| Not been on the site in a while and sorry for dragging up an old thread but just thought i would let you know that after grading on saturday i asked Sam who is a black belt at the almighty age of 12 if he graded and he said that he does not get graded again until he is 16 as he will then have to grade for an Adult black belt. So i guess i owe everbody on here an apology who has been involved in the last few pages of this thread as the blackbelts are infact junior black belts (and deserved too)
This has thrown up some confusion for me though..... What about the other belts? are they junior belts too or are they classed as proper belts?
My boy just got his green > white stripe
he has quite a collection now
white
white yellow stripe
yellow white stripe
yellow
red 2 white stripe
red white stripe
red
orange white stripe
orange
green white stripe
The more he does Karate and the more progreeses the more i see why some of you have pesimistic views on the belt system and i have to agree that the belt is purchased rather than earned. The gulf between students of the same belt color at the dojo is plain for anybody to see. After realising this i myself think that belts are worthless apart from helping to keep the club afloat through much needed revenue via the gradings.
My humblest apologies
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