Comments on: Nia Belt System http://terrepruitt.com/2009/07/04/nia-belt-system/ In the realm of health, wellness, fitness, and the like, or whatever inspires me. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:41:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: johnpruitt http://terrepruitt.com/2009/07/04/nia-belt-system/#comment-327 johnpruitt Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:21:13 +0000 http://terrepruitt.wordpress.com/?p=846#comment-327 The karate kid said it best: Daniel: "Hey What kind of belt do you have?" Mr. Miyagi: "Canvas. You like? J.C. Penny. $3.98" The karate kid said it best:

Daniel: “Hey What kind of belt do you have?”
Mr. Miyagi: “Canvas. You like? J.C. Penny. $3.98″

]]> By: terrepruitt http://terrepruitt.com/2009/07/04/nia-belt-system/#comment-321 terrepruitt Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:52:38 +0000 http://terrepruitt.wordpress.com/?p=846#comment-321 Ok, I honestly don't know a lot about "belts" in martial arts. I thought that a certain skill set was learned, then a test was taken to see if the person qualified for the belt, then more learning, more test . . . and so on. Yes? I think I understand what you are saying, it is almost like school where you can take a test and pass and not really know the material? With Nia, I believe, it is more of just a way to signify where you are in your practice. Nia is a workout that can be a practice, if you want it to be a workout it is, if you want to take it further and make it a practice it is. I just didn't want people who were interested in a different form of working out, thinking that they had to get involved in the belts. As I stated, one must wait a year between each belt. I feel that if you are interested enough to participate in the White Belt Intensive, you are willing to see what it is about and abide by the one year wait. Once you participate in the intensive I think you would see why it is easy to need a whole year in between each intensive. The principles that we are introduced to can easlily take a year to work with and work on. So in Nia I think it is a little different than martial arts. Its more of a personal journey than a physical test. And since it is a personal journey it is understood that you will travel at your own speed in your own natural time. Nia just has classes ("Intensives") with different belts that you can take to introduce you to different concepts and assist you on your journey. Now, I don't mean to sound mysterious because there is a science to Nia and how we move during a workout, but there is also that body-mind connection that a lot of people are not connected to. So, to me that always makes it sound mysterious . . . and different because a lot of people are not accustom to it. Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting. In case you didn't see it, but you are interested, here is the link to my 13 White Belt Principles: http://terrepruitt.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/nia-or-nia-technique-is-a-specific-practice/ Ok, I honestly don’t know a lot about “belts” in martial arts. I thought that a certain skill set was learned, then a test was taken to see if the person qualified for the belt, then more learning, more test . . . and so on. Yes? I think I understand what you are saying, it is almost like school where you can take a test and pass and not really know the material?

With Nia, I believe, it is more of just a way to signify where you are in your practice. Nia is a workout that can be a practice, if you want it to be a workout it is, if you want to take it further and make it a practice it is. I just didn’t want people who were interested in a different form of working out, thinking that they had to get involved in the belts.

As I stated, one must wait a year between each belt. I feel that if you are interested enough to participate in the White Belt Intensive, you are willing to see what it is about and abide by the one year wait. Once you participate in the intensive I think you would see why it is easy to need a whole year in between each intensive. The principles that we are introduced to can easlily take a year to work with and work on. So in Nia I think it is a little different than martial arts. Its more of a personal journey than a physical test. And since it is a personal journey it is understood that you will travel at your own speed in your own natural time. Nia just has classes (“Intensives”) with different belts that you can take to introduce you to different concepts and assist you on your journey.

Now, I don’t mean to sound mysterious because there is a science to Nia and how we move during a workout, but there is also that body-mind connection that a lot of people are not connected to. So, to me that always makes it sound mysterious . . . and different because a lot of people are not accustom to it.

Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting.

In case you didn’t see it, but you are interested, here is the link to my 13 White Belt Principles: http://terrepruitt.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/nia-or-nia-technique-is-a-specific-practice/

]]> By: Jesse Crouch http://terrepruitt.com/2009/07/04/nia-belt-system/#comment-320 Jesse Crouch Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:13:28 +0000 http://terrepruitt.wordpress.com/?p=846#comment-320 Belts in most arts seem somewhat odd to me. There is so much that can be learned in parallel, yet we either only recognize accomplishment when a number of often unrelated prerequisites are filled <i>or</i> do not allow the student to learn in parallel at all. Militaries worldwide and scouting use such systems with badges and other sorts of decoration. Belts in most arts seem somewhat odd to me. There is so much that can be learned in parallel, yet we either only recognize accomplishment when a number of often unrelated prerequisites are filled or do not allow the student to learn in parallel at all.

Militaries worldwide and scouting use such systems with badges and other sorts of decoration.

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