Yeah, the belt system, for most schools now, means you've been training a certain amount of time, have preformed a few douzen forms, and have payed a certain amount of money. Saying your a blackbelt today is almost a joke, depending on the school. Bruce Lee once said...
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Damn the "15th degree" red belt holders, the "honorary super masters" and those "experts" that graduated from the advanced-super-three-easy-lessons courses!
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...and I really couldn't agree more.
If you look hard enough, though, you can still find places that
truly practice martial arts. They are a dying breed...