lgm Posted October 5, 2005 Posted October 5, 2005 I havent been in the belt system for a while and i'm not looking for a yellow belt(i'm white at the moment) since i just started but i'm interested in knowing the amount of time it took people to get to the belt level they're at??Training regularly for 4 yrs. at 2-3 sessions per week, 2 hrs. per session, I was able to reach shodan (1st degree blackbelt). After which, because of the pressures of work, my post shodan training was less regular and it took me 7 years to reach my current rank sandan (3rd degree blackbelt). I'm now retired from formal karate training at 55 yrs. for reasons beyond my control and just do daily self-practice at my private "dojo" for skill maintenance, probably until the bell tolls for me.
Tommy_P Posted October 5, 2005 Posted October 5, 2005 It's not quantity it's quality that counts! Tommy
White Warlock Posted October 5, 2005 Posted October 5, 2005 well, actually, it's both. "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro
JKDkid2 Posted October 5, 2005 Author Posted October 5, 2005 There is a kid in my school about 3rd grade and he said he's been doin karate since he was in kindergarden and he is just recieving his 6th kyu.Class is every day except Sunday and the hours of training varies.
karatekid1975 Posted October 5, 2005 Posted October 5, 2005 I've been training 5 years (year and 3 months in TSD) and 4 years in TKD. I'm a 2nd gup/kyu. Laurie F
feels Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 To blue belt (8th kyu), just over a year. Kyokushin Karate of Los Angeles @ http://www.kyokushinla.com"Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It is thinking about yourself less."
greefy Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 Took me 5 years to achieve my dan grade, but I missed quite a few classes for a while for various reasons. So I was a black belt by the time I was 13 and teaching adults and large classes in general which was very daunting at first but in time it got easier. Then when I became 16 (or just before I was 16, cant quite remember) I had to drop down a grade for a bit, and go through knife and stick defences, leg sweeps, imobilising holds and bone dislocations to earn my senior dan grade. For the next 7 years I stayed a 1st dan, purely for the reason I had no interest in grading anymore. Then I was told I was grading (even though I didnt want to), and I achieved my 2nd dan, and it was because of that grading that I really got into bunkai and learning about other arts, and I know so much more because of it, so I'm glad they made me do it Doing the bull dance, feeling the groove, working it, working it!
lgm Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 It's not quantity it's quality that counts! TommyHi, Tommy! Looks like you got another belt here to your credit, buddy.
kris Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 It has taken me 18 months to get to 5th Kyu, going for 4th Kyu in December.
Tommy_P Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 It's not quantity it's quality that counts! TommyHi, Tommy! Looks like you got another belt here to your credit, buddy. Is that a black belt that has worn out until it's white? I Guess not, my new belt seems to symbolize newness or beginner status! Tommy
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