earn my black belt

Earned my green belt with blue stripe tonight.

Honestly, though, in the last month or so I’ve really stopped caring about my belt color. I know what I know, and I don’t know what I don’t know (a lot more than what I know), and that doesn’t change regardless of my belt.

The belt may reflect what I know to the outside world, but it in no way defines what I know. And since I’m doing martial arts for me, and no one else, I’m not particularly concerned with reflecting what I know to the outside world.

So, I’ll wear the belt, out of respect for the school and for the positive effect it has on other people, but I’m not really fired up any more for new belts for my own sake.

I even considered eliminating this goal, but I think I’ll keep it around anyway.

Having to click “I give up…” Well, here goes. Setting this one aside for now as well.

Looks like I never noted when I got my yellow/black belt. Now I’ve skipped orange and on to green.

Thanks to an auto accident and a broken arm, I haven’t been able to do Kung Fu in a while, but I’m trying to progress some by watching movies, reading books, and meditating.

I won’t be able to commence training until this September, because I reside in the middle of nowhere, with no dojo’s, and no possibility of getting to one. I have found a number of TKD and shotokan dojos close to my university, and will be beginning with a novice white belt in the fall. Until then, I am training and conditioning in order to get into optimal shape for katas and sparring in September. Do you have any advice on what I should focus on?

I want to become something that will make me more confident when I walk down the street alone. So far, I’m only a white belt, but my grading is this 3 weeks from now! It’s going to be hard [For me =.=], but I’ll get through it. I can’t wait to learn more. =D

I’m rubbing my sore legs and wondering why I do this to myself. I went 39 years without knowing how to kick anyone, never wanted to, never needed to. I won’t quit, though.

Every time I consistently practice karate my life always gets balanced. I look at the world maturely and with a more realistic optimism not just whimsical dreaming. It teaches me to respect the things that are most important to me and gives me strength to protect them. I’ve achieved an orange belt and dropped out. Now I know I need to get more advanced because I’ve decided to put my best foot forward in life and I know I need to be rooted in this art.

I got my yellow belt tonight. Another step up the ladder.

So, as of tonight I officially have a white belt. Not much a guess, but it’s a start. It may be the first rung on the ladder, but both feet are off the ground.

My muscles are starting to adapt to the motions and stances of Kung Fu, so I’m feeling more confident and capable as I go about learning. I’m starting to enjoy punching the bags.