mauro1

Karate was remained outlawed for awhile because of the meiji period so... explains why its not considerd full fledged martial art at the time but now it is one because its not okinawan it japanese becuase karate its self isnt a style, first styles were names after cities they wer practiced in, okinawa te,shuri te, naha te... get the point. It was a chinese art first and thanks to funakoshi he made it a Japanese art. Read "Karate Do; My way of Life" it has the information im telling you guys so im not lieing its A japanese martial art and it is practiced in there military, it is part of their culture and significant hitorical value and japanese pride that so it will be in there military no matter what you tell me.

no one in my school is called master, My Sensei is above 5th dan and he wishes to keep the name Sensei. He doesnt consider himself master, mastery is perfection and you can physically fully perfect your karate, when you fix one mistake one is bound to pop up so you may get the title but its not literally the art is the way that your called master for, your understanding of Karate-do(way) not the Karate-Jitsu(art), Masters are those who adopted Karate-Do(empty hand way) as a way of life.

about the shoes, its just disrespect i never heard of any rules giving the reasing why nor have i heard it bringing evil spirits in the room, maybe its a saftey hazard that your shoe could fly off and hit someone or its dirty for the dojo floor because originally dojo is your Senseis home so japanese dont like it when you wear your shoes in there home. really i have not heard a reason why , but i will find out. Ranking systems vary depending on your school or your Sensei's school, sometimes a Sensei will use the same belt and grading systems as his teacher did, and some come up with there own. My Sensei made his own, really it doesnt stray to far away from tradition belt coulers like yellow, orange,green,brown, and black. Unless your in the kids class you get stripes and red, purple category is added in. Adults: white yellow orange green blue brown black-shodan(1st dan) nidan(2nd dan) sandan(3rd dan) chidan(4th dan) godan(5th dan) rookdan(6th dan) sichedan(7th dan) hatchedan(8th dan) kudan(9th dan) Shihan or judan(10th dan/Master) progressing does take a while, if you think you were speeding you usually get stuck at green-brown area, after that it becomes so hard, its pretty much the same things just new kata but a bigger demand on your physical limits but in terms of techniques you have more combinations in your basics coming across the floor, this is what ive been told by my seniors. Advanced technique is Masterd Basics -Mauro[/code]

Adults: white yellow orange green blue brown Black Kids: white white adv yellow yellow adv orange orange adv red red adv green green adv purple purple adv blue blue adv brown brown adv (black belt is only for adults) dont get confused thinnking kids system is harder they learn what we learn just its spread out so its easier for them to comprehend.