Kyokushin Karate, Dear fellow Karatekas. I have been studying karate (Kimura Shukokai) for about two years now, and I love it for so many reasons. It has changed me in many many positive ways. Unfortunately, my career is going to take me overseas over the next ten-fifteen years or so, and I will have to keep moving from country to country. I want to devote myself to a style of karate that I can keep learning progressively at rather than having to go back to white belt whenever I have to start at a new karate club. The cities I am most likely going to be moved to don't have Shukokai Karate clubs. My question, therefore, is if I choose to study a style such as Kyokushin (which is popular and is taught in the places I am probably going to be posted to), will I be able to keep my belt and keep learning progressively once I have to change to another Kyokushin club after a couple of years, or will I have to have to start over as a white belt? Any help would be greatly appreciated .
