It’s really rough in the Judo world when the only thing I can think to gripe about is the strain of ordering a new black belt.

I finally got my ‘Deluxe, Olympic, Elite Competitor, Super-duper, 2-inch wide’ black belt, and I hate it already.  I suspect that by the time this belt will hold a knot I’ll be ready for my Judan.  Call me a traditionalist, but I really expect to tie my belt just once for class. 

Perhaps if I start a ‘tug-of-war’ competition during class warmups… using both ends of my new 2-inch wide belt…

Back to the traditional 1 1/2-inch belt for me…