Avoiding the black belt blues!

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Avoiding the black belt blues!

January 27, 2011 SSK Blog by sskblog

Post by Sue Wharton......

 Did you suffer from the 'Black Belt Blues' after taking your 1st dan grading? Apparently it is very common and causes many students to give up training altogether. Black Belt blues is a form of 'burnout'. The 1st dan grading is not just a one day test but a culmination of years of training, ending with several months of very intensive training leading up to the grading. What should feel like a joyful and uplifting occasion , receiving the black belt and certificate after several hours of testing, often feels like an anti-climax....

More Martial Arts reading......

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More Martial Arts reading......

January 21, 2011 SSK Blog by sskblog

Post by Sue Wharton......

The most popular post published on this blog (by far) is one I wrote a few months ago where I provided a reading list of martial arts books (Do you read about martial arts?).  Since you all have an appetite for reading about martial arts I thought I would publish a new list of books…..

A Black Belt Paradox

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A Black Belt Paradox

January 13, 2011 SSK Blog by sskblog

Post by Sue Wharton....

When I started blogging nearly two years ago I was a purple belt (4th kyu). At that point in my training the idea of ‘journeying to black belt’ seemed like a reasonable target to pursue in a martial art. Isn’t that what every martial artist wants? I then became aware through listening to other more experienced martial artists and through my own personal development that ‘it isn’t about getting a black belt – it’s about the training’......

Nanba Aruki

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Nanba Aruki

January 05, 2011 SSK Blog by sskblog

Post by Sue Wharton...

For the able-bodied, walking seems like the most natural thing in the world. We learn to walk at such an early stage in our lives that I assumed the process of walking, with opposite arm swinging to leg, was due to some kind of biological programming. In other words, I assumed that our walking style was nature rather than nurture.....