tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post7796355316250899289..comments2024-02-01T02:10:57.673-08:00Comments on <center>Karate Questions and Answers</center>: Are Belt Tests simply "glorified hazing?"Charles Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-64371704275323613672016-03-09T08:21:39.424-08:002016-03-09T08:21:39.424-08:00Requiring twelve year olds to spar fifteen rounds ...Requiring twelve year olds to spar fifteen rounds against adults does not sit well with me and even supports my view of hazing. I also still don't believe in junior black belts. There is so much still going on with young adults that says this type of responsibility needs to wait for maturity, maturity in the physical as well as mental to include allowing the body and brain to reach their full potential in nature as to growth, etc. <br /><br />Not easy nor achievable since it appears that most karate schools today are filled with kids and have become a primary source of income. Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-12104943880245714172016-03-09T07:29:31.579-08:002016-03-09T07:29:31.579-08:00Is requiring a 12 year old to fight 15 rounds vs a...Is requiring a 12 year old to fight 15 rounds vs adult black belts an acceptable practice for awarding junior black beltBronxDJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948888445993996497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-37189711695419638382012-04-10T09:59:35.240-07:002012-04-10T09:59:35.240-07:00Typo: "To the mature student, this isn't ...Typo: "To the mature student, this isn't so much a danger as they will recognize that the fresh new belt DOESN'T imbue skills and power you didn't have yesterday."<br /><br />That missing little "n't" undermined my whole point!Kyokushin Karatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852479578293851776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-36755751562070615932012-04-10T09:13:24.016-07:002012-04-10T09:13:24.016-07:00An unnecessary endeavor from my point of view but ...An unnecessary endeavor from my point of view but .... thanks for the laugh!Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-87322812005103859852012-04-10T00:48:19.050-07:002012-04-10T00:48:19.050-07:00100 man kumite? That's not fighting, that'...100 man kumite? That's not fighting, that's crowd control....Sue Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008609198511182782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-63521614059872608712012-04-09T12:40:30.141-07:002012-04-09T12:40:30.141-07:00Thanks for the input SK!Thanks for the input SK!Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674587110881118178.post-88232073535904110482012-04-09T12:33:17.601-07:002012-04-09T12:33:17.601-07:00"Glorified Hazing": I think that might s..."Glorified Hazing": I think that might summarize most of the Kyokushin philosophy! Jokes aside, I think there is a place for all things as long as "all things are in moderation". <br /><br />100-man kumite: this is the Everest for Kyokushin fighters. But I've always seen it as the 'epilogue' to what training for a 100-man kumite does to a person. It is merely the physical measure of the journey, it can't measure what you learned or how you changed along it.<br /><br />Tests: To my view, part of the intensity seen is the culture of a fighting style being expressed (I can only speak of my own, of course). Part of it is a bulwark against automatic promotions based on attendance. And yes, part of it is also a form of hazing - ratcheting up the violence and intensity so to give the student who passes, or merely survives, a sense of "Wow, I really did it". <br /><br />To the mature student, this isn't so much a danger as they will recognize that the fresh new belt does imbue skills and power you didn't have yesterday. But herein lies the risk - what do tests like this do to the still developing student?<br /><br /><br />-Brett<br />www.kyokushinblog.comKyokushin Karatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852479578293851776noreply@blogger.com