at the GM level, it's no longer about how strong he is, it's more about the contributions he had done in promoting this style of martial to the public.

When I was younger I did not understand what it means to be old and be able to move. I understand now. Anyone over 50 still doing martial arts is a true lover of the art.

Lots of respect has to go to anyone that has spent the amount of time and dedication to an art they love. Regardless of how we think about different styles of martial arts. I'm sure we can all say we enjoy the beauty of the ritual and that he is definitely skilled in TWD.

you are only as good as you train, in anything. huge respect to this man

A lot of people here are talking about how Grand Master Lee, Gyung Kun would do as an MMA fighter. Others criticize his technique. Therefore, I wish to give you just a little bit of information about this man. GK Lee is the 43rd generation of the Jae Gong Clan, Gyung Ju Lee family. He started his martial arts path at the age of 7 under the tutelage of his father and continued his training in the art of Tang Soo Do, eventually earning 5th dan through Kukkiwon. Before leaving Korea, he had been a Taekwondo instructor in the Korean Army, Chief Instructor at Tang Soo Do Headquarters in Seoul, and trained top level Samsung personal security personnel. Recruited by the founder of the ATA, he entered Songahm Taekwondo as a 4th degree black belt even though he was a Kukkiwon certified 5th dan. Since joining the ATA he has developed materials related to traditional martial arts and self defense for the ATA, been one of 200 licensed PPCT instructors for US Federal Agencies for 18 years, and has hosted over 400 Instructor Seminars and 100 Martial Arts Seminars worldwide. In his efforts to develop a complete integrated martial arts system, he has worked and trained with people such as Helio Gracie, Rickson Gracie, Master Bong Soo Han, Grand Master Haeng Ung Lee, Jin Wang, Bruce K. Siddle, and Guru Mike Inay to name a few. The martial arts he has explored besides Taekwondo include Hapkido, Kendo, Jiujitsu, BJJ, Tai Chi, Shaolin Martial Arts, Moodang Pa Martial Arts, and Mantis Martial Arts. Today, Chief Master G.K. Lee continues to set new goals to further integrate the Martial Arts community and he has long hoped to host open competitions across all systems, though as anyone knowledgeable of the martial arts world will know, this is a very complicated and politically sensitive undertaking. In the world today, you will find very few people, if any, with as broad a range of martial arts knowledge as this man. He is also, in spite of what this video may indicate, a very humble man. I myself have rolled with him as we both trained BJJ together. He took no short cuts, but graded slowly through the ranks starting at white belt like everyone else. After many years of training, he travelled to Brazil to test for his 1st degree blackbelt and was put through the same testing ordeal required of anyone else. In the ATA, he has long advocated an acceptance of MMA and he retains an interest in all aspects of the martial arts, whether for traditional art, sports, or self defense. Anyone who has ever worked with this man understands his depth of knowledge, his humour, and his great level of skill. I have spoken with people who train government employees for whom violence is an integral part of their work, and the respect these very serious professionals afford to this man speaks volumes. THE VIDEO This testing was a celebration of a lifetime of work. Please read about the component parts below in order to gain better insight into what was done as too many here have opinions that do not demonstrate great insight or understanding. THE TESTING - WHY SPARRING WAS OMITTED: Concerning not sparring, the ATA currently lets people test with 3 disciplines chosen from 1. traditional forms (mandatory), 2. weapons forms, 3. board breaks, and 4. sparring. One discipline must be omitted by everyone testing for rank. On this occasion, Grand Master G.K. Lee chose to omit sparring in order to do a weapons demo as he is the chairman of the PROTECH Department, which develops weapons and self defense training materials drawing on a variety of other martial arts. FORM: First of all, this 98 move form is not designed to imitate combat. Also, he is of course not as limber as he used to be (I could show you some amazing pics from his younger days). However, he is still an exceptional martial artist and as anyone knowledgeable of martial arts will quickly see, he performs this form with a high degree of power and precision. WEAPONS & SELF DEFENSE: This section of his testing was expanded slightly beyond the normal requirements so that he could showcase a variety of different aspects of PROTECH training. As some have rightly noticed, his performance with the Jahng Bong or 'Bo Staff' was indeed inspired mainly by Chinese martial arts traditions. As the Chairman of ATA's PROTECH Department, Grand Master G.K. Lee has developed a multitude of different weapons forms and training systems with different sources of inspiration, traveling all over the world to train with the very best and returning to give members of the ATA a broader perspective of the martial arts and a broader array of training options. Here, he demonstrated