question for instructors

[Tiger1962]

Although I understand why others are saying, "don't worry about her, worry about your own business or training," - I completely understand why this would irritate you. I've had similar instances happen where I train.

I think the reason why it bothers some more than others and is hard to ignore is that we train very hard to achieve our goals and rank and "pay our dues" as the old saying goes. When someone else, however young or old they are, doesn't have to go through the same procedure, it does diminish the standards of the school and (to me) diminishes the high regard I've had for my school and the style I train in.

I didn't read every single response here so maybe something similar has been written.

All I'm trying to say is, whether or not your fellow student tests or not, I totally understand why it would bother you. It would bother me too.

[crazyferret]

I have a situation I'm dealing with. A group of us students are testing for our black belt soon. In the group there is one girl that was not supposed to test because she had not been to classes due to other activities for a long time. She has been in the school for as long or longer than the rest of us but she has not been to near as many classes as the rest of us. For the past four months the rest of us have been attending an extra black belt candidate class greared towards preparing us for the test. This girl just started coming to the class. So she will have two months compared to our six months in this class not to mention all of the months of regular classes she has missed. It is aggrivating because I have been working my butt off in preperation for this test. The schools policy has always been if a student is not ready to test (i.e. not enought classes, don't know or can't perform requirements) then they don't test. It is obvious that this girl will not be ready but things are movig forward as though she is going to be allowed to test. Just curious if I'm over reacting or if I have a legitimate gripe?

That's why I like when arts give belts out based on actual fighting ability as opposed to through tests.

I'd look for a school in your area that gives belts based on ability.

It is hard to play favorites that way, because ability is inarguable in fighting.