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- From: phantom@gagme.chi.il.us (Leif Ericksen)
- Subject: Re: 10th Dan & Badass Karate (belt system)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.063609.26127@gagme.chi.il.us>
- Originator: phantom@gagme
- Keywords: dirty smelly stinkin' gi
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- Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
- References: <1992Nov14.045400.26626@gagme.chi.il.us> <1992Nov15.190126.206@pages.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:36:09 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.
- >
- PLEASE NOTE:
-
- I said BELT, I did NOT SAY GI!!
-
- I have heard of this old tradition from more than one source. SO
- I can belive that the true tradition to a ranking system was by HOW dirty
- your BELT was, PLEASE NOTE: NO cheaters allowed, DO not mash your belt in the
- dirt. SO, as it stands, you do not wash your belt but you always wash the
- GI usually after every practice!
-
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- Leif Ericksen
- phantom@gagme.chi.il.us
-
- You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet
- and jump up and down like a puppet, learning karate is not very different from
- learning a dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter; you
- will have failed to grasp the quintessence of karate-do
- - Gichin Funakoshi
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