Requiring Patience For The Black Belt And For Rank Advancement In General

Sometimes a student can possess the skillset, but lack the correct mindset to be honored with a blackbelt. Martial arts chains and McDojos can be less concerned with the overall quality of their students. Pay your money and they will award the belt. A lot of us have come across such schools and their students, blackbelts who do not deserve the recognition or grade. And then you have instructors and schools who require their students to uphold the honor, respect and characteristics of the original martial artists. A white uniform and blackbelt are not necessary requirements in order to be a martial artist of the highest caliber, the real treasures of martial arts go much deeper than that.
 
Yes I know there's a difference between getting a point and disagreeing with it and missing a point altogether, but the thing is people do miss my points altogether, at least some of the people on this forum do.
That is Your opinion, and No One Else. This forum and beyond.
 
Sometimes a student can possess the skillset, but lack the correct mindset to be honored with a blackbelt.
That depends on the dojo, some dojos only require skillset but not mindset for a blackbelt, some dojos might require mindset as well, and some dojos might require other stuff. It all depends on what your dojo requires.
Martial arts chains and McDojos can be less concerned with the overall quality of their students. Pay your money and they will award the belt.
Depends on what you define as a McDojo. Based on your post, what you define as a McDojo is a dojo that will hand you a blackbelt when all you've got to do is pay them enough money, I would agree with you on that and I would not waste my time at such a dojo.
A lot of us have come across such schools and their students, blackbelts who do not deserve the recognition or grade.
In your opinion they don't deserve it.
And then you have instructors and schools who require their students to uphold the honor, respect and characteristics of the original martial artists.
And if you prefer such dojos you can go to them, and if you set up your own dojo you can run it that way.
A white uniform and blackbelt are not necessary requirements in order to be a martial artist of the highest caliber, the real treasures of martial arts go much deeper than that.
Exactly what is required to be a martial artist of the highest caliber is a matter of opinion, what do you hope to get out of the martial arts? What are your goals? I would agree with you though about the real treasures of the martial arts going much deeper than that but that's just me.
 
That depends on the dojo, some dojos only require skillset but not mindset for a blackbelt, some dojos might require mindset as well, and some dojos might require other stuff. It all depends on what your dojo requires.
How about your dojo? What does your school expect in order to award a blackbelt?
 

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