grading

[Garyu]

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.

[aefibird]

Congratulations on passing your first grade Garyu! Keep up the good work!!

[Kaminari]

With more tests and things like that the nervousness will disappear (at least for most people). Congrats, and good luck on your future gradings!

[Ant]

Well done

[SaiFightsMS]

Congratulations.

[italian_guy]

Contratulations, how does your belt system works?

[Garyu]

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 ...

[MissG]

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?

[MissG]

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

[aefibird]

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!