What A Black Belt Means by Kasey Schwalje
I have been taking karate for five years. Throughout those five years, I have learned a lot. I haven’t only learned how to defend and protect myself if needed, but I have grown so much more as a person. Five years ago, I was a small, ten year old who was coming home everyday crying […]
Black Belt Essay by Shannon Clark
Over the past few months, I have written many essays for college applications. For each one, I was confined to defining my entire personality in 500 words or less. During this process, I had to ask myself what makes me who I am. This is when I realized that all of my answers somehow related […]
What A Black Belt Means To Me by Connor Baily
Being a black belt means to me that I have gone through very hard challenges. I had to do push ups, sit-ups, burpees, and many more self defense techniques to get to the level of the black belt. Also being a black belt means to me that I have gotten stronger and stronger throughout the years.Being […]
what it means to be a black belt by Jacob Lachyta
Being a black belt to me, means you are good at karate. It means you haven’t just spent a couple of weeks training, it takes 5 years. It takes 5 years of bravery, strength, resilience and persistence. The black belt isn’t just the color black. It is a symbol. A symbol of strength […]
What Black Belt Means to Me – Lucas Vedam
Black belt is very important, it signifies that you did not give up during your training as an amerikick member, when you were a white belt, to your black belt testing. Black belt also signifies that you know Amerikick techniques and katas and that you understood them correctly. Black Belt is very important to me […]
Black Belt Essay by Michael Lachyta
The first thing is my self-defense. The self-defense moves had gotten harder and more useful in real life situation. Self- defense has taught me how to defend myself and how to get stronger with such moves. To know those moves I had to train and not just fool around, and I had to put effort […]
What have I learned since earning black belt
Wow, since I earned my black belt back in June of 2018, the entire world has been ripped apart and dragged in the mud. In my previous essay, I discussed the hope that with the belt around my waist, I would be part of a brotherhood/sisterhood similar to when I was a volunteer fireman. Fortunately […]
What a blackbelt means to me by Haley Galette
Some concepts that come to mind when I hear the words ‘black belt’ are courage, honesty, and respect. I want to be a black belt to show younger students how to get to the level I have reached and show them how to defend themselves. I watch the sensei’s teach other children and that is […]
What it means to be a black belt by Mason Galette
I should show honesty and respect to everybody and be nice. A black belt takes lots of responsibility like teaching a class. It takes writing an essay, practicing thirty push ups non stop, fifty lunges, fifty squats, and techniques and a whole lot more. I should do my katas nice, not sloppy. I should not […]
What a black belt means to me By Cole Stiles
I think I started doing karate when I was 5, so getting a black belt is a long-term goal that I will have accomplished by working hard and being focused which is not always easy for me. I have a ton of energy and like to do things like sports and karate helps me to […]