Is it Hard to become a Black Belt?

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Answer 1

I just got a blue belt after 3 years, of twice or 3 times a week. in another 3 maybe with luck and no injuries I'll get my black belt. I 'm doing pretty good until I step in with one of the top Black belts, and he puts me in my place in about 30 seconds. I can spar some of the black belts and do good but not the 3rd and 4th Dan they are another league

Answer 2

ehh... takes a few weeks.  youll have to practice like a few hours every few days though

Answer 3

like everyones answers it depends which skool u go too. my cousin for example is halfway too her black belt she only been going like a few months.does 1 hour a week doesnt do much and she is sooo far i on the other hand have beendoing it for months 2-4 lessons a week working my butt off especially as i am in a aldut class while i am the youngest and only 13 the exisieses i do are w-a-a-y too hard on me come home and the next day i can barely move my muscles are hurting so much and im not even close too were she is tho ive been doing it longer,harder,more often. But yeah in most circustances its hard too become any belt not just black!

Answer 4

Well they don hand them out on the ******* street so what do you think?

Answer 5

Belts dont necesary mean everything, it's just an indication of how long you've been training. In competition, as a 4th kyu, I 've beaten black belts and 1st kyus....not particularly pretty but effective but now I'm  a 1st kyu and black belt is maybe 6 months away, I need to do things the right way for traditional shotokan....proper stances, correct breathing and kime etc. It's all part of the experience, probably better self-defence forms out there,but traditional shotokan is both physically and menatally a challenge.

Answer 6

Im blue belt in taekwondo and iv done it for 2 and a half years and I haven't missed a grading. You don't get a black belt. You earn it. And whoever said taekwondo is **** at streetfighting has never done it before and should keep his stupid little rumours to himself.

Answer 7

Takes close to a decade in jiu-jitsu. Takes a couple years in Judo and some other arts. The goal should be to learn, not what belt you earn. If you want an easy one, see Tae Kwon Do. But don't try to protect yourself with that art because it is virtually worthless in the streets.

I suggest jiu-jitsu for a woman because you use leverage and positioning, not strength against another opponent. This is vital against a strong man trying to do you harm.

Answer 8

In a quality school with a good instructor and program it can be.  Some are not and they test and promote often and quickly and expect little in the way of quality.  Shop around and look at the different schools and programs in the area that you live in and you will see the things and differences like what I mention here.  A good school with good quality students will be evident in that you will see a difference in the quality, speed, and power with which they can execute techniques from one rank to the next.  The advance students will be confident in what they are doing, there will be little loss of balance or power, if power is required for the technique and they will be doing things that are a level above intermediate students much less the beginners.  At such schools it is harder to get a black belt but those black belts usually stand head and shoulders above other black belts from schools where the programs make it easy to get a black belt or promote to quickly.

There is an old saying in traditional martial arts that one in one thousand students will reach the rank of brown belt and that one in one hundred brown belts will attain their black belt.

Answer 9

Depends on your school. The term Black Belt has really been tarnished by cheap schools where you can get it easily.

Answer 10

it is at my karate school.

Answer 11

I do Bushi Kai Shorinji which is Shaolin with Judo and Jiu-jitsu incorporated. We basically study Shaolin forms: katas, sparring techniques, weapons, etc., but have some classes that we just work on Judo throws and grappling/ground technique.

Our belt system goes as follows:

White

Yellow

Blue

Green

3rd Brown

2nd Brown

1st Brown

Black

I've been doing it for about two years and am a blue belt... There is a lot of memorization, a lot of forms, short and long kata, weapons, and every belt up our work load increases exponentially, plus retaining all the stuff we already learned.

So yeah, I'd say in my school it's hard.

Lol.

-Sean

Answer 12

the road to black belt can be long and stressful on your mind and body but it will eventually be worth all the pain at the end once you receive it.

Answer 13

depends if u study hard and have a open mind it is not hard. if u want a quick and easy path u will learn nothing

Answer 14

In a strict, traditional school, it will be difficult, because they are going to make sure you really know your stuff. In a "McDojo" setting, if you keep the checks coming every month, you can pretty much buy your belt. The downside is, you won't learn a d**n thing.

Answer 15

In my dojo it depended on how well u progressed. 3 years is the average and 2 years if you were well achieved. But still you needed to know the basics, kata, japanese counting, played in atleast one tournament. And a bunch of other stuff.

:Ishin-Ryu

Answer 16

.... YES For my class it takes a week for black belt testing...

>We have to run 2 miles

>4 hours Community Service

>We have to Perform all 6 Advanced Forms in under 5min

>We have to do every single Kick we learned in special orders were told

> Pushups for 2 minutes

>Sit ups for 2 minutes

>Pull Ups for 2 minutes

> Squats for 2 minutes

>Jumping Jacks for 2 minutes

> We have to perform over ( I Think) 24 sparring Techniques.. Then Spar the instructors and do decent

> Then you have to break a 2x4 and a CinderBlock

> You also the biggest part is have respect for everyone testing you

Wait I forgot...

> You have to write a 3 page Essay

> Take a written test

>Recite the student creed

>Recite the South Korean Numbers 1-100

>State all the kicks in Korean

>And state all 7 habits of highly sucessful People

NO its not easy.. Thats not all. There not aloud to tell them everything and im not a black belt so I dont know the full details

Answer 17

It takes 2-3 weeks to get a black belt.  They cost $15 at Century Martial Arts.

But seriously, to earn it should be hard and take considerable time.  Alll a black belt means is that you have mastered the basics, hopefully not that you paid into the school for 2 years.

At my dojo, it takes 5-10 or more years depending on your knowledge, skill, and attitude.  I'm testing for mine at 4-1/2 years but I had 2 years prior training, teach twice a week, do a lot of extra training, and developed a kid's self defense program while I've been there.

Answer 18

It takes dedication to get a Black Belt, most people earn one in around 6 years to 10 years. McDojo schools you can GET, not earn, one in maybe 2-3 years.

Answer 19

Nothing worth having is ever easy.  Nothing easy is ever worth having.  The only benefit of accomplishing something that is easy, is the fact that it was easy to accomplish.

In our system, which is comprehensive incorporating styles including Karate, Jujutsu, Kempo . . . the exceptional student that attends 4 or more classes per week and practices daily at home may EARN Shodan (1st Black Belt) in about 8 years.  The average student, that attends 2-3 classes per week and practices 3 or 4 days a week at home, may EARN Shodan in about 10 years.  Those students that train only when they can, for whatever reasons,  will most likely not EARN Shodan within the first 10 years, but will when they are ready.

However, the harder you train and more determined you are to become a "Black Belt" the longer your journey.  In fact some who train with great ferocity and vigor, never reach it.  The secret is to train in such a manner that you genuinely wish to learn for the sake of improving yourself, your family, your community, your world and your universe.  Enjoy the journey, because when you reach your destination, the journey is over.  And that is called the end.

Answer 20

YES YES YES!!  

  You need Years of Training to reach Blackbelt standard.