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Avoid instructors who put a lot of emphasis on getting a black belt. The belt should indicate nothing more than what techniques the student can practice safely.
If this sounds too wimpy to you, consider this: In order to get a black belt in my old dojo, you had to walk across the sharp edge of a sword blade without cutting your feet. We had very few black belts, but a lot of kickass martial artists. We never had injuries.
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