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AM I PAYING TO BE PROMOTED?
No. You are paying for the seminars, and while I strongly encourage everyone to be present for the seminars, it is not required. You may show up for the second half only. But, again, I strongly encourage everyone to be present for the seminars. It helps us with organization, expresses to the instructors that you are interested in learning, and fosters a team oriented environment.
WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS FOR BEING PROMOTED?
Under the Capital flag you must demonstrate the 3 Ts: time on the mat, toughness and technique. Visualize a triangle, where technique is on top. On the bottom are time and toughness. Those who are very tough might have the time requirement reduced (but not below the minimum). Those with a great deal of time might have the toughness requirement reduced. Also, other variables may be taken into consideration. For example, one of our newest members is beginning his Jiu-Jitsu journey at 70 years young! Modifications will be made to ensure his journey is both challenge and rewarding!
WHAT ARE THE TIME REQUIREMENTS?
A blue belt takes an average of 1.5 years. A purple belt takes an average of 5 years. A brown belt takes an average of 7 years. A black belt takes an average of 10+ years. Most of the practitioners who tested for black belt had between 12 and 17 years of experience, and the pass rate was about 50%.
WHO MAKES THE DECISION FOR ADVANCEMENT?
Three instructors, including at least one black belt, must approve any promotion.
WHY DOES THE FORMAT KEEP CHANGING?
It’s been consistent for the last two years. However, we do expect that slight changes will be made as time goes on. We always seek feedback from students, peers and our instructors to make things better. The current format is: seminars (optional), sparring, promotions, gauntlet (optional), and group picture.
ETIQUETTE
At promotions events every practitioner should wear a laundered Capital branded white training kimono. This is the equivalent of wearing formal attire for a special occasion, like a wedding. Also, it is extremely impolite to ask an instructor about being promoted.
WHAT DOES THE NAVY BLUE BAR MEAN?
Royce Gracie and the Valente Brothers wanted to honor Helio Gracie’s life and legacy by wearing the navy blue belt that Helio wore. Going forward they are asking representatives to wear the navy bar (excluding white belts and new black belts). For more information about Grandmaster Helio Gracie’s decision to wear the navy belt visit: graciekentucky.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-did-grandmaster-h...
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR PUTTING A NAVY BAR ON MY BELT?
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I BELIEVE YOU MADE AN ERROR REGARDING MEMBER X, BY PROMOTING/NOT PROMOTING HIM….
Think about a Jiu-Jitsu competition. Is it possible, from time to time, for the referee to make an error? Of course! It is also possible for the decision makers at our semiannual gatherings to make errors. However, as practitioners progress, more scrutiny is applied to their rank, and ultimately 40 - 60 black belts will test them. At that time practitioners must demonstrate the complete stand-up self-defense curriculum, striking, clinching, grappling and philosophy (the 753 Code).
I caution those who dwell on the rank progress of others, especially as it compares to their own. Instead I encourage you to apply your vigilance to your own journey in the gentile art.
DO I NEED TO BE AT THE PROMOTIONS EVENT?
To be promoted to the next color belt, yes. Technically, to be promoted with stripes on the purple and brown belt, also yes. However, we needed to honor time constraints at Saturday's event, and stripes for deserving practitioners will be awarded this week and in January.
IS THE GAUNTLET HAZING?
What is the difference between a healthy ritual and hazing? What in fact is hazing? According to Wikipedia: "Hazing is the practice of rituals and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.” Does the gauntlet qualify?
Couldn’t we define the gauntlet as a rite of passage? Google defines a rite of passage as, "a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone's life, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death.” While I don’t know of any peer reviewed research articles, the overwhelming consensus is that there are tremendous psychological benefits to being included in a rite of passage.
There’s also acknowledging that our ritual is far less dangerous than the activities which led to it. Whether it’s the rigorous exercise, intense sparring rounds, competitions or the black belt test. In fact, Professor Pedro Valente noted that we are training to be effective in a proven fighting system. To take a hit is not only to be initiated, it's an essential component of our training.
I am not familiar with many of the reasons why people haze, and personally, I have never been involved in a hazing ritual. The gauntlet is our rite of passage; a tradition handed down to us by our elders. I am opposed to taking away or intensifying the gauntlet tradition. Our tradition is about the student, and I don’t believe that practitioners at Capital MMA experience some perverse pleasure in seeing people suffer. Rather, we are celebrating with the newly inducted.
I believe that the gauntlet tradition should only be carried on in the presence of the black belt instructors, exclusively at our semiannual promotions events. Also, it is our charge as black belts to educate junior members of our tradition, and how we conduct ourselves during the rite of passage. Injury, abuse and humiliation are never our objectives.
Finally, this tradition is, and always will be, optional. However, our requirements for being promoted are not. The rigor, intensity, and sacrifice experienced by senior practitioners is significant.
A little Gem I found on eBay.
An un-used CBP USBP instructors shirt.
