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Black Belt Equivalent???


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Since black belts themselves mean different things in different styles, I'm not sure how an equivalent would work.

Generally, a black belt means that you are an advanced beginner, ready to tak on higher-level learning.

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I believe the term is for styles that don't hold belt systems when they compete or train with other styles.

This may be the case. I have never heard of any boxers, kickboxers, or wrestlers use the term, though.

It may also relate to open tournaments, with all styles welcome, and using time in training to equate a skill level, i.e., the black belt 'equivalent.'

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perhaps its just a way to describe an aspect of a particular person. say you have your purple belt and don’t know advanced kata, but you can fight as well as a black belt. you are "black belt equivalent" in sparring.

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another option may be to say that you have studied tangsoodo and have a black belt, since your forms may be the exact same forms as a shotokan school down the road then you may be observed as a black belt equivalent in that school since you've never trained there but your training in your style is very similar to another?

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