myblackbelttest

I am embarking on an a more than 1 year long Black Belt Test that will challenge me physically, mentally, and spiritually. Over the next 18 months I will be training, refining my diet, feeding my soul, gaining new knowledge, helping others, and inspiring my students to challenge themselves to fully engage in their own Black Belt Tests and take their martial arts training "out of the dojo and into the world"!

The Test Requirements

50,000 Push Ups

50,000 Sit Ups/Ab Exercises

1000 Rounds of Sparring

1000 Repetitions of a Single Form

1000 Miles of Running, Walking, Biking, and/or Swimming

1000 Personal Acts of Kindness

1000 Written Meditations or Prayers

52 Journal Entries

Read & Review 12 books

Profile 10 Living Heroes

Daily Meditation

3 days of Empathy Training

16 Environmental Self Defense Projects

Chronicle My Diet Daily

Bully Defense Project

Dietary Defense Project

The culmination of the test will be a home building project in Greensboro, Alabama in April 2013!

“To do all of this requires a level of self-discipline few people can muster. The push-ups and crunches (which may be changed to other exercises to compensate for injuries) gives the participant a form of strength-training that he or she can do anywhere. The 1000 rounds of sparring and 1000 reps of a form insures that the participant is a practicing martial artist. The 1000 acts of kindness allows us to demonstrate how easy it is to make kindness a daily practice.And the 1000 mile walk is to illustrate the power of putting one foot in front of another. All of these things are meant to show, by your example, how the seemingly impossible can become reality with small daily effort.This is a form of self-defense training for one’s life.”~Tom Callos

I invite you to join myblackbelttest and document your own Black Belt Test!