Lost in Osaka Posted March 24, 2005 Posted March 24, 2005 Kyu Ranking:10th-3rd-white2nd and 1st-brownShodan- blackThis is how things work at my Dojo. Then again in the adult class there are only 3 students reguarly (including myself) and we are all Shodan or higher . Rome wasn't built in a day, but it was destroyed in one!
seersin Posted March 24, 2005 Posted March 24, 2005 in enshin w e go: white blue yellow green 2nd brown 1st brown and then all of tha blacks up to 10th. ISAIAH 53:5
parkerlineage Posted March 24, 2005 Posted March 24, 2005 Don't forget AK!9th Kyu - White8th Kyu - Yellow7th Kyu - Orange6th Kyu - Purple5th Kyu - Blue4th Kyu - Green3rd Kyu - Brown with one black stripe2nd Kyu - Brown with two black stripes1st Kyu - Brown with three black stripes1st Dan - Junior Instructor2nd Dan - Assistant Instructor3rd Dan - Senior Instructor4th Dan - Head Instructor5th Dan - Associate Professor of the Arts6th Dan - Professor of the Arts7th Dan - Senior Professor of the Arts8th Dan - Associate Master of the Arts9th Dan - Master of the Arts10th Dan - Senior Master of the Arts American Kenpo Karate- First Degree Black Belt"He who hesitates, meditates in a horizontal position."Ed Parker
papaschtroumpf Posted March 24, 2005 Posted March 24, 2005 which pretty much makes the point that every dojo is different.
Kieran-Lilith Posted March 24, 2005 Posted March 24, 2005 Hey, can't forget us!9th kyu-white8th kyu-yellow7th kyu-orange6th kyu-blue5th kyu-green4th kyu-purple3rd-1st kyu-brown1st dan2nd dan3rd dan4th dan 5th dan6th dan7th dan8th dan9th dan10th dan He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful Lao-tsu
baronbvp Posted March 25, 2005 Posted March 25, 2005 I think my federation uses a lot of belts for two reasons:1. It makes them money every time you test for a belt and pay $30 for a $4 piece of cloth and a certificate.2. It keeps students motivated, particularly kids, to earn a belt when they've really learned well another kata or two. That keeps students in the dojo and keeps the dojos solvent.I don't really care; I kind of like the idea of white/brown/black from back in the day when the dirtiness of your belt showed your skill level. But even I like to advance. I'm not too keen on paying $30 each time but in the big scheme of things, if it helps the business of karate overall, I don't mind.Our belt system:WhiteYellowOrangePurpleBlueBlue w/Green stripeGreen w/White stripeGreenGreen w/Brown stripeBrown w/White StripeBrownBrown w/Black stripeBlack Only as good as I make myself be, only as bad as I let myself be.Martial arts are like kinetic chess. Your move.
Shorin Ryuu Posted March 28, 2005 Posted March 28, 2005 My system uses the 10 kyu/10 dan ranking structure. As stated in other threads (this topic really does seem to come up a lot), my current instructor actually just uses white belt (10th kyu, I suppose) and brown belt (corresponds to somewhere around the 3rd~1st kyu level I guess) before shodan (he doesn't test students either, just gives them the belt if he thinks they are ready). Its a nice way to weed out those in it just for belts and it keeps cost down for those sticking with the training (although he only charges $20 a month anyway). My first Shorinkan instructor used the 10 kyu system, but he didn't charge us for any of our color belts, so I still lucked out. Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/
KarateChick2009 Posted March 28, 2005 Posted March 28, 2005 ours is whiteyelloworangepurpleblueblue w/ green stripegreengreen with brown stripebrown(then u have 2 get ur 3 degrees)then black Stop Reading My Signature- Get your OwnWhile your reading my Signie,Want to check out my karate webbie?http://www.ussd.com/
Freddy Posted March 28, 2005 Posted March 28, 2005 10 -White9 - White with a stripe8 - Yellow7 - Orange6 - Green5 - Blue4 - Blue3 - Brown2 - Brown1 - BrownDan - black Extraordinary abilities can only come from extraordinary effort
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