JerseyCaptain wrote:
The only exception being, I think, those who began their training as kids, worked their way up to black belt, and then continue training as black belts (as teens or adults) with their school (or another school which recognizes their past accomplishments)...therefore gaining the kind of training as black belts which only an older student (be they a teen or adult) can get.
Yeah, that's what I did and what most of the black belts at my school have done. My school's training really does take a step up once we hit black belt and it kinda levels off a little once we hit second degree and whatnot. My school has an adult class but in terms of what we learn and how hard we do our training there isn't too much of a difference. Anyone that stays at black belt and keeps going usually has a good amount of discipline and training. Our non-adult black belts range from about sixth grade until senior year in high school so there's a good variety with the older ones usually being second degree or training to get second degree.
