belt ranks and your "feeling"

[Red Harvest]

To TS, you don't by chance train at Samuel Puccio do you?

 

[korleone1911]

To TS, you don't by chance train at Samuel Puccio do you?

oh no sir... but I plan on visiting there pretty soon. I hear he's in Brazil at the time. Do you train there?

 

[lechien]

I still remember how I got my first stripe! It is a pretty cool moment.

 

[Foppa21]

Who cares really? Just train to get better. I still have white belts giving me grief. But I go out on the mat daily to try new things. I've also gone back to trying the move I drilled at the first available opportunity in rolling.... One always get weird looks when they pull mount or side control lol

 

[keynote]

Even though I have only received stripes, I feel incredibly proud and accomplished when I hear Draculino talk about my performance and growth.

My instructor told me I did well at a training camp in June. I still think about those words and smile. People like Drac's words carry a lot of weight! I've wondered since then if they're entirely aware of how much inspiration they give with a few sentences like that. I guess it's the mark of an amazing instructor.