At this point the student has mastered the basics and developed deep roots in Kokushin-Kai.\u00a0 Brown is known as an earthy color, such as dirt or soil.\u00a0 The brown belt signifies the soil in which the roots of mastery begin to take hold.\u00a0 This brown signifies virgin soil never worked or perfected, never enriched or aerated. The previous belts provide the seeds however they find themselves unwelcoming soil to foster growth.\u00a0 Like the task of the farmer to tame the land, so does the student need to begin to their self, to remove the parasites, stones, and weeds.\u00a0 To let in the Green of life, the Blue of the sky and the power of Purple to make this fertile ground.\u00a0 This is as great a physical task as it is mental task for the student but no Mastery of the art can be attained without it any more than a seed can grow properly on unwelcome soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At this point the student has mastered the basics and developed deep roots in Kokushin-Kai.\u00a0 Brown is known as an earthy color, such as dirt or soil.\u00a0 The brown belt signifies the soil in which the roots of mastery begin to take hold.\u00a0 This brown signifies virgin soil never worked or perfected, never enriched or