Защо не станеш Black Belt?

А преди няколко години, Реших да остана в ранг на кафяв колан по джудо за известно време. Като черен колан по таекуондо, Винаги съм се предположи, че вие ​​не спирай, докато стигнете до черен колан в областта практикувате. Обаче, I began to change my mind about continuously trying to obtain a black belt in every art you study.

Първи, Judo rank is very much based on competition. I decided to retire from competition at age 40 but I was still a brown belt.

Втори, I had become disenchanted with the direction of Judo. I strongly feel that Judo’s inclusion in the Olympics may have advanced the sport but it hurt the art. Сега, the changes that the IJF is making to keep wrestlers and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes from being able to win in international judo competitions is hurting the sport as well.

Трети, the politics of the United States judo organizations seem to be geared to producing Olympic champions.

Накрая, I felt like I knew what I needed to supplement my self-defense skills and add Judo to my self-defense curriculum. We often think you have to earn a black belt in everything to be competent but training in an art for a couple years can prepare you to competently use those skills in a self-defense encounter. Many MMA trainers often talk about a purple belt is the best rank for most fighters because they can defend submissions but they don’t tend to specialize like a lot of black belts.

While it didn’t really figure into the decision, Теодор Рузвелт, who I admire, was also a brown belt. He did okay for himself.

Starting a martial art and not getting to black belt seemed anathema to me several years ago. Обаче, at some point you have to quit chasing rank in other systems and focus on developing and building your own system. You don’t need to be a black belt in five arts to defend yourself. Фактически, the closed curriculum of some established martial arts can be a stumbling block in martial arts.

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