A handstand black belt
Should handstands be like martial arts?
For all the criticism I have head around the belt system of martial arts like judo or karate, there is something in it that we dearly miss in handstands:
The immediate recognition, upon seeing a higher belt, that the person got there through sweat, blood and tears.
There is a universal understanding that one simply does not skip belts.
Because the univer…
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