Episode 9. A Lifetime in Isshinryu & the White Belt Mindset
The conversation
About Kyle Forrest.
Kyle Forrest sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 9, “A Lifetime in Isshinryu & the White Belt Mindset”.
Kyle trained for 10 years in a traditional Chinese system called the Emperor's Long Fist before he saw Isshinryu fighters at a tournament and was drawn to the style.
He let everything else go to train in Isshinryu, and he tested for his black belt in 1993. He also hosted his own show, which once had Nick on as a guest.
Kyle opens up about a health scare that put him on life support for nine days, and about why he wants every student who walks into his school to know they matter.
“I tested for my black belt in 1993”
From the episode
- It's not what we take, it's what we leave behind.
- Good lessons and bad lessons are both lessons.
- It takes more work to keep something than it did to get it.
- Discipline
- Isshinryu Karate
- Rank
- Black belt
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