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How long does it take to become a martial arts expert? These martial arts experts, did they start when they were little children? It must take more than five years. I would appreciate an answer, thanks!
If you are a martial arts expert I would like to know what degree black belt you are, how long you have been training and how old you were when you started. Basically I want to know how long it took you to become an expert. Thanks!
Question :
How long does it take to become a martial arts expert?
Best Solver (Answer):
Answer by Frank the tank
A lifetime.
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After over thirty years of training, I can say with out a doubt I have a lot more to learn, I don’t consider myself an expert, I consider my self a student.
It takes decades just to understand one style, and a life time to master it.
It takes a lifetime. One never stops learning. I recall reading about a 6th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt being asked a question at a seminar, “What’s the best way to execute a flying arm bar?” His response was, “I don’t know. That’s not my area of expertise.” So, the term expert can be subjective.
Years. Lots and lots and lots of years to become an expert.
Must be 2 lifetimes. After 40 years in one art, I can tell you it takes much longer than that.
There is no expert… There can be good Martial Artist but an expert, as in, someone who completely dominates the Art he practices, impossible. There is always something new to learn in the world of Martial Arts.
for a baby it takes 4 good years to walk right so same with being a master of anything
Depends how dedicated you are to training, but I’d imagine about 40 years. A decade or two for you to learn it, then another 20 years of honing your craft before you can call yourself an expert.
I have been an active student of the martial arts for over 45 years and an instructor of them over 39 years. I still find the term “expert” an improper term when used to define knowledge and ability in the martial arts. for one thing, “What is an Expert”? The definition I use is this…. “X” is a unknown factor in mathematics, and any plumber will tell you a “spert” is a Drip under pressure. Sounds about right to me.
I must assume you are asking what a master is and at what point are you one? That question has been debated here over and over. No one can seem to agree on this since again everyone has a different definition of what the term “master” means. There are those that think that it is not possible to ever become good enough to be a master. There are those that think at at a certain rank you automatically become one (Which is not correct in any historical sense). Then there are those that throw the term master around as if it is something that is not very difficult to obtain or very deep in meaning. Such comments are often seen here on Y/A. comments like at black belt you have only mastered the basics……… Wrong. Mastery describes a much much higher level of knowledge, understanding and ability. A new black belt is not even close to being a “Master”. Neither is every one that teaches the martial arts a “Master”. Perhaps the best definition I’ve heard is this one….. A student asked his instructor, “How will I know when I am a master?”. His instructor replied, “you will know you are a master when a group of very prestigious masters gather for dinner and you are invited to come “.
By the way, I still don;t know if I’m a master or not. By many of the commonly held beliefs and practices, I might be considered to be one. However, I never call myself a “Master”, nor do I have respect for anyone that describes themselves as one. I believe that the real masters do not used the term, but are referred to as master by their peers.
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I am a 1st degree black belt in tae-kwon-do (not really an expert but still pretty high in ranks) It took me 5 years to get this belt my instuctor took 9 years to get to 5th degree black belt so it depends how you train and stuff like that! ;D
I am glad you used the work expert and not master.
After 40 years of training one of my white belt students called me master. I immediately requested that he not call me master because there is only one master in the style I teach and he was the founder.
My white belt student apologized, he had previously taken a different martial art where the instructor was always called master. I told him that he didn’t have to apologise because he didn’t know.
An expert can be defined as anyone that knows more than the general public knows on any subject.
As martial arts practitioners go, the practitioners with the longest longevity that may or may not be instructors generally do not consider themselves experts or masters. Reason being they are still learning and should be until they leave this earth.
As for rank it is unimportant after a point. Rank should be unimportant through your whole training.
Rank is merely a gauge, an act of honoring the practitioner for meeting some form of minimal requirements.
Rank does not mean that their abilities are current or even still existent. Watch the instructor and the senior students technique. You can then see how much the instructor may have known at one time yet may not be able to perform anymore due to age, disability, or even lack of practice.
I have been training for over 40 years in a traditional Okinawan martial arts system and have been instructing for over 37 years. I still lead and train with my class. I also still take time to train with and be corrected by my instructors if at all possible. I am still learning and getting better every day.
It takes a lifetime. Most never will become an expert. I’ve trained for 30 years and I’m not an expert. I’m a student still learning.
See for yourself.