tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22911183.post4776811823134877412..comments2023-10-25T05:30:31.246-07:00Comments on Okinawan Fighting Art "Ti": Black Belt Wiki EntryCharles Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22911183.post-32505463182925190332011-06-28T20:47:40.100-07:002011-06-28T20:47:40.100-07:00I think this is also encouraged as the general pop...I think this is also encouraged as the general populous doesn't really understand what it means to become black belt, or what it stands for. (I mean like a 'real black belt', not one that was given by a school who hands them out like candy to kids on Halloween.) <br /><br />For example, I had a friend tell me once that she found out one of her husband's friends was a black belt, and she had a whole new respect for him because she had no idea that he was really 'walking death'. Oh really? So anyone who has a black belt (shodan) is walking death? <br /><br />I don't know whether the mass opinion feeds into the commercialism or the commercialism encourages mass opinions like these, but I will agree with you. It is getting out of hand.Fliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10063623552203994093noreply@blogger.com