip

 

6th yellow, 2 blue tips

 

5th blue

 

4th blue. green tip

 

3rd green

 

2nd brown

 

1st brown, black tip

 

Then obviously black belt. Our master was 5th Dan Goju Ryu, Certified Muay Thai Instructor, Won titles as a boxer, kickboxer, and ring karate fighter and had some rank in Aikido, i can't remember what it was...

 

Hope that cleared things up...

 

Rick

 

Sure does.

 

No offense intended:

 

But how does one get to be a certified in Muay Thai Instructor?

 

For lineage, what is his name?

[Shorinryu Sensei]

It appears that there is a small percentage of people who post here that are not actually involved in MA's, but were at one point in another, etc. Just curious:

 

I marked training once/week or more if possible. I've been invovled in the arts for 30 years as of this coming January, but due to a non-martial arts related injury to my lower back, my training has been sporatic and depends on how my back is feeling. It affects my kicking and breakfalls mostly, but my hands work just fine. My classes are most often taught by my senior student who is a 2nd Dan and quite capable of running the class.

[Rick]

Nah no offense taken dude, questions are cool with me.

 

You know, i have no idea how one becomes a certified Muay Thai instructor. I know he had a certification certificate from some organisation, i just started training there when i was 7 or so and it seemed pretty good what he was teaching so i stayed. The name was Andrew Percival if i remember correctly. It was always 'SIR!' to us.

 

Rick

[47MartialMan]

Nah no offense taken dude, questions are cool with me.

 

You know, i have no idea how one becomes a certified Muay Thai instructor. I know he had a certification certificate from some organisation, i just started training there when i was 7 or so and it seemed pretty good what he was teaching so i stayed. The name was Andrew Percival if i remember correctly. It was always 'SIR!' to us.

 

Rick

 

Well as long as he taught you something useful adds to your skill.

[kbgirl]

I train exclusively in kickboxing and we have a belt structure.

 

White

 

Yellow

 

Yellow with black stripe

 

Orange

 

Orange/black stripe

 

Green

 

Green/black stripe

 

Blue

 

Blue/black stripe

 

Brown

 

Brown/black stripe

 

Black with white stripe (low black, my rank)

 

Black

 

And then various degrees... whatever - way beyond me at this point.

 

I hope to be testing for my black belt next summer and am currently training 6 days a week... I may go for my first ring fight in November if I can hack this crazy training schedule.

 

It doesn't feel like too much physically, but mentally my brain is taking a beating.

[47MartialMan]

Yeah, I guess anything can adapt to a ranking/colorization.

[aefibird]

I train every day, either at home or at my martial arts clubs.

 

In terms of going to actual classes, I train 1x per week in Wing Chun (I can't go to any more than once a week until I get a bit more advanced) 5x week karate/kobudo and 1x per week at my karate instructors freestyle self defence session (which is similar to OCFM).

 

In response to the other theme of this thread, the kickboxing club who train at the same location as my karate club have a ranking structure. The ranking is lifted exactly from the KB instructor's (limited) training in karate.

[aefibird]

EDIT: double post. Sorry!