This is a great dojo first and formost because of the teaching style of it's head sensei and those senseis' under him. He is very accepting as where each individual is at developently in their ability but very demanding that whereever that ability is that it is the best possible with the understanding that it can only improve with more correct training. A blackbelt is a white belt who refused to give up. I am a student of sensei holley with my own dojo in south texas and I attempt to follow the same principles in my school as they allowed me to know that I need to keep reaching for that perfection ring that I will never grasp but its' not the true goal either, its' all about the journey.