Black Belt skills
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Fitness
o Run two miles
o Breathe properly
o Lift your weight for Squat, Bench press, Shoulder press. Bicep curl, (1.5 Wt for Dead
lift)
Combat skills
o Break a board
o Break an attacker’s arm
o Choke out a man within five seconds
o Execute the same choke on the meanest student in your dojo and not hold it after
he taps
o Take a fall at the hands of a judoka without breaking your arm
Weapons skills
o Use a knife
o Wield a staff
o Shoot a gun
Teaching skills
o Obey a senior
o Compassionately correct a junior
o Teach a seminar on your art
Psychology
o Calm a panicked person
o Concentrate in the middle of chaos
o Have the intestinal fortitude to gouge an eye in a life-or-death fight
o Be a good student at a seminar on an art that doesn’t interest
you
Survival skills
o Drive evasively
o Barricade a door
o Render first aid
o Withdraw money from an ATM without being a target
o Carry an unconscious person
Communication
o Explain the history of your style
o Argue a point on an Internet forum
o Explain the fundamentals of good nutrition
Black Belt Magazine , MAY 2011.