Black Belt Prestige
- Black Belt Prestige
- High times
- Low times
- What happened?
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- Children black belts
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- Women black belts
- Physically or mentally disabled
- Aged
- Over the hill black belts
- You can still do that which you do, because you do it.
- Is there something that can be done?
- Has the prestige of the black belt been lost forever?
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The information in this article is controversial. It is based upon logic and reason, not capitalism and sentimentality. If you believe the martial arts are sports in which everyone, regardless of age, gender, or physical, mental, or emotional capabilities, may participate and earn a black belt, then you should not read this article since it will probably upset you. However, if you believe the martial arts are fighting, combat, “martial” arts, not sports, and that the black belt, which once held a position of prestige as a symbol of a warrior, has been degraded to the point that the black belt is considered just another rank, brought about by commercial schools giving it to the undeserving in an effort to retain more students and make more money, then read on.
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