Originally Posted by
The Xia
The main problem that I notice with belts is that many students will see getting belts as the goal instead of improving their Kung Fu. I've seen it happen even in schools that aren't mckwoon belt-factories. I think the best way to reduce the number of students with this attitude is to emphasize that the skills are what counts, not the belts. But even if you do this, I think you'll still get some people who will look at it the other way around. But what can you do? Martial arts schools attract all kinds. There are certain kinds of people that are very into having a rank, wearing uniforms, adhering to formalities, and things like that. From my experiences with those types, they put belts on pedestals.
that's not a big problem as long as the criteria are correct. for example, in bjj a white belt will not be considered for promotion until they can regularly beat the other white belts and at least hang with the lower level blues. in this manner, the belts really mean something. the skill and belt go hand in hand.
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