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About Testing and Competitions
"In general, testing or evaluation is important to martial art practitioners of many disciplines who wish to determine their own level of skill in specific contexts. Students within individual martial art systems often undergo periodic testing and grading by their own teacher in order to advance to a higher level of recognized achievement, such as a different belt color or title. In many martial arts, each practitioner's level is marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is often the highest belt color one can attain (far less often, the second highest), and suggests a degree of competence. The type of testing used varies from system to system but may include forms or sparring. Sparring can generally be divided into light- or medium-contact, and full-contact variants. Both forms and sparring are commonly used in martial art exhibitions and tournaments. Some competitions pit practitioners of different disciplines against each other using a common set of rules."
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Martial Arts Testing and Competition
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