Note the offical badge patch on the shirt.
College of DuPage HVACR Instructors Bob Clark and Chris Lexow each donated more than 300 hours of their own time to construct a state-of-the-art hydronic boiler trainer in the College’s HVACR lab in the Technical Education Center. Measuring nearly 20 feet wide and more than 10 feet tall, includes four bays that simulate a broad range of hydronic systems, components and circumstances along with the balancing controls that students will find in every building they encounter in the field.
Instructors from the Sabalauski Air Assault School conduct the 10-day school at West Point. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Hennen, USMA)
Heather and I were out and about on Valentines Day and decided to check out the Starbelly Dancers at the International Market in Boise. It was our first time there; interesting smells and sights all around us. We watched the whole show - it was great. We both loved the red curtain as a backdrop as it made the colors of the dancers outfits really pop. Great show, ladies - and we hope to see you again in the future!
I took these photos on 14 February 2015.
Das Foto entstand bei einer Dokumentation eines Sportevents. Es ist also nicht gestellt. Es war zwar gedacht, die Instruktorin einzurahmen, aber dass es so genau gepaßt hat, war natürlich auch etwas Glück. -- Es war der erste echte Einsatz der Sony A9 (mit dem 24-70/2.8 GM). Ich habe ausschließlich mit dem elektronischen Shutter fotografiert und gegen meine Natur auch mal mit Bursts gearbeitet. Der (kontinuierliche) Autofokus hat sehr gute Dienste geleistet - ich kann also die guten Kommentare im Netz durchaus bestätigen.
Die komplette Serie: www.flickr.com/gp/25830634@N06/SHz04k
Leeuwarden, 13 september 2021. De Weapon Instructor Course (WIC) is een zware opleiding die jachtvliegers opleid tot wapen instructeur. Foto: Nederlandse F-35 keert terug na een missie.
Before Christmas break I informed Claire's karate instructors that she would be out for two weeks for our trip back east. Since I knew tip testing was right when she returned, I asked her instructor if i could video record the steps. We video taped it, and it looks really hard. She had to do a jump kick and something that looked like a flying front kick. It looked terribly tough.
The first week I forgot about the video, but then I sent it over to Donna and I'm not even sure if Claire's papa really saw it. Claire just wanted to be silly over break and would only kick and hit to mess around. So, mostly she didn't practice.
When we returned this weekend, I resigned myself to the fact that she'd probably not get a tip this month and definitely wouldn't have enough time in to get a new belt. Today I took her home early so she and I could watch the video and try to practice before class tonight. When watching the video, Claire kept trying to do everything backwards because she was standing towards her instructor's video. She couldn't get the whole concept of the reflection of the video.
I kept trying to get her to let me show her how to do it, and she kept getting frustrated. She began getting irate and was yelling about how she knew how to do it. I challenged her to show me the moves, but she kept refusing. I finally just took her to class and stopped trying. We had a few errands to run before class, so we got there very early. She was able to watch the classes before hers but she rather played. She kept telling me to leave her alone and she was being really stubborn. I tried to get her to watch the tip testing in the class immediately before hers, but she was yelling and kept trying to get away. I was so mad I was going to spank her and drag her out of there before her class or I'd just let go.
I let her go and she ran onto the mat for her class. I didn't even watch at first, but then they were practicing the moves. She kept screwing around and her teacher had to stand there with her. Then it was finally tip testing time.
She got up there when it was her time, jumped into position and immediately did the entire routine almost perfectly. Her teacher asked her to repeat her kicks, which she did as best as a 4 1/2 year could. He congratulated her (and not everyone was passing!), gave her high five and sent her back to her seat. She immediately flipped around and gave me a look that said, "What was the worry?"
As she smirked, I couldn't help but chuckle under my breath. After the last kid tested, they all came out to get drinks, and she walked up to me with her hand on her hip and literally said "See Dada, I told you so."
(Epilogue: It also turned out she has enough hours in to belt test for her white/blue/white belt this weekend.) Oh boy.
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Dad is trying to teach Isaac to doggy paddle, Isaac has on 2 floats! at float outfit and a vest that blew up.
A massive influx of pregnant academic instructors @ the San Diego Job Corps Center, in
Imperial Beach.
Military training instructors and graduating basic military training trainees stand in formation during the BMT graduation ceremony on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Aug. 14, 2020. Nearly 60 trainees from the 37th Training Wing Detachment 5 completed the six-week BMT course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Instructors from the Croatian International Military Operations Training Centre along with instructors from the 7th Army JMTC Combined Arms Training Center (CATC), attend the Army Basic Instructor Course and the Small Group Instructor Training Course in Rose Barracks Germany on April 14, 2014. This was the first step towards building a shared effort between the Croatian and U.S. Army training centers. The course better prepares U.S., NATO, and Partner Nation Instructors for future interoperable institutional training and education. (Photo by Tammy Simmons, Chief of CATC Course Development, Released)