FROM WHITE TO BLACK and FROM BLACK to... SBN Javier Acosta

FROM WHITE TO BLACK AND FROM BLACK TO…

SBN Javier acoSta

From white to black and from black to…

It is said that the Black Belt represents the end of one path and the beginning of another… When a student has reached this level, many internal changes have happened to him as a result of the path he has traveled.

It is said that the student is ready to begin his journey through the darkness of the night... His inner light awakened after his long apprenticeship in the Dojang following the teachings of his teacher, now allows him to go through the night of life - difficulties and problems, the dark side of himself and evil - in a different way, like a "Warrior".

…The warrior armed with his spiritual sword will enter the darkness of the night to fight with his warrior spirit and noble heart a deadly battle against the monster with a thousand heads, which is nothing less than the monster of his own ego, full of pride. ..

In this noble battle the warrior also knows that he runs the mortal risk of being devoured by his greatest enemy… himself. Thus, with his luminous sword, he must cut off the heads of the ego one by one until he manages to cross the darkness and darkness of the night and reach the light of his new dawn... If he succeeds, the white sun of the dawn of a new day will welcome a new cycle of his existence...

From White to Black and from Black to White

Symbolically the complete cycle of a martial artist begins with the White Belt and ends with the Black Belt. his belt is white and like the sun's ray that changes its color as it illuminates further away, it will naturally change color until it reaches black.

In turn, if the student continues with the practice of it after reaching the Black Belt, he will naturally spend his Color due to the use of the belt, thus gradually returning to the original white color.

In the end, the worn-out Black Belt will once again become a White Belt, a symbol of returning to the origin and of having achieved the Full Circle... From white to black and from black to white...

Sbn Javier Acosta Director CTAM WORLD