Lying about Belt Ranks

[Zaine]

On 9/24/2025 at 11:00 PM, KarateKen said:

Agreed.  Here is maybe a better question.  If a student is a BB in Karate and a green belt in TKD, and are competing in a TKD tournament, what belt rank is appropriate for the student to wear? 

I do think that there is some nuance here. If the TKD tournament restricted poomsae (kata) to only TKD forms, then I can see an argument being made that the black belt should be allowed to compete in a lower rank for the poomsae section. However, personally I disagree with the argument as presented. A black belt in another system will, all things being equal, have much more technical prowess over their poomsae than someone at the same level. In this case, all roads, regardless of merit, lead to the competitor only competing in the BB divisions.