-Andrew Boyd
When you earn a new belt in Thai Kickboxing, Filipino Jiu-Jitsu or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), it feels great. Many people will ask “when did you get your belt?” The answer, of course, is not last Tuesday, or last Thursday, or any specific point in time… you earned that belt every second of every minute you spent on the mat since the moment you first put on that white belt. Too often, as martial artists, we strive to learn cool new things and increasingly complicated techniques– sometimes, this means that we gloss over, ignore or even forget the stuff that we thought we already knew. When you get that coveted belt promotion, the instructor will tie your old belt in a knot– this signifies that you are “locking in the knowledge of everything that you’ve already learned” as a foundation for you to build upon as you continue on your journey to black belt.
Remember the Knot when you put on that bright, stiff, new belt around your waist. As you progress in the martial arts, techniques that you know now will take on new meanings in the future. You’ll find applications for old material. As that new belt fades and gets nicely broken in; remind yourself to revisit the old curriculum– do you see anything new? Is there anything that is unclear? The evals are a great time to ask these questions.
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