It takes time and a lot of it. It takes 2 and a half to 6 years of coming to class to pull it off, not to mention practice when away from class and I see far too little of this from my students. Students want immediate gratification from so much of their lives and sometime you can get it, but rank from me does not come so easy. You will have to put time in it to get the Black belt out of martial arts.
Not showing for class - this one burns me with madness - and their technique will suck unbearably and they decided to not show up for 3 to 5 weeks, 75% of my students pull this one and you know how much they practiced while they were gone getting fat? A big fat nasty 0% and their upset with me cause they still can't do a spinning back kick after 12 months, betas. Here are a few of the excuses for not showing up to class that makes my blood come out of my eyes and puke come out of my mouth on to their shoes.
Their excuses - My thoughts
- Its the holidays - I'm there wimp.
- Church function - give me a break
- I'm sick - You better be dead
- My family's sick - And your staring at them is gonna do what?
- I need to clean my house - Don't come back
- I've got a lot of stuff to do - Go take you head and slam it against the wall see if you have less to do
- The mother of them all, a flat no show - How dare you
- Its going to rain and I just washed my car and don't want to get it dirty - This person if we can still call them that is a complete beta and may be incurable
They simply are just too out of shape. People losing weight is easy, come see me about some cardio, personal training, and dieting. Do what I say and you will lose weight - don't come to the Black belt test looking 5 months pregnant, you will not pass John Candy. If you think I'm being harsh, you should see the Black belt test.
Forgetting the names of techniques - If you can't name it then you can't do it and you can't teach for damn sure. You must be able to do these on the 1st dan test as you can see I'm separating the Alphas from the Betas here.
They can not keep enough techniques and martial arts prowess at one time to proceed to the next rank. I've seen guys that were killers and could protect themselves well, but just didn't have it to be a real black belt in my world. You've got to be able to do more than just kick tail and butt.
They say their not learning anything and you know what, its the one sentence their right about. I can show them a 100 martial arts techniques in the course of 6 months and they can't remember any two from week to week - some people are just too dumb and stupid to ever be a black belt.
The stress of being Alpha by Master Sensei Pacer - you know if you try really hard to be a great student, show up to class, say yes Sensei, don't talk when I'm talking, don't bring other techniques to class to show me likes its something I need to see, stay in shape, practice outside of class, pay me my fee, and you may very well make it to the Black belt test without me having to do this to you. Big guys or guys with too much ego and no common sense or guys who make more than me have the most trouble handling the stress of me Alphaing them. Its not me against you dudes, its you against yourself, is what I present to you. I don't pull it until you to start making big mistakes.
I hope this list helps you understand martial arts and me, but most of all yourself.
