How old were you when you got your black belt?

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You are awesome

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I started training 12 years ago and Iā€™m still a white belt. Wtf is happening

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Old ass motherfuckers with black belts. Us younger folks watch Seinfeld or game of thrones. We donā€™t need your blackbelts

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60, started training @ 40, lots of time off for surgeries, one break was for 7 yrs.

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  1. Had been training about 12 years
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I didnā€™t know you were black belt

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started in 2002, got bb in 2012, aged 37. havent trained much since 2018. tore meniscus in 2016, took 6mths off, and it never really felt 100%. then i lost the joy of training.

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i got my first black belt in 1992. it was shortly after my 13th birthday. it was a hard slog going to the YMCA two, sometimes three days a week for almost a year, but tang soo do is a demanding mistress

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I was 44 years young in 2015 when I got mine

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how often did you guys train? 3x-4x a week? 2 hours each session?

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Thirty-seven. Eight and half years. Three years at black belt. White to brown, I trained six days a week. It was a part of my day no different than brushing my teeth. Now, I teach more than roll but I train when I can - my body feels so wrecked after even a little training with younger people. I donā€™t make quick movements or overload any muscular input. It doesnā€™t matter, I am coming to find out, the body just starts to break down quickly at this age and after a decade of hard training. Just grateful I made it to black belt - I have many friends that stopped along the way due to injuries.

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So youā€™re 45ā€¦?

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A week before my 40th.

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It varied over the years. I started in 2000 but it was hard to get access to consistent training due to money and distance.

Some periods not at all, other times 1x a week other times it was 5x a week and two a days.

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3-5 times per week for about an hour to 90 minutes when I was training steadily. Iā€™ve been drilling a lot for the past 3 1/2 years, I still roll hard fairly regularly but I have arthritis in my shoulder so Iā€™m in agony for a while after hard rolls.

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I always lived in the gyms i trained at so i would sometimes train at midnight with the other live in students but for several years i would train at least twice a day sometimes three times and go to the beach and body surf in between eating all you can eat shushi or avocado cheeseburgers with Jeremy Williams and Bao Quach

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More or less just curious. 37 and still only a purple belt. I assume ill be getting my black belt around early 40s if everything goes as plannedā€¦ More or less just seeing where I would fall compared to everybody else

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So who in this thread is registered with ibjjf?

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Not me. Too shite.i just like to cut promos

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Not me. Donā€™t intend to either.

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