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Yes, I’m talking about George. I’m not sure what belt he is, I’m pretty sure it is black. I would love to know what he is going through. I have no doubts he will pass whatever level he is taking. He is a humble person, I was hoping to find out what he has to do for his test. I’m sure he will come back with new drills, hell his classes picked up intensity before he went, you could tell he was getting mentally and physically ready.
Any info would be great.
One more thing, if there is anyone out there this weekend, I would like to buy George a shirt or something and pass a note of encouragement from his students. I can order of the website, but I have no idea how I would get it to him.
Here is my personal email: [email protected]
This should give you an idea. John posted this on the old forum.
Since people were interested in black belt information, I wanted to post something on a black belt test we just gave.
Of the 6 or so people at the National Training Center currently working toward BB, two of them tested last Saturday.
Their test was about 5.5 hours long with only three 2-3 minute breaks. It covered everything from yellow belt up through black. Both of them did very well and showed great heart.
One of them came into the test with an injured shoulder. His arm was hanging down at his side in pain in the first 15 minutes of focus mitt work, but he kept going for the next 5 hours.
The other, a woman, took two round kicks to the leg from a man 100 pounds heavier than she, got dropped by them, and came back up both times fighting. (Some of us have taken kicks from someone 20-30 pounds heavier…can you imagine taking a kick from a proficient fighter who is double your weight?)
They made self defense against chokes, headlocks, bear hugs, full nelsons, tackles, take downs, and more. They defended against guns, knives, and sticks, including long guns, sub machine guns, and bayonet stabs. They made defenses against live attacks with sticks, including free work against multiple attacks when they did not know what attack was coming. They made defenses against knife attacks when the attacker was free to include punches, kicks, and knife attacks at will. They did work against knife attacks with the attacker using a real folder.
They did gun defenses under high stress with the attacker protecting the weapon and pushing, slapping, kicking; they had to absorb until a chance to defend presented itself; they were put under high stress with multiple gun threats requiring immediate responses from unpredictable angles with hand gun and long gun. They had to defend against hand gun while being restricted, held in headlocks, etc.
They had to make defenses against two attackers armed with a stick and knife, both rushing at the defender.
After about 5 hours of nonstop testing, they had to fight. They fought multiple rounds with each other until they were exhausted, then multiple rounds with a fresh fighter larger and more experienced than they. His job was to break them. Both of them got dropped (remember, they had been going for five hours and their opponent was totally fresh), but got back up and kept fighting.
After these rounds, they had to fight against two opponents. If they stopped, they got pounded.
Rounds varied between 2-3 minutes, rest periods were only 30 seconds.
Black Belt is not about time in the system. It is about guts and heart and fighting through pain and exhaustion. It means, in the middle of high stress training, suddenly being asked to explain a principle of movement.
It’s about knowing before the test starts that you can’t lift your injured left arm, and then fighting for 5 hours anyway.
It’s about getting clocked with a hard right cross from a man who outweighs you by 100 pounds, landing with a fall break and trying to kick his knee from the ground before he knows he’s even hit you, then jumping back up and kicking him in the balls.
The people who tested on Saturday are black belts.He teaches at Lincolonwood Ultimate Matarial Arts. I think he has been teaching for 2 or 3 years, I’ve only been there 10 months. He trains everyday, he love KM, he does a lot of Bas (sp?).
George is actually here for his brown belt test, not his black.
He is, indeed, very good. Although he’s not here for his black belt, I pulled him aside and told him that he was going to be a great black belt for us.
George is the type of person we knew we would attract when we started opening up our certification course. He is incredibly talented. It’s a pleasure to have him as part of our family!
Whom is he testing with? Didn’t they just have a brown belt test 2 weeks ago? Or does he have to go it alone?
I know Christian is there now.So that’s at least one more. I am sure there are a couple of more people there.
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