Quickest to Blackbelt status?

[yingampyang]

The tradional rules of ranking , and how long it should be between belt gradings. Because it has largly increased over the years.

[bushido_man96]

At the black belt levels, I have seen the time in rank increase for each dan grade. At colored belt, the time was always the same.

[yingampyang]

No the time is not the same anymore , depending on what school you go to.

[granitemiller]

It depends on your motivation. You can find a school that churns out belts if you search around.

[scottman]

it depends on how hard you work

That's really what it comes down to. Somebody that trains 8 hours a day, 7 days a week is going to progress much faster than someone who does 1 hour, twice a week. But like everyone else says, you shouldn't worry about it. All a blackbelt says is that you know the basics and are ready to begin learning in a martial arts system.

Well put!

[Adonis]

Train as hard as you can, as much as you can, and make sure you drink plenty of water

[jiujitsufan10]

There are lots of schools that will let you go as fast as you want as long as you pay. You can also buy certificates to way you are a 5,6,7 degree black belt.

But really, if you were to demonstrate what you know, would you want to look foolish wearing a black belt with little skills? I rather have a brown belt and know that I have skills. Belt color doesn't matter if you cannot back it up with knowledge and physical form.

It should take you around three years training 5 days a week to get to black belt. Its also good to train in more than one art to have broad skills.

[Karateka_latino]

There's not a particular MA that can quickly give you a black belt. That depends more on the School and organization. In some karate school you can test for a black belt in 2 years while in other is 6 years and that applies for most martial arts.

Right now, as a far as i know, BJJ outside Brazil is the martial art that takes the longest to give a black belt which is 10 years or a little more. I've heard that in Brazil you can get your BB in 5 years.

[humble monk]

I'm not even sure what black belt means anymore. To the general public, I suppose it means mastery, to me it has come to mean a super-expensive test fee.

[nrspook]

Remember the immortal words of Mr. Miyagi:

"Belt means no need rope to hold up pants."

Karate's in your head and your heart, not around your waist.