Is it an unrealistic goal to want to acive my black belt in Kenpo with in 3 years?

Question

Is it an unrealistic goal to want to acive my black belt in Kenpo with in 3 years?

Answer 1

That depends on how much time you are willing to put in for your training. 8hrs a day 7 days a week? Really though, if you want to just have the ranj, then you can go online and make a certificate and buy a bb. Don't worry about rank and ego so much. Just do it and get it when you get it

Answer 2

The belt just keeps your gi closed. And I know how that white belt just clashes terribly with your black gi...

Can you get to the point in a given Kenpo system where you're capable of performing techniques at a Dan level? Sure. Train harder. You have to prove that you can go above and beyond. Wiping down floors and making t-shirts have nothing to do with martial arts... Filling out written questionnaires or tests have nothing to do with martial arts. Just train. Spend the extra time to work on each technique. Train alone. Train with a partner. Train in your sleep. Just train.

All these rules: 10 years to become a black belt. Hah! The Dan ranks are the -beginning- of your training, not the end. If you think of the pinnacle of the martial arts as exactly that -- a mountain -- the Kyu ranks are you walking through the forest looking for a path up to the base of the mountain. It's only in the Dan ranks that you start to move up and explore what it means. The reason that so many dojo make such a big deal about the individual ranks? Money. $100 to test for a kyu rank? Don't pass? Another $100 to test again... Oh, but you have to train for three more months to be eligible...

My advice: Just train. h**l, stay a white belt if you want -- it'll hold your pants up just as well as the black belt... If they are so focused on scamming as much cash out of you as possible that they want you to stick around for 10 years at $100 a month on a year-to-year contract just to get a piece of ribbon at the end, find someone else. I have no problem with running a business, but a business can be run honestly, and people will keep training with you if they genuinely want to learn.

Answer 3

it wont mean much, it takes many years of practicing properly and efficiently to be an effective martial artist. a mcdojo may give you a black belt in 2-3 years but you wont really be at a black belt skill level.

Answer 4

Not at all. It entirely depends on you training regimen.

It is not enough to just go to class, even if classes run 5 times a week you should be coming in to train much more than that.

I recommend 2 hours of independent training for every hour of class time, preferably at your dojo. Your first hour should be honing the skills you learned in class. The second hour should be conditioning, flexibility, and toughness drills.

Get involved in your club. A black belt teaches and assists others. If there are things to be cleaned, clean them. If there is a mess, clean it up. These are the habits of a black belt.

If you do these things consistently, any dojo will grant a black belt.

Answer 5

If you really want a black belt quickly, then follow this link:

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Only $20, you may even get them to ship it overnight for an additional cost.

Your goal should be to learn, belts come as they may.  You have no control over the timing so do not get concerned about things you cannot control.

retroactivism is right about being involved in your dojo.  It helps teach you the proper mindset.  One of my instructors even said at my black belt promotion that she wonders sometimes how the dojo survived without me.  I'll teach any class at any location, sweep the floors without being asked, do minor repairs around the dojo, write articles, design cirriculum, heck I even designed a t-shirt once.

Answer 6

no. I dont know why, but everyone thinks that being a black belts should take 10 years at least. but in reality, if you go to japan, you can get a black belt in kendo in 4 to 6 months. a black belt in shotokan can also take 2 years. a black belt in taekwondo in korea is in a year. but their training is very, very diffrent from ours. we train 2 to 3 times a  week and for an hour or an hour and a half. in korea they train 6 times a week for an hour and a half. even in mexico my brother used to do karate there, and he trained an hour and a half from monday to friday. so is it unrealistic to want it in 3 years? no. but it all depends on you and how you train, how long you train, and if you really have a black belt spirit (humility, indominable spirit, those things).  

Answer 7

If you can get a Black Belt in 3 years in your school it may be time to find a new school. Kenpo is a very intricate and encompassing style. It has grappling as well as strikes and involves all forms of fighting. I trained under a tenth degree Black belt and spent most of my time training, it was my life. I got my black belt not long ago and  it was a big event in my life. It took me many years and  sweat and blood to achieve my belt. My instructor always said when I got my belt it would mean something, it would be more than just another trophy. He was right.

You can look at it this way, who gets more respect, a graduate of Harvard or Yale, or from community college. No disrespect to community colleges, but let's be real.

A two or three year black belt is a joke. Especially with all there is to learn in Kenpo. There are men who are referred to as MASTERS in Korea who have 2 or 3rd degree BBelts and have been training for 20 years or more. In the US they give 10 year olds a black belt in a year and a half and second dans six months after that. Leave the worthless Black Belts in the strip malls where they belong.

Answer 8

american scools give away colored breaks faster tham Japan and China