Guest Posted April 8, 2003 Posted April 8, 2003 Belt ranks are listed in my sig I orignially started in Tai Chi about 7-8 years ago. From there I also started Kendo (her husband taught it at WSU) and then found Aikido. Work schedules changed and I found a dojo that was open day and night, so I started there about 3.5 years ago. They teach the full Tae Kwon Do and Shotokan Styles + Okinawan weapons. Through that dojo I earned a 1st Dan in the USA Karate Federation and currently working on an Ed Parker American Kenpo Black Belt (Yellow belt right now!) There is also a Chun Kuk Do Dojo here, so I want to study under that after my first Kenpo Black Belt.
Kung Fu Hamster Posted April 8, 2003 Posted April 8, 2003 1st dan shotokan... Everybodies Going Kung Fu Fighting! Yah Hoocha! LMAO
blitzcraig Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 Im a green belt in karate/tkd. I would be a blue but my stupid car had to stupid break down cuz its stupid and I haven't been to class in like a month and a half. I also have done some BoXiNg. #1"The road to tae kwan leep is an endless road leading into the herizon, you must fully understand its ways". #2"but i wanna wax the walls with people now" #1"come ed gruberman, your first lesson is here.....boot to the head" #2"ouch, you kicked me in the head", #1"you learn quickly ed gruberman"
SevenStar Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 judo - sankyu (3rd degree brown) bjj - white belt shuai chiao - no ranks are given Those are what I train in now. From past styles: longfist - blue sash muay thai - no ranks were given, but I trained for two years and had two fights. karate - none given - I trained with a japanese guy who only gave three ranks - white, brown and black. He moved back to Japan before I tested for brown under him. kali/jun fan - none given. trained in it for two years while I was trainined muay thai.
blitzcraig Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 sounds like you've been busy seven star #1"The road to tae kwan leep is an endless road leading into the herizon, you must fully understand its ways". #2"but i wanna wax the walls with people now" #1"come ed gruberman, your first lesson is here.....boot to the head" #2"ouch, you kicked me in the head", #1"you learn quickly ed gruberman"
Shotokan_Fighter Posted April 11, 2003 Posted April 11, 2003 shotokan karate i love it man "When I fight, I fight with my heart,and soul. My heart, and soul is Shotokan Karate."Shotokan_fighters creed"karate has to come natural in a fight, if you have to think about using karate in a fight, you will loose the fight"3rd kyu brown belt - shotokan karate
SevenStar Posted April 11, 2003 Posted April 11, 2003 I try. Currently, I'm training 5 days a week, 2.5 - 3.5 hours per day.
Samurai_Steel Posted April 11, 2003 Posted April 11, 2003 Black belt 1st dan in a style you American's wont have heard of. A brand of karate true to how it was taught in Japan. Couple of my own observations, belts are there to make you feel like you are making progress and to put in place some rank in the teacher / student relationship. They dont mean an awful lot apart from that, and if fact werent used to my knowledge in Japan. It is a fairly recent development. Incidentally the only reason I have included my grade is that if I had said the above line without it, I would have been dismissed as being a white belt who knew nothing. Oh yeah another thing, if you have your grade listed in your signature and you only signed up this year (2003) then you might want to remember what you wrote rather than claiming a grade five or six higher than that in your signature...............alternatively update your signature.
SevenStar Posted April 12, 2003 Posted April 12, 2003 Black belt 1st dan in a style you American's wont have heard of. A brand of karate true to how it was taught in Japan. Couple of my own observations, belts are there to make you feel like you are making progress and to put in place some rank in the teacher / student relationship. They dont mean an awful lot apart from that, and if fact werent used to my knowledge in Japan. It is a fairly recent development. I ALMOST 100% agree with that. BJJ doesn't give out belts. there is a natural progression, and you will not advance until you have proven that you can. as a white belt, you won't be considered for blue unless you can keep up with the blues all of the time and beat them on at least a fairly regular basis. same goes for each successive step. Other than that, it's been my experience that what you said is right. BTW, the karate training I mentioned was from a Japanese friend of mine who grew up training in kumamoto. It's worlds different from what you see in America, but his was a family style and had no formal name. He's pretty well known in kumamoto, especially for his expertise with a balisong, oddly enough.
karate_woman Posted April 12, 2003 Posted April 12, 2003 Shodan, Okinawan Goju Ryu and Kobudo Orange Belt in Judo The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. -Lao-Tse
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