Kathryn Honestly, I do not feel 11 year olds should get "black" belts. In our Dojo, anyone under 18 wears a "red" belt the equivilant to an adult "...

Kathryn

Honestly, I do not feel 11 year olds should get “black” belts. In our Dojo, anyone under 18 wears a “red” belt the equivilant to an adult “black” belt. Mainly, this is because most children, under 18, do not posses the maturity that the “black” belt denotes. Unfortunatley though, neither do many adults nowadays……
Regarding the students not knowing the kata, that’s their instructor’s fault. It’s the instructor’s respnsibility to make sure their students are ready for testing…..

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