Black belt - 8

I am happy to report that I have received my black belt minus 8, which is 'resume-speak' for my first belt after the white belt.

The school where I practice ninjutsu awards green, brown and black belts.  There are four levels of green belts (one stripe, two stripes, three stripes, four stripes), four levels of brown belts, and nine levels of black belts.

I really enjoy learning and practising a martial art.  I researched several different martial arts and concluded that 'jutsu' family was the most appealing to me.  Ninjutsu tries to make you a well rounded person, as opposed to focusing on specific type of defense or offense.

Another aspect of learning a martial art is all the working out that I do while training.  The training session is about an hour to an hour and a half long and when I come home I feel really exhausted.  Ninjutsu training sessions twice a week reduce the number of workouts I have to do in a week.  I also find ninjutsu more fun than working out.  It sure feels good to simulate defending yourself and then finish off the other person with a nice throw.  :-)