Assalamu alaikum, As we are getting more familiar with the Arabic, here is a useful article on the Arabic root word system. InshaAllah you will find it useful. Inshaallah next class onward we'll start distributing a page a class on the common words in the Quran booklet.
According to a longitudinal study (conducted from 1998 to 2014), the average time taken to get a first-degree black belt is ten years. Of course, this duration differs among martial arts. The shortest recorded training time is four years, while the longest to get a first-degree black belt is twenty-seven years. The study measured the time taken for these martial arts: Aikido, Iaido, Judo, Jujutsu, Karate, Kenpo, Kobudo, Taekwondo and Wing Chun.
Keiko Fukuda, 98, Becomes First Woman to Earn Highest Level Black Belt. Keiko Fukuda is 98 years old, 4 feet 10 and a mere 100 pounds, but this petite woman has been recognized as a giant in the martial arts world of judo. Fukuda was just awarded a 10th-degree black belt, judo's highest level and an honor that has been granted to only a handful of men worldwide and never before to a woman. Fukuda, who is addressed by the honorific sensei, which means master, is as soft spoken as she is humble. I appreciate it very much, was all she would say to ABCNews.com.