one of the three distinctly different styles of handling this traditional weapon that are officially taught by the ATA. Concerning the demonstration with Senior Master Sean Smith, this was meant to entertain the crowd and integrate showmanship with a variety of disciplines. Believe me when I say that Grand Master G.K. Lee is highly capable of executing an armbar. However, this was not intended to make any pretense at being actual combat, it was a rehearsed demonstration aimed at incorporating a variety of elements for the benefit of the crowd watching. Considering this man's resume (above), I think it safe to say that he has great knowledge of traditional martial arts of many styles, sports Taekwondo, and 'real combat', and he has paid his dues to earn respect to a higher degree than any of the people posting derogatory comments of this display. Trust me, he is more than capable of defending himself. BOARD BREAKS: Concerning the board break loss of balance, he chose to apply himself completely to that break, losing his balance as he powered through the boards much too easily. The result is one that I am sure he is unhappy with himself, but it is better to put too much power into it than not enough. He teaches commitment to technique, and he certainly committed to that kick. Personally, I am quite sure he was a bit angry with himself for that very uncharacteristic slip up. If you had been in a similar situation, with the hopes of so many resting on you and being at the center of such a spectacle, perhaps it is possible that you would have slipped up a little too? As for his subsequent jump shin-kick/punch combination, I thought is was beautifully done. If you want proof that he can break more, it is easily provided. Just one look at his hands and feet up close will leave little doubt that he is quite powerful and has spent many years conditioning his body. However, ATA policy for lower ranks applies to him too, and due to the risk of injury, certain types of power breaks are now discouraged at major event testings. IN SUMMARY: This man is worthy of the respect of all of you. Over the years, he has performed many feats that are truly impressive and I am sure some of the pics taken of him would blow the minds of some of the keyboard warrior know-it-alls posting here. He has also traveled the world and studied multiple martial arts like no one else I have ever heard of. This is why he has chosen to include certain elements of other systems in this demonstration. His philosophy is 'no limits', and he is open to all styles, just as he is open to self defense and sports fighting, though that is not what he was aiming to demonstrate here. As all people who have pushed themselves hard in the martial arts, he has also injured himself over the years, a few times quite severely, even though this is not something he likes to dwell on or speak of. Personally, I can say that I am not the kicker I used to be due to various injuries, surgeries, and age. The same is true of this man. However, no matter what obstacles he faced, he continued his training, and he has never stopped challenging himself and searching for new knowledge. Have respect. This was a one shot performance without double takes and this video gave you all a chance to see a truly disciplined and enormously accomplished martial artist at work. I am sure there are aspects of this testing he was not entirely satisfied with himself. I am also sure there were aspects of it he may not have been very comfortable with as he is quite a humble man. It was a display performed under very high pressure and arranged so as to be a memorable experience for the people in attendance. In many other systems, seniors get their degrees without any public testing and sometimes without any testing at all. This man stepped up in front of thousands at a testing together with blackbelts from all over the world, performing center stage when all other testings were done. He did it to set an example of continuing development even amongst the most senior and most accomplished martial artists even though he is aware that he may be outperformed by younger martial artists in their prime just as he sets an example to follow every day of his life by continuing his training and through his dedication to helping others improve themselves through the martial arts. I for one am grateful to him for that. *** As for myself (since I expect this post may lead to tons of personal attacks and claims that I am some sort of fraud), I am a student of traditional Taekwondo with some small degree of knowledge of other martial arts as well. I do not label myself a devastating fighter or warrior and I am not a coach of professional fighters either. However, I do have a reasonably good understanding of biomechanics and the human body and enjoy trying to help others learn and perfect various techniques for fighting and/or health purposes and I greatly appreciate both the system of Songahm Taekwondo and Grand Master G.K. Lee as a person and as a martial artist. Thus I am certainly not unbiased. As for the ATA, it is a large and diverse organization. Even though some common criticisms may be warranted, it has much of great value that should not be discounted as well and it continually strives to improve itself and its members.

