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- From: bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Al Bowers)
- Subject: Re: 10th Dan & Badass Karate (belt system)
- In-Reply-To: kevin@pages's message of Sun, 15 Nov 1992 19:01:26 GMT
- Message-ID: <BOWERS.92Nov16110409@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal.
- References: <1992Nov14.045400.26626@gagme.chi.il.us> <1992Nov15.190126.206@pages.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:04:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.190126.206@pages.com> kevin@pages (Kevin Sven Berg) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov14.045400.26626@gagme.chi.il.us> phantom@gagme.chi.il.us
- >(Leif Ericksen) writes:
- >[...snip snip ...]
- >> True, the original belt systems was teh dirtier it was the
- >> more experience you supposedly had. THUS the tradition that YOU NEVER
- >> EVER was your belt.
-
- >'never wash you belt?
-
- >This sounds like folklore, and I find it hard to believe arising from a
- >society that places great value in bathing and cleanliness.
-
- It should be noted that the belt system is _not_ Japanese, but is a
- transplant from Okinawa, where it originated. In traditional Japanese
- styles, your were a student, accomplished, or a master.
-
- Belt rankings were not prevalent in the Japanese styles until this
- century.
-
- --
- "But the fact that a 1938 touring bodied Alfa Romeo I once had is
- worth $1 million sometimes bothers the hell out of me. It's a
- personal problem." -Phil Hill
- Al Bowers bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov
- Iaido Takamine Hobie Rossignol Alfa Romeo Ducati (DOD #900)
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