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6-year-old black belt

November 11, 2009 · 5 Comments

Very talented but the excessive screaming is very annoying.

-BCP

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  • Tater // November 11, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    Hmmmm – that kid could certainly move, but I take umbrage with the fact that he’s getting a blackbelt. I suppose if it’s based on technical expertise and kata it would be fine, but where’s the whole wisdom of usage and the application to life? I can’t imagine this kid applying lessons learned in class to his first day in kindergarten.

    And Bob – wasn’t that you as the instructor?

  • NicolaAvery // November 11, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    I guess it must be really helpful for balance and co-ordination but difficult to know what a black belt would mean – still he can teach all the younger ones to defend themselves from the older ‘meanies’ in the playground I guess.

  • Bob Patterson // November 12, 2009 at 5:48 AM

    Tater – If I were the instructor I’d put the ky-bosh on that over active ki-ya! I’d also probably have to be on sedatives if I ever taught a kids class!

    Nicola – My old TKD school had a junior black belt. After you turned 16 you could learn the material that the adults had to learn. I think that’s the reasonable balance. Talent or no talent, I’m just not sure about a 6-year-old being counted on the same scale as adults.

  • NicolaAvery // November 12, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    Hi Bob, interesting – I will ask my instructor if they’ve had any over the years, it does seem too weird to have a six year old black belt – for a start there’s no way they’ve done enough pressups in six years of life ;-)

  • Bob Patterson // November 12, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    Nicola –

    May have not been too clear. Prior to 16 junior black belt with a lot of the rougher stuff cut out (i.e. a lot of the violent self-defense techniques).

    Upon turning 16 junior black belts could learn the adult material.

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