Can you get a black belt via video?

My personal answer yes and no.


Yes if you do the tapes with a real Kung Fu or Karate Sensei. I have been training since 1984 in various styles. My present rank is black sash 4th degree in Praying Mantis. I can learn other styles via video yet cannot certify someone outside of my style.


The NO part no one should try to learn Karate via video without Dojo/Dojang experience, bring the tapes to a real instructor. I hope this helps anyone

Can you get a black belt via video?
You can get a black belt via video, but you cannot become one, no.
Reply:So I should stop using the crane technique?? And wax on wax off is a joke?? I'm confused now.....
Reply:Isn't that pretty much like asking if you can get the clap by watching Debbie does Dallas?
Reply:Answering your own question


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(okay apparently were on diffrent pages...I thought you ment sending in your tape for advancement, my bad )





Many well respected divisions offer people the chance to rank up over video. You go to the certification site and read the set you must do. Performing the set while you video tape it and mail it in.


The downside is there is a limit to how many entries you may send in for each rank. Not to mention they are unforgiving as far as mistakes go.
Reply:Martial Arts instructors spend much of their time identifying and correcting the faults they see in their students. If you "learn" Martial Arts from a video there is obviously no one with experience who can watch you and correct the things you are doing wrong, so they become bad habits that are nearly impossible to correct. Worse yet, you think you are doing a form correctly and teach your way to someone else.





Bad, bad, bad!





It reminds me of the story of the woman whose daughter was watching her prepare to cook a ham. Before she placed it in the pot she cut both ends off and threw the ends away, just putting the middle part into the pan. This seems like a wasteful thing to her daughter, so her daughter asks her why she did that? The mother tells her that was the way her mother always did it and she learned the technique from her. So the little girl gets on the phone and talks to her grandmother, asking why she cut the ends off the ham before cooking it? The grandmother replies, "Well we were very poor and I had to cut the ends off to get the ham to fit into the pot. We couldn't afford to get a bigger pot."





The moral of the story: You have to know why you are doing what you are doing or you can end up doing some crazy stuff that makes no sense at all.





%26lt;edit%26gt; To answer your question: Maybe you can get a black belt from a video school, but the real question is would it be valid?
Reply:Rank means nothing.


Training means everything.


You are what you train to be.


I personally feel that if you do not practice application you are in big trouble if you ever need to defend yourself.
Reply:my answer would be NO NO NO! and i have some personal expiriance to back up this. i train in a dojang. and whenever i would be learning a new form, i would go on youtube and try and copy peoples forms, i would practice and practice, then go to the Dojang and ask someone of higher rank to show me the form, i would find out that i was DOING IT WRONG like some things need to be in dif stances ect.





the point is, yes you can use videos as tools to help you learn, but you should have solid knolwlege of the art first. you need an instructor who can correct your mistakes, even more so, no video can certify you, and no video can make you do 20 push ups for every little tiny insigificant mistake ^______^ (a mistake a video would not be able to tell you existed)





in addition! if you actualy studied a form of martial art, i bet youd find that your stances were not right most of the time, theres always something you can improve on. my instrictor would tell us to FREEZE and go around the room and push us lol yes push us, if anyone fell down than their stance was not strong enough
Reply:My answer would be no.





I look at video/DVD's the same way I look at books, as reference. They can be used to help with formal instruction but not substitution for it.
Reply:not if you want a real black belt
Reply:1) Yes you can get a black belt by video. You can also get 1 mail order.


2) Those belts are worthless.
Reply:yes you can, and it's quality is as good as you were when you first began. if you are an experienced Karate / ju jitsu or what have you- person with a round knowledge then yes you can grow inother skills easily. no if you have no existing skills as you have no base of understanding.


we all learn new moves each day from books, videos and associates. ranking is only in the eyes of the ranker, some black belts are far superior to others. difference of John Doe being their teacher or Randy Couture. trust me if Randy could teach me online or by video or say john doe in a class, well I choose Randy Couture online because I am sure of the quality of the lessons. now it's up to my work on application.
Reply:Heck, just skip the videos, order one from Amazon.com! It's easy to get a blackbelt.

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