You know your a master when about 100 black belts stand up to bow to you for respect

My grandpas old taekwondo teacher was jack hwang, he was ninth Dan. He was a legend, trained under the father of taekwondo. He was so respected that they tried to give him tenth Dan, which is only given to people who have reached ninth Dan….. except it’s when they die. They tried to give it to shim while he was still alive, but refused. Trained Bruce lee and chuck norris. Legend of you ask me.

Much respect to Master GK Lee, I remember him coming to our school when I was a young blackbelt in the late 80's/early 90's. Our instructor worked us out hard, but when any of the Lee's came to visit workouts heated up to another level. And though I've been out of the ATA for over twenty years, my root style is still Songham and I've still got a ton of respect and admiration for the ATA family, The ATA is the real deal, never forget your roots, the detractors couldn't keep up!

I hope I can get around as well as him when I'm his age. Much respect for a man that dedicated his life to something great. For all the haters out there, you do not deserve nor will ever have the honor of being trained and mentored by such a great and knowledgeable man. I wish I could be so lucky. Congratulations Chief Master GK Lee!

At 62 I attribute my lack of back, hip, and knee problems to a lifetime of doing these basic TKD warm-up stretches learned at white belt level. Just keep doing them your whole life, long past TKD formal training. BTW... LOVE the old-school judo-type uniforms.

One of the best TKD Form demonstrations I have seen. Filled with intent.

Congratulations GM Lee.You as well as others are a great example for the ATA organization.

Wow! This is poetry in motion. What an opportunity for so many students to get to watch his belt test as well. The school owner where my son and I got our black belts just earned his 8th degree - Great Grand Master BC Kim, 1992 Olympic Gold medalist. I wish we had had an opportunity to see him test, and I'm thankful you shared Chief Master GK Lee's test.

Excellent technique! Well done! My first Black Belt was with the ATA. That was many years ago and I still train to This day! Much respect!

9th Dan is not a test. You are beyond proving yourself and have dedicated your life. You have given so much to Tae Kwon Do that they are recognizing you as a Grand Master.

This brings back my finest Hapkido memories of training with Grand Master Sung Soo Lee in Australia. GM Lee was 75 at the time, and everyone just starred at his belt. OMG what an experience and special shout out to Master's Gill and Tallon for making it happen. Respect 🙏

Just imagine being able to move that way at his age

Very beautiful and I enjoyed practicing Tae Kwon Do back in my country when I was a teenager, today I am in my 50's and still with the confidence of having practiced the sport, and of course I never went around looking for brawls to show off anything. Martial arts is more about self awareness and confidence than anything else. Thanks for posting.

“Real men don’t beat drums before they hunt tigers.” Qui Chang Cain

Probably a full life of dedication to the art and still performing at his age is awesome to see and sets a fantastic example. Teaching those knife defence drills to kids or adults and making them think they’d work in real life (especially the ones with about 10 moves in the combo) is gonna get someone seriously injured or killed. Stick with the striking and weapons I say. His Jits was half decent though but easy to say in pre planned demo. That said. Still inspiring to see a 60 yr old performing like this when you think about what most even 50yr olds are doing with their lives these days

The drums strike pure passion and dedication in my heart

I love the power he puts in as he does each and every technique

We were blessed to be in the audience when H. U. Lee rested for his 9th degree BB several decades ago in Little Rock

I still can't believe I met a 9th degree Black Belt in Canada. A friend was doing some business with him. So we traveled to Canada. He was also the champion of Canada. It was a honor to meet him. I respect the discipline that anyone puts into any kind of Marshall Arts! The ultimate challenge you take on.

Awesome display of great skills. Form was perfectly executed as well as the weapons form. Self defense is great too.. loved the part where Chief Master G.K. Lee kicked the groin, then kicked it again and just to make sure kicked it one more time.. reminds me of Master Ken's teaching from Ameridote.. :D

The lady drummers stole the show.

I keep seeing in the comment section where Americans keep roasting him for his slow and weak ass moves. The higher the dan, doesn't mean stronger. The higher the dan is, the more you know about the sport and practiced it. 9th dan means he did it for most of his life. So don't fkn say he's wank.

Master Ken would have loved that he restomped the groin.... Great job by Chief Master G.K. Lee to become Grand Master of ATA. A great martial arts organization.

My take is that he did a great job testing. Kinda made me wish I had stayed the course and not stopped training after 20+ years.

