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I'm not sure if this has ever been posted, but I was curious as to what the belt progression is in the art that you are studying. So please post your style, followed by the progression.

 

Kyokushin

 

White

 

Orange

 

Blue

 

Yellow

 

Green

 

Brown

 

Black

 

There's one stripe inbetween each belt level except white.

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Shotokan

 

White

 

Red

 

Orange

 

Yellow

 

Green

 

Purple

 

Purple&white

 

Brown

 

Brown&white (2 stripes)

 

Brown&white

 

Black

 

...I think! :roll:

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World Tang Soo Do:

 

White, Tag

 

Orange, Tag

 

Green, Tag

 

Brown, Tag

 

Red, Tag

 

Blue

 

Black

 

Edit: Wado Ryu was (mighta changed)

 

White, tag

 

Yellow

 

Orange

 

Green, Tag, Tag

 

then it was either another green tag and Brown, tag or Borwn, Tag, Tag

 

Can't remember

 

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ITF TKD

 

WHITE

 

YELLOW TIP

 

YELLOW

 

GREEN TIP

 

GREEN

 

BLUE TIP

 

BLUE

 

RED TIP

 

RED

 

BLACK TIP

 

BLACK

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Kyokushinkai Karate (and also Seido Karate - an offshoot style I first tried)

 

White

 

Blue

 

Yellow

 

Green

 

Brown

 

Black

 

Tetsu No Otoko Ryu Ju Jitsu (current style I'm studying)

 

White

 

Red

 

Yellow

 

Orange

 

Green

 

Blue

 

Purple

 

Brown

 

Black

 

Kickboxing as I teach it

 

I use the same grades as Ju Jitsu above except that I don't use Red.

 

Gunlann (not that I have any students yet)

 

Red

 

Blue

 

Green

 

Black

 

Grey

 

(instructors would wear a white belt with a black stripe while teaching)

Currently: Kickboxing and variants.

Previously: Karate (Seido, Shotokan, Seidokan), Ju Jitsu, Judo, Aikido, Fencing.

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IsshinRyu & Matsubayshi ShorinRyu:

 

White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue*, Purple*, Brown, Black

 

*Matsubayashi ShorinRyu only issued these belts to kids. Adults got degrees of green before brown.

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I study Cuong Nhu

 

White belt

 

1 green stripe

 

2 green stripes

 

Green belt

 

1 brown stripe

 

2 brown stripes

 

Brown belt

 

1 black stripe

 

2 black stripes

 

Black belt

 

I'm testing for my first green stripe in a couple weeks. woo hoo!

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It really comes down to what the sensei wants. Regardless of colors of belts, the progression in karate is from 10th hyu (white belt) to shodan......There are many ways to "fit" different color belts in there.....Some goju schools, for example simply go.....white, green,brown and black, with stripes in between.....As a former dojo owner, I used the yellow and orange belt as well......for students that havent been training very long, its sometimes tough for them to understand that, even though theyve been wearing , say, a white belt for 6 months or so.....they have learned a lot more than a new white belt, even though their belt doesnt "show it".......My rankings went as follows....

 

10 th kyu....white belt

 

9th kyu....white /1 stripe

 

8th kyu.....yellow

 

7th ho....yellow w/1stripe

 

7th kyu....orange w/1 stripe

 

6th kyu....orange w/2 stripes

 

5th ho......orange w/3 stripes

 

5th kyu......green w/1 stripe

 

4th kyu.....green w/2 stripes

 

4th ho.....green w/3 stripes

 

3rd kyu.....brown w/1 stripe

 

2nd kyu.....brown w/2 stripes

 

1st kyu.....brown w/3 stripes

 

black....shodan ho (conditional black belt)

 

black......shodan

 

and so on......

~Master Jules......aka "The Sandman"


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