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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
The fact that young kids can get black belts - not just the likes of Graycie, but teenage kids all over the shop - really shows how easy it is. You turn up, learn a few Japanese words, practise a few kicks, and they call you a black belt.
Then the first time you get into a real fight, puffed up with unfounded confidence, you find you get sparked.
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Well atleast this is half true unlike most of your posts here.
Sounds like you are talking about what's known as a Mcdojo.
McDojo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When we say black belt, it is a black belt from a reputable dojo, master or school.
While I can't say for sure that no Mixed Martial Artist has ever set foot in a McDojo because lets face it some of them may have gone as children, I will say this. If any current Mixed Martial Artist recieved his black belt from a McDojo he'd be laughed out of the sport.
It's the difference between going down to the local YMCA and getting someone to show you how to throw a jab and hit a bag, and finding a real trainer who will show you how to box.
In other words not all black belts are created equal. When we state fighter X has a black belt in Y, it's not a black belt from the local "master" that was handed out alongside 40 others to the rest of the class because their cheque cleared.
A black belt from these places would be like me going taking a few boxing classes for a year or so, then having them hand me a belt that declares me to be world champion. Sure I've got the belt that says it but does it make it true? Of course not.