We sometimes want to believe that we are good at everything, that our martial art is invincible, and that we can be a master of all. It is amazing what illusions we want to paint, and allow ourselves to sheepishly surrender to. Often times we allow them to cloud our judgement. In Asian thought, you have to do something over 1000 times to be able to have adequate skill. It takes 10,000 times to become near the level of expert.
Training takes time, maturity, patience, and a lot of practice.
From what this man told me, his son is 20 years old. If you become better exposed to the formal martial arts world, you' ll find that the most refined and well respected martial artists are polished, mannerly, and speak well of themselves. They are cultured enough to be able to handle their own in a conversation on Taoism, Jean-Paul Sartre or Friedrich Nietzsche. These individuals can respectfully support themselves in both the business world and the serious martial arts world. Most of all - he or she will be respected.