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A long time ago I studied martial arts (Karate). Our structure went up to the master in Japan. Once you got past the orange belt, the only way to progress was when the master was visiting. the master also decreed that you had to have a belt for min 1 years, in brown 2 years. in black 4 years before you could try to graduate. He said people needed to grow into their skills and mature.

I haven't thought much about that until a few years ago a colleague told me her daughter had just gotten her first black belt. Knowing her child was no more than 12 that seemed odd, but she had studied hard for almost 2 years.

That seemed like some form of fast-food martial arts.

By pure coincidence I met the son of my previous master at a train . I knew him but the last time I saw him he was still a kid. He was Japanese as well but he spoke excellent English. Something his father had no interest in. He had taken over from his father and was now the master. We talked a bit his dad, the clubs. I mentioned this rapid progression that my coworker's daughter had done. He leaned back and laughed a little.

"Ah, we call those dirty white belts"

A little like coding bootcamps I think.



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