Ninjutsu / Taijutsu fail

[bpoch73]

Ever wonder how easy it is to get your 2nd degree backbelt in Taijutsu, well look no further. This is a school in Eldersburg, Maryland called Tristar Martial Arts. They are near my Hapkido school and I swing by every once in awhile for a good laugh to watch them.

2nd degree black belt test
YouTube- 2nd Degree Black Belt - Julie



Here is a link to the school if you want to check them out.
http://www.tristarmartialarts.com/index.asp

[Mackan]

This doesn't look like a test at all, but more of a demo / celebration...

Now, it doesn't look like black belt techniques either. Just sayin'...

[TheMightyMcClaw]

So their belt tests take the form of a talent show? Awesome.

[Adam_F]

This must have been a choreographed display/celebration/award ceremony after the grading. Funny they didn't have enough confidence in Taijitsu techniques not to fill it with what looks like Taekwondo; unless I've just seen unusual Taijitsu and everywhere else it looks like TKD!

I would have said they looked more mid Kyu level, but long ago realised that a BB means nothing outside of a particular club/organisation.

[Adam_F]

(I'm not slighting the efforts of the kids, they did everything that was asked of them and seem to be working hard; it's just that if the BB is there to give a sense of achievement, then it should be hard to get!)

[Ninnong]

All of a sudden I feel like my TKD BB has slightly more merit.

[jkdbuck76]

^^this

[Bugeisha]

Now, I'm not taking anything away from your tkd blackbelt, since it may well be awesome, but just 'cause someone else blows doesn't say anything about your ability.

[Jcbal93]

Lmao. I thought Taijutsu didn't even have high kicks. Or at least that's what my sensei told me >.<.

[CoffeeFan]

That was a test? Looked like a ceremony/display thing.

[Jcbal93]

So that was martial dancing instead of martial arts?

[bpoch73]

This school is right down the street from where I train. I stop by every once in awhile on my way home to watch. Let me tell you this is about the same thing I see during normal class. I can stand there for 10 mins. some nights and not see anything going on.

It's a major belt factory. From word of mouth from some of the teenage kids in my school that know kids from this school, is when they ask about their techniques, they are too dangerous to show them.

My instructor hates this school because it stands for everything he is against.

It's sad to see Martial Arts portrayed this way.

[CarlosJesena]

That was a test? Looked like a ceremony/display thing.

The test was there. We just couldn't see it. Damn ninjas :ninjadanc

[13ringinheat]

Wow their techniques are really sloppy for all of them being black belts. ATA has some competition i see.

[MrGalt]

Oh wow. North American TMAers who weren't too fat to breathe! I'm too in awe of that to even make fun of the techniques.