Black Belt Duration

I think thatā€™d be breaching the data protection act or whatever equivalent you have in the USA.
Wouldn't surprise me. Particularly as a moderator, even if I'm not an employee, I could see it violating some law or another. Even if not, I wouldn't share that info for someone else anyway.
 
I got my first 1st Dan in 1975. 7th Dan MDK TKD in 2021. So 48 years.
There are a few 8th and 9th Dan posters here. Earl Weiss is an ITF 9th Dan. He's shared that publicly, so it's OK to repeat.
 
The crispness is very important. Donā€™t try bribing us moderators with any worn out bills.
British ā€˜paperā€™ money is now made of a polymer that remains crisp and unwrinkled forever, just like the people in LA! So if youā€™ll take pounds sterling (five being the minimum, Iā€™m afraid) then they will always be crisp!
 
British ā€˜paperā€™ money is now made of a polymer that remains crisp and unwrinkled forever, just like the people in LA! So if youā€™ll take pounds sterling (five being the minimum, Iā€™m afraid) then they will always be crisp!
British money looks cooler than US.
 
Iā€™m sure a crisp one dollar note would change your mind šŸ˜‰
British ā€˜paperā€™ money is now made of a polymer that remains crisp and unwrinkled forever, just like the people in LA! So if youā€™ll take pounds sterling (five being the minimum, Iā€™m afraid) then they will always be crisp!
So..holding out for 2 and a half hours has sextupled your bribe? I think I might hold out a bit longer.
 
British money looks cooler than US.
Yeah, maybe. But I have uncut sheets of American paper currency, including one of two dollar notes, that look really cool.

Every once in a while Iā€™ll gift one to one of my buddyā€™s kids just to blow their mind.
 
Yeah, maybe. But I have uncut sheets of American paper currency, including one of two dollar notes, that look really cool.

Every once in a while Iā€™ll gift one to one of my buddyā€™s kids just to blow their mind.
Ha! Go ahead, make my day!
 
So..holding out for 2 and a half hours has sextupled your bribe? I think I might hold out a bit longer.
No no! The smallest polymer money we have is the Ā£5 note! Bribing you with a greater sum would be an insult to your moral standingā€¦on this forum.
 
Yeah, maybe. But I have uncut sheets of American paper currency, including one of two dollar notes, that look really cool.
I've got a few of the old $2 bills, as well as actual silver dollars. I don't think I'm actually a collector, but ever since I was a kid, I've made it a point to keep a little money from every country I visit.
 
I was just curious, how long have you been a black belt?

I was awarded mine in 1986 after five years of obsessive training (and the physicality that comes with youth) in Wado Ryu Karate, by a grading panel headed by Tatsuo Suzuki 8th Dan Hanshi, but ceased that art a couple of years later in favour of Kendo and eventually Iaido, so I wouldnā€™t say Iā€™ve been a practising Dan grade in Karate for 37 years! Had I continued training in Karate, Iā€™d either be a wizened, grey-bearded old master or in a wheel chair by now
Basically the same here. Shodan karate and Jujitsu. Took shodan Kendo with BKA before leaving for good. All the rest in different arts to a much higher level in Japan. Taken in the allotted time between grades. Then again I was daily practitioner. If I am asked for a bio I always make it clear when I took particular grades rather than tag it on. What I did in karate is but a dream! I would do far better to defend myself with walking stick.:rolleyes:
 
Do we have any really high ranking practitioners on here? 6th Dan plus (or equivalent)?
Erm well yes. But after around 56 years of practice, most of that professionally. It's only natural. If anyone else had put into it what I have they would be up the top as well. I retired from taking dan grades at forty-two to concentrate on Koryu Bujutsu.
 
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Black belt...... we don't need any stinking black belt :D

Sorry could not resist.

Traditional Chinese Martial Arts does not have belt ranks if taught traditionally by old Chinese guys. But I can say I was first given permission to teach about 30 years ago if various CMA forms and again for Traditional Yang style, to teach anything I was taught, over 15 years ago, but I was allowed to teach the long form over 20 years ago.
 
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