Stories of the Black Belts is unfortunately only a partial story. It's partial because I don't have all of the thousands of Black Belts we have trained since 1995 in here and more importantly because it's only a snapshot. It's just one moment in time where each Black Belt - as a requirement to become a first degree (or second or third degree or higher) Black Belt needed to take a moment and write an essay about "What Karate Means To Me". While many...