Please forgive me for not knowing the many different types of Martial Arts. But just by watching the many ways that the body is able too move, is absolutely amazing! I completely commend those who continue to practice this absolutely and completely amazing art of self defense! Many blessings to you all!

Very nice form. Excellent control and power and balance. TKD at its best.

I judge a TKD test by the side kick. He had a perfect knife edge. Refold was 8 outta 10, but good. His wheel kick also impressive. Nice job.

H.U lee was The first person to create ATA and he was the first grand master until he died of cancer back in 2000 .then soon ho lee took over until G.K recently took his masters testing last year. It was so amazing to watch

We were there this year 2019! 50th anniversary and met this wonderful person! ATA strong 💪🏽

Trying to relearn my Kata at the moment (Karate). Always so suprised at the similarities of styles. This guy looks solid as a rock,

I’m just gonna ignore the fact that he remembered a 4 minute form

Agreed Indiarubberman. As in Judo, most of the fighters are mainly up to 4th Dan max, anything after that as you get older, it's for services rendered, knowledge and teaching. I'd say that with nearly all the combat arts. And to be honest, the grades have no bearing to the fights on the day either That really applies to the very lower grades. Olympians are a multitude of graded Judoka, that's why it's weights not grades.

I've never known there was a style of twd with a ground element (arm-bars, triangle choke, omoplata, etc), it was truly amazing

Amazing…the hours of training and perseverance to get on this Dan…remarkable

Much respect! Excellent technique! So much practice, and dedication! Beautiful form! Kudos!

이 사범님 우연히 유튜버에서 뵙네요,,, 반갑습니다. 정말 오래간만에 옛날 생각이 납니다

I studied under then 4th degree Robery "Bob" Hardin. A great ATA instructor in Hot Springs AR. He changed my life for sure.

he is already a master on his GI ! i see mysel in decade, walking with my portable air conditioner and knowing self defence technics!

Respect to the massively talented drummers too!!

The fact is, is that very few martial art styles have technical tests for ranks above 7th degree black belt. I think its pretty cool that not only does the ATA does it, but he actually posts it in a public forum. That being said, there is a lot of things about the ATA that I don't agree with, but the belt testing at higher ranks is not one of them.

Excellent!Excellent!Grand Master Demonstration! I also enjoyed the drum performance! Thank you for sharing this exciting event!Man Thabata Nabata (Consistancy brings forth fruits) 😎 👍 🍵 🥭🥁🥁🥁

I saw H.U. Lee himself perform the 9th degree form around 30 years ago. It was impressive to say the least

At first i thought I can do that , but then he came out with the Bow I said respect...... So well rounded in many ways plus the pressure isn't just on him performing in front of his peers, his peers are also nervous because one wrong move and some could get seriously hurt in the crowd should a object hit then accidentally.......

We should all be so lucky to find an art to devote an entire lifetime to, and put meaningful contributions toward it moreover. Boundless respect and graditude Master Lee. *Thank you so much.*

Very impressive amount of people attending this degree testing. Respect to Master GK Lee.

I recognize a couple of those moves from when I tested for yellow belt.

Great Fighter! Amazing! Worthy a Master indeed! God bless

Love both the demo & drumming girls

His father was my instructor's (former world champion Ed Lawson) instructor. There's so much I see in his technique that echoes his expectations. The toes pulled back just so, the stances this deep but no deeper.

It couldn’t be possible without drums.

The knowledge behind the belt is what matters you can have many different kinds of belts and styles but what matters most is your knowledge to execute

just an fyi, for the people saying "this was easy", the real belt tests usually happen the week before the public showing of "a belt test". That is where you run, fight the whole class, and borderline throw up, then do all your forms/ techniques/ breaks when fatigued. When you pass that, then you do this ceremonial version of a belt test.

His form and movement are beyond precise.

I started karate when I was about 13 y.o. my father made me quit. Said it was a waste of time and money. It was a passion I had at the time and wished I had continued like some friends who became instructors, police, correction officers, ...me I drifted through life, with no focus. He pretty much discouraged me from everything I wanted to do.

I'm not a fan of the ATA but i am shocked by the lack of knowledge displayed in the comments for this video, all of the dans above 5th dan are honorary - they are bestowed for services rendered and time served rather than actual physical ability.

