I believe a black belt is not the end but a beginning to something new. Kyu belts are just like a huge training step to work as hard as you can to get everything right.

Yoshukai karate has helped me is by teaching me respect by showing respect to my Sensei, Shodans, and fellow classmates. Watching other black belts shows that they have lot a lot of time and effort put into karate and have a passion for it. Once one obtains a black belt I believe it’s a whole new road full of different obstacles than a kyu belt has to handle. Everything gets a little more intense each time you complete a test. This has taught me to strive for perfection.

Yoshukai karate has taught me some great characteristics for my everyday life such as patience. Patience is hard to find in the American culture, due to things being so instant. Striving to do the best, is also something I have learned while training in karate! Have to work very hard everyday on everything I do, such as school work, and everyday chores. I am excited to see where karate takes me in the future.