| I studied Kenpo for a little over a year. Is the place near you part of the Tracy System? It's awesome, but complicated. It takes the average person about 4 years to earn a black belt (at least the Tracy System)where some styles you hear about people earning black belt in a year. I got to blue belt (still had green and 3 levels of brown before black). It was expensive where I went and that's why I quit. I'll go back one day. | 
