Brown Belt Spirit

Do brown belts really have magical powers?


There's the smile!

For the first time in Cedar Ridge Shotokan history, a student earned a belt through his perseverance and performance at a tournament. We held kyu exams shortly before the tournament in Las Vegas, and the students in our most advanced group were close to passing, but Rob felt they needed a little more work before they truly passed. One of those students was One.

After watching One compete in Las Vegas, we decided that his mental performance in the Park City tournament and in the Ozawa Cup put him over the edge to passing. (I got to tell him on the way back to the house in St. George!)

This is an example of how the belts in the dojo tie in to the level system. One is a brown belt in and out of the dojo--level headed, strong, committed, and genuine.

Congratulations!