rank is good or bad?

Question

is ranks in any martial arts good?or is none better

i heard people say that without using ranks, it can help you not just focus on getting a different color belt etc.., but help you develope at your own pace

Answer 1

higher the rank - higher the skill - the better you're martial arts are

Answer 2

From experience, I see that rank is bad in martial arts. I see too many wussy black-belts. Perfecting each and every technique to its fullest should be the goal of the student, not changing his/her belt color. If you are skilled it will show in the way you perform, not the color your belt. But if little rich kids looking for instant gratification is what keeps my dojo open, rank is alright with me. It's all about the money after all. And it's the children that are being cheated in the end, being given false confidence.

Answer 3

I could care less about rank. As long as I'm learning something and not being held back, I'm happy. A belt is just something that keeps my pants up. Belts are not true measure of what you know or your skill. I still show proper respect to those who are my senior. Rank is sometimes used as a business tool: "You should become a black belt in 3 years, but with our accelerated program ($$$), we can teach you..." There is something about being a junior rank but you have a reputation for being feared by higher ranks in sparring. Still, need to always show respect. My school has a rank system (sashes) but it is only something that shows how much has been learned, not the skill level. It is not emphasized during the actual class.

Answer 4

Ranking is bad. The only reason tehy have so many ranks in north american culture is for money. your going to keep your kids in their if you see progression. and most parents are dumb enough to believe hey my kids progressed from a yellow to green. A colours a colour. I was 3rd Degree in Kung-Fu when i was still in tournaments and i was fighting first degree dans in karate and they were a joke. Where as i was fighitng brown belts in judo and there defence were much more developed than mine. But thats not oposed to having a rank that some stupid gym needs. I've fough brown belts and black belts that should be back wearing there white because they make the same mistakes over and over again. So i think rank is bad its just a way of generalizing some ones weakness, or strengths for tha matter, making it a way to cloud your judgment.

Answer 5

Rank is irrelevant, people get rank for being around long enough. If you walk into a dojo, or tournament and everyone was wearing a white belt, you'd be able to tell very quickly the skill level of each participant, without benefit of seeing a piece of colored cloth around their waist.

Answer 6

In Martial Arts, ranking is good.

In the karate discipline that I study, you start out as an unranked White Belt. Then you begin your lower level rankings -- Yellow Belt, Blue Belt, Green Belt and then Purple Belt. After that, you move into the upper level rankings -- Brown Belt, then 1st degree Black Belt, 2nd degree Black Belt, etc...

Answer 7

I think that they are okay, I don't focus on my rank, but I focus on my own goals. The only reason I care about the belts ar that they keeps my pants up :)

Answer 8

It is stupid. Those who care about rank doesn't really care about those skill. Ranks are to help those who need some self esteem and something to show off about. Those who care so much about rank usually really really suck at fighing because all they focus on is what will help them get to the next rank.

Answer 9

depends cos some people just go belt hunting an personally i think ur reward for gaining higih skill is more then just a belt u feel ur self getting better thats anuff for me

Answer 10

rank is not everything, but it helps to focus the trainees on a goal... but the concept has two sides, and yet the benefits (cons) overweighs the negatives