Garyu Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I had my grading today. I was really nervous, first time. I am a white belt, 10th Kyu. Went for the grading to get a Blue Belt, 9th Kyu. Joined two months ago. -- Singapore, Yio Chu Kang Dojo, Kyokushin Karate -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Congratulations on passing your first grade Garyu! Keep up the good work!! "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaminari Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 With more tests and things like that the nervousness will disappear (at least for most people). Congrats, and good luck on your future gradings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Well done Orpington Shotokan Karate Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiFightsMS Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian_guy Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Contratulations, how does your belt system works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garyu Posted December 20, 2004 Author Share Posted December 20, 2004 I know it's rather different from others .. 10th Kyu - White Belt 9th Kyu - Blue Belt 8th Kyu - Blue Black Belt 7th Kyu - Yellow Belt 6th Kyu - Yellow Black Belt 5th kyu - Green Belt 4th Kyu - Green Black Belt 3rd Kyu - Brown Belt 2nd Kyu - Brown Black Belt 1st Kyu - Black Belt Yeah.. I know some got orange and red, purple and such.. tt's one thing I dun really understand WHY is there different colors ... -- Singapore, Yio Chu Kang Dojo, Kyokushin Karate -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissG Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 This is why I found these forums, searching for the different belts in each club to compare ours to others...so here is how we do things... White Belt Red Belt Yellow Belt Orange Belt Orange, Black stripe Belt Green Belt Green Black Belt Blue Belt Blue, Black stripe Belt Brown Belt Brown Black Belt and then on to Black Belts 'we' (i say we, as in the Academy, I'm only a student!) also operate a 'power stripe' system on each belt colour. Once we 'understand' the principles of each section, we get a little stripe of tape on the end of our belt. I forget right now what each colour represents, but they are yellow, red, blue, and green. Does anyone else do that, or just the 'straight' belts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissG Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 ok, little adjustment to previous post, adding in the kyu and a bit about our 'power stripes' 10th Kyu - White Belt 9th Kyu - Red Belt 8th Kyu - Yellow Belt 7th Kyu - Orange Belt 6th Kyu - Orange, Black Stripe Belt 5th Kyu - Green Belt 4th Kyu - Green, Black Stripe Belt 3rd Kyu - Blue Belt 2nd Kyu - Blue, Black Stripe Belt 1st Kyu - Brown Belt Apprentice - Brown, Black Stripe Belt And then on to the Black Belt. The power stripe system is the method used in our Academy to review the students progress through the syllabus on a continual basis. The stripes can be awarded at any time throughout the training between gradings - Black stripe - indicates we know/understand the stances for the grade Yellow stripe - know/understand the attacks for the grade Blue stripe - know/understand the defences for the grade Red stripe - know/understand the line drills and the katas for the grade Am curious to know, does anyone else work a similar system to our 'power stripes'? And I'd love a purple belt, tis my favourite colour! At the moment, i just got my yellow belt last week at our quarterly graduation ceremony, and wearing a black gi, i look like a wasp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 Congratulations on getting your yellow belt MissG! Even if it does make you look like a wasp... Just out of interest, do you have to 'test' for your power stripes or does your instructor just award them to you when he/she feels you're ready to recieve them? My karate grading system is as follows: 10th kuy - white 9th kyu - orange 8th kyu - red 7th kyu - yellow 6th kyu - green 5th kyu - purple 4th kyu - purple with 1 white stripe 3rd kyu - brown 2nd kyu - brown with 1 white stripe 1st kyu - brown with 2 white stripes 1st dan onwards - black It's a system used in a lot of Shotokan clubs, although my style isn't just Shotokan but is mixed in with other karate styles that my instructor has trained in. Personally, I think we (my association, that is) should ditch the stripe belts, as I think there's too many kyu grades on that list. Getting rid of the 3 white striped belts would bring the number of kyu grades down to a better number IMO.And I'd love a purple belt, tis my favourite colour! lol, maybe we should swop styles - I always wanted a blue belt when I was coming up through the kyu ranks, as blue is my favourite colour! "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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