My Orange Belt in EPAK, I didn't think I was ready and my instructor had "tempted" me by tying my belt on a pole in the studio. Needless to say on a hot day with no air conditioning I finally earned my Orange belt, worth more to me than my 3rd Dan!
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...wanted to put me in for a "Black Belt Instructors Course for ONLY Ā£10,000.00...
...Glad I left it as he became a "family martial arts Centre / Black Belt Academy
I had placed 2nd in a tournament where the first person who went was judged by both his own school's teachers, and without having calibrated the scores. When he came up to me and told me that he thought I should win, and offered me his trophy, saying he had won unfairly because of his teachers... I've never felt a need to compete again. I respect that martial artist's honor, and integrity, to this day, because he was not just being a good winner.
Because he ended up besting me in the fighting section fair and square, and we both shook hands knowing it.
That's the kind of stuff, as a MA, I live for.
I was allowed to view the Dragon Scroll. True story.I'd swear I saw this in a movie...
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Just out of interest, excluding black belt or anything after black belt, which belt did you feel the most achievement when you earned it? Did you get more of a buzz the higher belt you went up or was it your first ever belt?
As some people might say, rank isn't important.
Agreed. Its a personal journey taken by individuals. For me, I was still a white belt but I was a regular along with the 3 black belts. One day, a senior student (3rd Dan who usually leads in senate's absence) said "small class today, just the ultra dedicated." Meant more than my black belt in TKD ever did. Learned an old school Shuri-Te kata too. Great memory!
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