Comments on: Karate Belts: What do the Colours Mean?

By: Sensei Matt Klein

Sensei Matt Klein — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:06:58 +0000

Thanks for your comment Anthony and keep up the good training.

By: anthony

anthony — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:02:12 +0000

I do this karate at south penrith and im only orange belt

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CNA work in the health-care field — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:58:57 +0000

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By: Shandor Lim

Shandor Lim — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:30:22 +0000

“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

By: Shandor Lim

Shandor Lim — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:24:04 +0000

Well Said To All!, you know what if every blog you put up Sensei Matt brings out so much wisdom, I think you have achieved your goal!. It is great to see the passion and true wisdom expressed by the very people we watched grow up into awesome martial artists; I take my hat off to you all, You Do The Club Proud! Oh & one more thing “The wise man asks himself the reason of his mistakes. The fool asks others.”
Yours Sincerely Shandor Cheers 

By: Sensei Matt Klein

Sensei Matt Klein — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:56:52 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys. Zoltan, I always try to question to arrive at a truth for me, but this is not necessarily the truth for someone else. Shandor, good point about the Badge of Honor, a student should be proud of their belts–nevertheless, some prefer not to wear them during class. I make it a point to call them white belts during that class–they hate it. Next week they wear their belts. Simple solution. Steve, good points–I am amazed by the progression of students constantly. Some you think might never have the tools to get to black belt, but I am pleasantly surprised time after time. Never underestimate a martial artist.

By: Steve Nascimben

Steve Nascimben — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:25:56 +0000

Good article Sensei, I thought your descriptions of each belt colour could be related back to the levels of the student and how they are maturing into martial artists. To see where they have come from in the beginning to the levels they are now is incredible.

By: Shandor Lim

Shandor Lim — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:31:30 +0000

Your belt is your Badge of Honor with every belt colour you obtain you are expected to both learn more new & exciting moves & Revise all what you have learn’t before, Because if you don’t know what you have learnt how can you learn more & understand why? “Always remember where you came from as it is the road to your feature success”

By: Zoltan Levitt

Zoltan Levitt — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:13:02 +0000

Loved this article Sensei, the deeper meanings are sometimes lost, not by incompetence but by the wrong questions being asked .. you not only have the answers but you asked the right questions for the students. Great work.

Kind Regards, Zoltan

By: Sensei Matt Klein

Sensei Matt Klein — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:05:32 +0000

Thanks Sharon for your insights, I thought it would be helpful to provide our students with a guide to both belt order and the meaning behind it so they know what is in store along their journey.