Matthew Duchamp

What is the difference between First Degree Black Belt and Second Degree Black Belt?

            The difference between a first degree and a second degree black belt is that second degree requires more discipline, but commands more respect. Second degree requires you to know more and teach what you know to others. It requires you to be twice as good as a first degree in all respects: body, mind, and spirit. First degree truly begins your learning, second is the next large step on the road.

What will I do with my Second Degree Black Belt?

            I will help teach those who need teaching. Help defend those who need defending. I will use it as a badge to attempt to stop fights before they start. But should they start I will use my experience gained up to this point to end it. I will use it to accomplish exactly what tae-kwon-do is taught for: to never start fights only end them.