Obviously karate is not for everyone and as a leisure activity people often decide at various stages that karate isn't necessarily for them.
The frustrating thing is though that when people have put in a certain amount of time and effort getting to a decent standard and then think about quitting at that stage.
The most likely time for this to happen is around purple belt we find - technically things start getting tougher at this point and as a relatively senior grade you come under your instructors scrutiny a bit more. So the commitment needed to get past this belt often defeats people.
What I would say is that if your instructor thinks you're improving, chat through what you need to do to progress - don't just leave and give up on yourself. The best black belts are often the ones who nearly stopped at purple.
At Leeds Premier Karate Club in Yeadon we have a group of four purple belts who are really beginning to pull it together technically and effort-wise and I really hope that they stay with us - they really have some potential and hopefully we can get them to brown belt quickly an keep their interest.
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