Can you tell us a little bit about what karate is for those that don't know it and what a black belt means in karate?

Sure.

Usually it's a study of some form of a martial art that has origins in a particular country.

Okinawa is a base that has had a lot of influence in the sport of karate or the self-defense system of karate.

I studied in Shonru, which is an Okinawan form of karate.

I trained locally with a police officer here, Peter Peck.

who ran the program and was an excellent instructor.

And what do you do? You teach them to wait for the other person to make the first move? Or what is the theory here? No.