Yea I just had to post it too. Any FReepers here a black belt? Can they tell me how he got his???
I have, and no, I can't. (Although, to be fair, a lot of his problems are more due to the people holding the board.)
The more black belts a school has, the more impressive it believes it looks to prospective students. Too little time between promotions. Etc...
Ni-dan here, Mu Duk Kwan. We had white belt kids breaking boards. I mean children. This is just...embarrassing. It's pure speculation because I wasn't there, but I noticed no concentration, no voice, no dynamics, just going through the motion. The problem is that even just going through the motion should have been good enough. It's a board, f'Petessake. A black belt should be able to break through that much concrete because I had to and I'm a wuss. Embarrassing.
Brown in JKD, and my master would beat me senseless if I even failed at that attempt.
Many schools you pay your money and you advance regardless of skill.
Box tops