jarrettmeyer Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 That being said, I cut off the Shureido emblem on my belt and the manufacturer's patch on my gi...that was too much commercialism for me. I was the only one at my dojo to have done this, and everyone asked me why I did it. I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one to have done it. Jarrett Meyer"The only source of knowledge is experience."-- Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorinryu Sensei Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 One question for those who might know.. he does have a piece of red tape on one end of his belt.. does this have any signifigance? If it's that old, maybe to keep it from coming apart? My nightly prayer..."Please, just let me win that PowerBall Jackpot just once. I'll prove to you that it won't change me!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertigo Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 If it's that old, maybe to keep it from coming apart? wouldn't surprise me much "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." - T. S. Eliot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojoinstructor Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 We use the same belt . We do have a stripe system. Something my instructor has done since he opened the school. One stripe for each level of BB. Shodan - 1 ; nidan - 2 ,etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chito Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 No stripes or new belts in Chito Ryu for yudansha ranks. Course, you kinda get an idea who has had their black belt for awhile... they usually turn grey and white with worn edges. And in our style, when they reach the level of Renshi, they wear the red and white belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karate-addict Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 After my shodan grading I got my black belt after 6 months by my sensei, it came from Okinawa with my name in katakana on one side and the name of the style on the other, this is the last belt I will ever wear. hara wo neru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenadier Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 In all styles that I have studied, we kept the same black belt. In some (Shotokan, Tae Kwon Do), Sensei / Sabumnim would simply add stripes for each Dan rank achieved, using inexpensive medical tape. In my more recent schools, the same belt is kept, and no further markings are made. While it's true that you can't distinguish a Shodan from a Judan just by looking at the belt, at least you can still get an idea of how advanced they are by watching their techniques. The only cases where a new belt is awarded is if someone achieves a Renshi / Kyoshi / Hanshi ranking, in which cases, the white and red belts are awarded, but usually only used during formal events. Almost all of the instructors that achieved such rankings still wore their normal black belts while teaching classes, etc. In some styles, the Renshis would wear a belt that had a horizontal white stripe below (or on top of, depending on how it was worn) a red horizontal stripe. Kyoshis would wear a belt that had alternating vertical red and white stripes, while the Hanshis would use a solid red belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smr Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 One of my instructors has had her dan belt for approximately thirteen years. It is still as black as the day she bought it. Matsumura Seito Shorin-Ryu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 We keep the same black belt for each dan grading - my instructor has had his current belt for about 10 years. The one before fell apart completely (he'd had it about 18 years) so he decided it was time to get another. We don't use stripes to differentiate between dan ranks and all dan grades wear a black belt. "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...
CloudDragon Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 As the belts have embroidery showing the current Dan, our black belts get a new one every promotion. To quote my instructor, quoting our grandmaster:"In Korea if you had an old worn out black belt it meant you were poor!" A Black Belt is just a white belt that don't know when to quit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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