Advice for White, Blue, Purple and Brown Belts

Here’s the complete series I wrote for Inverted Gear on how to make progress from white through to brown belt:

• Advice for Newbie White Belts and Anxious Blue Belts
• Getting Through the Blue and Purple Belt Growing Pains
• What It Means to be a Brown Belt and How to Make Progress Towards Black

Here’s the short version of my advice for black belts on how to get to first stripe: Stay alive for 3 years.