Education

[Robert Davis]

Gil,
I was a drill sergeant at Ft. Sill, OK.
They tried to bring in mixed gender to Ft. Sill - you should have seen the battalion commander running around like a madman. This didn't work and they quit doing it, after all, Ft. Sill is a combat arms post, but this is starting to mean less and less in "todays" army. Read The Kinder Gentler Military by Gutman. You will see what I mean !
Gil, I own/run a martial arts school in Texas. In the old days getting a black belt was one of the hardest things in life to attain. It meant being an absolute expert in self defense. The requirements for the traditional black belt was incredible ! Now, as in public school, you have to be kind, compassionate, humble, loving, helpful, etc...........Everyone that pays long enough will eventually get a black belt. I am not against the above things - I am against lowering standards and babying students for money.
As in education and the military, the martial arts have dumbed down to a new low !

Robert Davis