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Matt Morris wrote:
What some of you have missed is this - having belts (white/yellow/green etc..etc..) can help maintain some students as it rewards progress.
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As a retention tool for a children's class but not so much for an adult class.
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Matt Morris wrote:
A belt system can work well, if there is real value in the belt.
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Quantifying the value placed upon the belt is the problem. Qualifying the value based on technique alone is inadequate as well as qualifying the value on a student's character alone. But this is more specifically related to rank in general, whether there is a colored belt involved or not.