Kid with downs gets a krotty blackbelt

**simonifrius** · Posted On: 5/04/2010 4:24pm

It doesn't matter what a martial arts forum thinks his black belt means. What does the kid and his family think it means? That's the potential problem.

**Rivington** · Posted On: 5/04/2010 4:26pm

Originally Posted by simonifrius

It doesn't matter what a martial arts forum thinks his black belt means. What does the kid and his family think it means? That's the potential problem.

I hear the parents signed him up for Shockfights!

**Cy Q. Faunce** · Posted On: 5/04/2010 4:50pm

Originally Posted by KO'd N DOA

So...Did Asland pass his BB last Sat or not?

Why would you post in a thread without having read the article on which it's based? It says he did.

HAW HAW HAW

**Cy Q. Faunce** · Posted On: 5/04/2010 5:21pm

Originally Posted by ciscodog

so lame, so utterly lame...

Since you haven't bothered to follow up on my question, I'll explain what I said, you fucking moron.

I think you are defensive of MartialTalk because you see the benefit of censoring certain kinds of conversations, and because you see martial arts as a path to personal improvement as well as a means of fighting.

I can understand the distaste that leads to the former point of view. I share it in this case. Watching people defend the honor of krotty against t3h dreaded retardation is disgusting. I do not think censorship is the best answer, but there is room for men of good will to disagree on this point.

The latter viewpoint runs contrary to the mainstream of opinion here, but for me, martial arts is like a sewer: What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

Next time you assume you know what I'm saying, think twice. You're not smart enough to make those calls unassisted.

**Sley** · Posted On: 5/04/2010 9:05pm

Originally Posted by adouglasmhor

I am Scottish
and have an IQ of 144 to 155 depending on which test used.

This proves I am really good at taking IQ tests.

However

http://news.scotsman.com/scotlandspo...-IQ.2762056.jp

Your just a lucky one, but theirs no way your average scot could turn on a computer anyway. I'm glad my family was replaced with Lord Sunderland's sheep.

That survey seems recent, I wonder if the one I read was highly outdated.

**catfishaggie** · Posted On: 5/05/2010 6:45am

Originally Posted by KO'd N DOA

That is why GSP is still champion, underestimation.

He's an exception, for the rule just look at Osaka Peach's posts.

**Tom .C** · Posted On: 5/05/2010 7:34am

Originally Posted by Rivington

I hear the parents signed him up for Shockfights!

pushups damnit

**KO'd N DOA** · Posted On: 5/05/2010 4:03pm

Originally Posted by Cy Q. Faunce

Why would you post in a thread without having read the article on which it's based? It says he did.

HAW HAW HAW

Well Cy, thank you for forcing me to watch the video again to see if I made that mistake. Unless the video is old, it was using the future tense, meaning that Saturday May 8, will be his test date. He might not pass, but everyone is hopeful.

But if he does, he may be able to take fortune by way of an affirmative action or some other policy, open his own school. His lineage might make him very marketable. If I did Karate, this would not be a bad branch.

Adam Stone (1st Dan - Goju )
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Sam Larioza (3rd Dan - Goju) TKD (2nd), Krav Maga (Phase 2 Instructor)

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Morio Higaonna (10th Dan - Goju)
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Anichi Miyagi (Uchi Deshi)
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Chojun Miyagi (Goju Founder)
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Higaonna Kanryo (Okinawan Founder)
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Ryu Ryuko (China -Foochow City)
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Murky Mists of Time

* BS investigation skillz in action.

**dougguod** · Posted On: 5/05/2010 4:58pm

Originally Posted by KO'd N DOA

Saturday May 8, will be his test date. He might not pass, but everyone is hopeful.

Do you really think that after that feel-good story aired the instructor would dare to withhold the belt? If he doesn't follow the script and facillitate a happy ending to the story, the parents will call the station and Sensei gets painted as the villain who crushed a retard's dream. If the instructor wasn't already planning to award the belt before the station contacted him he damn sure was after they did.