Hats off for the dedication

35yrs ago at meadow Bank stadium edinburgh jun suzuki did a exhibition of karate . The man was amazing. Never forget that day. Hamish Adams was my instructor and he was a superstar in my eyes but mr suzuki was a imortal 😆

His kicks have good power. I’d rather have this old master on my side than the experts on here who claim that he’s nothing. I’ve been in dozens of real fights, including one with a guy armed with a knife, and a two on one situation where one guy tried to break my arm while his 250 lb baby brother tried to kick me in the head. I’m no black belt but I can fight when necessary. I have no broken bones to prove it.

I have always understood, that grading requirements above 4th Dan are not so much about technical skill, and accumulation of techniques. Certainly, above 8th Dan is more about the individual, and his contributions to the Art/Organisation.

That great determination

This guys awesome you see others going for their gm and there is no comparison 👍👍

In Goju Ryu 9th dan is around 50 years of dedicated training. This guy is impressive!

I thought you were pretty badass I was very impressed on the staff

At least he tested...There are a lot of paper tigers out there.

As a 5th Dan in Goju Ryu Karate this man totally gets my respect even if it is a different discipline to mine. Respect to all Martial Artists ❤

A Chief and a Master, wow look at all the patches on his gi...

I’m a 2nd degree in ATA and today I relearned the white belt and orange belt form so I can get my red collar. I know I still need to learn the yellow belt form, but at least I’m closer that I was yesterday. This man has inspired me to keep going and just push through it.

Master Lee, when you get a chance you should post a video of yourself doing the 9th degree form, love to see it.

That drumming was 🔥🔥

Este é o esporte da minha vida amo muito,pratico a mais de 25 anos fui formado por um norte coreano que mora no Brasil e me apresentou o taekwondo ele é o grande mestre TE BOO LEE ,me ensinou tudo que eu sei e me fez ser um filho melhor ,um pai melhor e um cidadão melhor ,muito obrigado ao povo norte coreano......🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

major respect. I cant even remember my taeguk under 1 min

Show this True Grand Master respect, as he deserves it. When I was young full of energy, fast, good joints, no pain, I was judging others too. But as I grew up, gained knowledge, and sense, I tended to not judge people. You just wait, train for 30 years, your body wears out much faster doing martial arts each day, or let's say 5 to 6 days a week, if you own a school. Then the joints go, lots of pain to do much movement. Getting the higher rank is not that you can go in the ring, fight, & beat a top MMA fighter. As most these young MMA guys are young, quick, and that's all they got. Now look how the much older Boxer beats the top younger Champion MMA fighter. He beat him stupid. He barely lasted 4 to 5 rounds, and could not keep his hands up to protect himself. I have seen many MMA fighters dance around the ring, and do nada. From standing, or a fighting stance, I could jump across a ring 6 foot, and kick a guy in the head before he could get his hands up. All us Korean Tang Soo Do stylist train like this from white belts, if you have a Great Master instructor, you will get great if you put the time in each week, and many years at it. Take Chuck Norris as a example, he trained in Tang Soo do also while stationed in Korea, and he still does today, along with training others to be Great like him. I started in the mid 70s, and it was tough being a student, as our instructors were kind of mean, but this made us tough, well that is the ones that did not quit. As no snow flakes back then. I wish they had started this MMA sooner, as I would have liked to get in the ring, and beat the snot out of guys before they could touch me, and show people what real Martial Arts is. This MMA, is mainly just wrestling, other than punching, and kicking. Most the fighters are not that good at martial arts, or they would knock the other fighters out with speed kicks to the head. Plus, I think this is now a crooked sport, and fighters are being paid to take the fall. Just as Pro boxing. Sure there's some good fights, but it's mainly a grappling sport. I would like to see what a monkey Steven Segal would make of these MMA fighters as them trying to grab him. But a very well trained 30 year old Black belt, thats trained 5 + years should be able to hit a MMA fighter three to four times before he knew what happened. Many times in these MMA fights, they hit a opponent in the head a time or two, and the fight gets stopped. As they spend most of their time grappling, and wrestling on the mat, if not getting knocked out first. Our training is very dangerous, and we can seriously hurt people. You MMA guys need to go to let's say Pat Johnson's Karate dojo, or Chuck Norris, and fight a Real Black belt fighter, before you judge a older Master that mainly just Teaches, has a worn our body, and joints. Plus we live in lots of pain from the many years of training, and it's hard to do allot of the high Lightning fast kicks we could do until we were around 40 years old. I think they need to start up Pro kick boxing again, and then Many people from many martial arts would step in the ring, and show people what they can do. So until you have trained for 30 to 50 years in the martial arts you should not judge or disrespect any Masters that gave their lives to helping others, as training people to defend themselves, and built confidence in their students. A friend of mine went from being a real nobody of a Tom boy 5'7" 130 ,that liked to play B Ball, and she started training in Tang Soo Do. In time, She wanted to be Great, so she found and joined another school that she could train up to 6 days a week. She went on to being on the State Nationals Team, and then on the Olympic team. She was rated 1st through 3rd in the World in fighting for many years in her weight division. She is now a Top Master or Grand Master at the Olympic Taekwondo committee in Colorado. If she had not got into the martial arts, she would still be loading, and unloading stuff on Airplanes at our local airport, and truly never lived much of a life. I hear she owns, and operates a 80,000 square foot training facility for many things, as numourus martial arts styles, weightlifting, and aerobics. She has helped build strong personas, trained people to be way more than they would have been, had they not met her, and She changed thousands of peoples lives for the better. Show me one MMA fighter that's done that. So you show respect for your elders, and do not judge others, as until you have walked in their shoes for 50 years. TANG SOO...

