it's actually against tradition/honor to remove your old belt in front the professor promoting. They're supposed to do both .

@thewab1974

Жыл бұрын

I would ask my instructors beforehand whether they’d prefer if I removed the old belt first. Most preferred that I remove the belt and THEY place the new one on. Varies from dojo to dojo.

@MBsr5

Жыл бұрын

@@thewab1974 varies from dojo to dojo these days over here maybe, but it’s against Japanese and Brazilian tradition.

@thewab1974

Жыл бұрын

@@MBsr5 - I'm sure you're a hundred percent correct. Frankly, I just love seeing people who have worked so hard be rewarded with a new belt; especially the ones who go from white to blue because, at least in my experience, that's the toughest hurdle to clear.

@codyhughes8013

8 ай бұрын

@@thewab1974I feel blue to purple was definitely the hardest

@thewab1974

8 ай бұрын

@@codyhughes8013 I can respect that. For me, I felt I had the most to prove while I was in White and it took me just a little over two years to go from white to blue, so at least on a personal level, I felt blue was the toughest for me to achieve. Everyone's experience is different, though.