{"id":947,"date":"2021-12-28T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=947"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:15:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T19:15:53","slug":"the-meaning-of-the-blue-belt-5th-kyu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/the-meaning-of-the-blue-belt-5th-kyu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of the Blue Belt (5th Kyu)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blue-belt-300x116.png\" alt=\"Blue Belt\" class=\"wp-image-2917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blue-belt-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/blue-belt.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue is vast and pure, deep and clouded. The blue belt holds a dual meaning, this duality is intentional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, the Blue Belt represents our physical abilities. Symbolic of the sky, the Blue belt serves as a reminder of the vastness for which we reach.&nbsp; As we grow, we reach towards the heavens feeling they are within our grasp. In our self-absorbed state we forget that we see but a small portion of its vastness. We tend to ignore this vastness and focus only on what we see and know as our skills advance. This leads to a state of over confidence. Instead of mastery, you have only taken a sip of what is you yet have to learn!&nbsp; Over-confidence leads us to loose our humility, our humbleness, the Blue belt should remind us of our insignificance and of how much more we need to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, the Blue Belt represents our potential for mental depth and maturity.&nbsp; Here often the Sea is used symbolically for its depths and currents are difficult to see and harder to control.&nbsp; Only through determination can we advance here for introspection is a difficult task.&nbsp; As our physical strength grows through training, our mental depth and maturity should develop, strengthening our mind and our person as a whole.&nbsp; The lessons of the Blue Belt are that the strains of physical training are temporary, but mastery of self can last a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OSU!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue is vast and pure, deep and clouded. The blue belt holds a dual meaning, this duality is intentional. First, the Blue Belt represents our physical abilities. Symbolic of the sky, the Blue belt serves as a reminder of the vastness for which we reach.&nbsp; As we grow, we reach towards the heavens feeling they<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/the-meaning-of-the-blue-belt-5th-kyu\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button \">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,16],"tags":[119,148,14],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karate","category-training-notes","tag-kyokushin","tag-style","tag-training"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3017,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions\/3017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}