Invisible Dragon
New member
I have read a lot here on Y!A and talked to a lot of martial artists in person, and there are some people that think they are a master no mater what rank they hold or how long they've been taking martial arts, and some people that have several black belts and have been in martial arts since before I was born and they don't think of themselves as masters, and some people think just having a black belt means you're a master. I honestly can't imagine ever considering myself a master even after I have black belts in every style of martial arts I'm interested in. There's just so much to know! So much to learn that I'll never learn in my lifetime. I would think I can't call myself or anyone else a master until I or they have mastered martial arts. Not a martial art. But even a "master of Karate" or "master of Jujutsu" sounds like something hard to live up to. I just wanted to hear from you guys and tell me what you consider "mastery". Thanks!