Black Belts And Good Wine

A few days ago I was sitting at my terrace with some friends talking about the warrior ways whilst having a glass of wine. I like to have a good glass of wine now and then and especially when it is a Spanish red wine.

I was looking at the colour of the wine in the glass and appreciating the different aromas of it.

I realized that black belts instructors are much like wine and most students are like the common guy who takes a glass of wine now and then.

In my opinion a first dan (shodan) is the same as a young wine, from a very recent year without time to mature in old oak barrels. It