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- From: popovich@cs.columbia.edu (Steve Popovich)
- Subject: Re: Fights and blackbelt confidence
- In-Reply-To: sog@craycos.com's message of 24 Jan 93 08:03:11 GMT
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- Organization: Columbia University
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:35:07 GMT
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- >>This is why I make it a point to myself never to be "obtrusive" until
- >>I'm at least a 3rd gup.
- >
- >Like Joel I have to wonder...why 3rd kyu/gup?
-
- Well, if this was the guy who was asking about Shotokan, 3rd kyu is
- often where one begins to wear a brown belt. It's probably very
- similar in Tae Kwon Do for 3rd gup. And as many if not all of us
- know, brown belt is where one is "supposed"* to get (and resist) that
- temptation to "test out" one's training in a "real situation". It
- looks like our friend here is anticipating that condition a bit.
-
- *"Supposed" as in "It commonly happens," not as in "Should."
- -Steve
-