Definitely respect earned and contributions given.

The drumming is awesome

I was watching his stance work and it was spot on! Strong work!

I love the fan move at the end ! Great demo !

SRB good work ,... it's a farr. journey /. ... lets see your progress /. let the test begin

This man deserve an outmost respect! I have a question, does ATA Martia Arts training include Hoshinsul? If I am not mistaken, I see the grand master did a joint manipulation techniques in the video. Please correct me if I am wrong!

I really enjoyed how he showed his self defense slowly first, then went back and did it at full speed. I also really enjoyed his blending of Taekwondo, Hapkido, Judo, and Jiu Jitsu. Obviously the forms were excellent as can be expected. I've also never seen board holders wearing headgear and chest protectors, but I really like that as a nice safety precaution. I would have liked to see some sparring though. Cool performance.

Damn. When did taekwondo start implementing triangle transition to arm bar? 👏

Love the arm bars and the transitions from triangle.

I generally am not a tkd fan, but this man's technique is right on the money. Excellent.

Why are people always comparing MMA to Traditional Martial Arts? They are completely different things! Traditional Martial Arts is primarily a way of life. It garners respect amongst it's peers and gives people a certain standing and calmness in their way if living. It is everything to them. Then after all this it is a discipline that allows for self-defence. MMA also garners respect. But the core is different. It is made purely with the intent to hurt people, plain and simple. It is also stylized to fit entertainment purposes. MMA fighters probably will beat a similar skilled Traditional Martial Artist almost every time. So you see, both make use of the body to perfect a certain skill. But the core principal of both could not be more different. Just have respect for each of them as they both teach us things in different ways ❤

Well done, congratulations for success * You deserve the ninth degree of Dan *

drumssss wicked. ty for sharing

Felicidades Luis buenas katas buen Bunkai y excelente demostración.

Traditional Martial Arts...so much honour and respect and perfection of the art.

Excellent job, sir. The ATA is an incredible organization. Many of our Shotokan students are also students of the ATA. Outstanding combination.

He's doing 9th grade black belt and to do so he demonstrated some basic Aikido techniques for 6/5th kyu aikido exam, like shi-ho nage, kote-gaeshi and snkyo :-) I trained both, tkd and aiki and both were fun :-D

It is amazing what Master Lee has accomplished with all his students around the world.

Respect !!

Wow!! Great!! Taekwondo on his best version I have seen!

미국태권도의 레전드! 품새는 말할것도 없고 심사장 매너도 너무 훌륭하시네요. 역사적인 장면 입니다!

What other people, martial arts experts on these comments, don’t seem to understand is that this is really about his journey through martial arts. I’m not sure how it works and other disciplines or organizations, but in the ATA it only takes you about 3 years to get through color belt ranks to get to 1st degree black belt. But in order to get to 9th degree from 1st degree it takes 30 years of martial arts study and training. It’s not exact, but the way it goes is you have to be a first- degree for about a year and a half before you can test for a second- degree, then second agree for two years before you can test for third, and third degree for three years before you can test for fourth, and so on and so on.

I am a first degree it was an honor to watch this video.