Do belts hurt martial arts?

Belts are very resent invention to grade martial artist students. West embrased this approach for the purpose to be measured and “seen”. All martial arts (in history) were without belts. They checked accuracy in fights. now we cannot do it anymore so belts are used (sic). Also with payment methods belts were introduced. read more

Belts are easy to get nowadays - Martial arts dojos especially in America have become too soft. Nowadays, anyone can get a black belt. Just put in a certain amount of training for several years or buy it and it’s yours. read more

A lot of martial arts don't use belts, or at least have no written system of belts. They were introduced to make people seem like they are progressing in their art, people can be graded and then buy a new belt when they have learned a certain number of things. Which brings me to the other reason for belts: money. read more

He started competing in the combative sport of wrestling in 1975 at the age of 7 and began his study of Asian martial arts with Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do at the age of 16 in 1984. In 1989, Shinan Cestari gave a seminar at Sensei Ross's dojo. read more