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I have seen a lot of comments on BB rank and is it worth anything. THought I would ask everyone what their 1st dan test was like. I will start in 1987 I did my 1st Dan test in karate. I had a 2 mile runfollowed immediately by 3 one on one sparring matches Had to execute all forms properly as...

I see many hear extolling the virtues of MMA/BJJ/etc. and denigrating traditional martial arts (karate, TKD, hapkido, etc.). While I practice traditional martial arts, I agree there is a real problem. But it is not the arts themselves. Here is what I see happens: A guy gets a legit 2nd or...

A lot of people here have agreed that it is not the art you choose, but how you train in that art. I agree. But let us define (for the less experienced) what training hard means. Frankly doing a front kick (or any other technique) twice a week 10 times each, is not training, you have not even...

There is constant bashing of 'sport' oriented martial arts, particularly any TKD school that does sport competition. But at the same time most posters darn near worship MMA which is SPORT, and speak highly of Judo which was created solely as a sport.... Do you realize how hard one has to...