Belt Promotion – The Journey

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1884) said

“To travel hopefully is better then to arrive.  The success is the labor.”

Bruce Lee (1940 – 1973) said:

“The success is the Journey, not the destination.”

Regardless of the journey, each individual’s path is uniquely his own. The achievement of belt promotion will have different meanings  and time schedules for each martial artist. For some, it means that anything else in their future can be accomplished. For others, each belt promotion is just a step to the end of their  goal of becoming black belt. However, for those who are passionate about their training, the black belt is a continued journey toward a lifelong destination.

-Master John Dowdy