tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872567907827989083.post7297501892366209005..comments2023-05-27T08:41:26.199-07:00Comments on Bujutsu: the Path: motivation...jchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623739973599458366noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872567907827989083.post-10201653443446290882013-03-12T05:47:49.352-07:002013-03-12T05:47:49.352-07:00The dogs get me up at 5 am. If I'm going to ge...The dogs get me up at 5 am. If I'm going to get up that early in the morning, I'll be damned if I don't have something to show for it and so I practice.<br /><br />The dogs are all the motivation that I need.Rick Matzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872567907827989083.post-32082175848075219742013-03-12T03:59:17.197-07:002013-03-12T03:59:17.197-07:00Congratulations to your son - they know how to mak...Congratulations to your son - they know how to make you feel proud don't they! Bless 'em.<br /><br />On the whole I am a supporter of the coloured belt system. Even adults need those motivational steps, particularly in larger clubs where you are slightly more anonymous than in a small dojo. The downside is that it tends to make people focus too much on gradings rather than the training. It's not until you get to black belt and are released from the grading schedule that you truly appreciate that its really about the training but without the grading structure you may not have got to black belt in the first place. In other words you need to have achieved the black belt to realise that its not about the black belt! I call this the black belt paradox.Sue Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008609198511182782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872567907827989083.post-72549850273978638662013-03-11T23:39:31.853-07:002013-03-11T23:39:31.853-07:00I humbly suggest to stop tying his belt. He has t...I humbly suggest to stop tying his belt. He has to earn the right to wear it by tying it. <br /><br />When I taught kids classes, I used to spend so much time teaching this. It is important. It is the first kata.Erik the Strangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719361294346916751noreply@blogger.com