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What does it mean to be a certified Black Belt?

What does it mean to be a certified Black Belt?

February 08, 20261 min read

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“Dave, are you a certified Black Belt according to the federation?” 🥋

Amanda asked me this while I’m registering for Pans.

🦊: “No”

Amanda: “Is that important?”

🦊: “Not really no.”

Amanda: “What’s it mean to be certified?”

🦊: “It means if you pay them $400 they’ll put you on their website.”

Amanda: “That’s it?”

🦊: “Yeh. I believe they also make their certified Black Belts take a safe sport course…..but with the allegations coming out against these big ‘Certified’ names that’s pretty pointless now also.”

Amanda: “Oh. Can you still compete at Black Belt?”

🦊: “Of course. If you pay for the tournament and your membership is current they don’t care.”

Amanda: “Huh…..weird.”

🦊: “Weird indeed.”

Welcome to the show. 🥋

See you on the mats,

Written by Coach David🦊

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