Gyte Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 My Shotokan school uses the following belts: white (8th kyu) yellow (7th kyu) orange (6th kyu) green (5th kyu) blue (4th kyu) brown (3rd kyu) brown (2nd kyu) brown (1st kyu) black (1st dan) "Practising karate means a lifetime of hard work."~Gichin Funakoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Häkkinen Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 ...and some karate styles use the red belt as a mark of 9th and 10th dan. Jussi HäkkinenOkinawan Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Karate-Do (Kyan Chotoku lineage)TurkuFinland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotokan1725681457 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 In our school we don't use red and orange belts: white (8st kyu) yellow (7th kyu) green (6th kyu) blue (5th kyu) purple (4th kyu) brown (3rd kyu) brown (2nd kyu) brown (1st kyu) black (1st dan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isshinryu5toforever Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 white yellow (shichi-kyu) orange (roku-kyu) green (go-kyu) purple (yon-kyu) brown (san-kyu, ni-kyu, ik-kyu) black belt (sho-dan - go-dan) Red and white belt (roku-dan - hachi-dan) Red belt (ku-dan, ju-dan) He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.- Tao Te Ching"Move as swift as a wind, stay as silent as forest, attack as fierce as fire, undefeatable defense like a mountain."- Sun Tzu, the Art of War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOMA Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 That's funny , so many different ways to do the same thing. White yellow orange green purple blue brown brown brown black and then you start training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaG Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 White Orange Red Yellow Green Purple Purple w/ stripe Brown Brown w/ Stripe Brown w/ 2 Stripe Black Tokonkai Karate-do Instructorhttp://www.karateresource.com Kata, Bunkai, Articles, Reviews, History, Uncovering the Myths, Discussion Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega14 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I was majorly confused about the red belt question cause it seens that there are lots of schools who don´t use that belt. The red belt in Japanese martial arts was traditionally used by the judokas (The belt system in Karate came from the Judo system). However, the red belt was not imported with the system initially. Even in Judo, it is a ceremonial belt (6th dan - 8th dan used the white/red belt, 9th dan - 10th dan used the red belt). Some karate schools imported the red belt system in order to differentiate their "6th dan and above" from others. But looking at the clubs in Japan (JKA, JKS), none of the shihans use the red belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutiivu Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 white yellow orange green purple(2) brown(3) black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriku Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 It's funny how the belt color and ranking differ from a Shotokan style to another.. here's our JKA Shotokan belts (under Sensei Yamaguchi) White - Kyu 9 Yellow - Kyu 8 Orange - Kyu 7 Green - Kyu 6 Blue - Kyu 5 Purple - Kyu 4 Brown - Kyu 3, 2, 1 Black However in Japan, they only have white and black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Here's another. No pretty colours for us: white - unranked white - 8th kyu white - 7th kyu white - 6th kyu white - 5th kyu white - 4th kyu brown - 3rd kyu brown - 2nd kyu brown - 1st kyu black - shodan black - nidan black - sandan black - yodan black - godan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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