re: Who took martial arts when they were younger?

I started at 12. And did it for twenty years and eventually taught it. This was before the rise of jujitsu. Took me eight years to get my black belt, but that was due to a serious knee injury. Should have taken only five years. During that time I saw a lot of school given their student a black belt in two years or less. They would have a student test once a month or every two months.

The belt system is really bullshite and mostly to generate money. If I had to do it over again, I would still do the style I did because it was a lot of fun. But would also do jujitsu for more balance.