Belt order?

[A. Orstrom]

In our kyokushinkai karate dojo it is as follows:

Beginner (not ranked yet): White

10 kyu: Orange (3 months minimum)

9 kyu: Orange with mark (6 months minimum)

8 kyu: Blue (9 months minimum)

7 kyu: Blue with mark (12 months minimum)

6 kyu: Yellow (1½ years minimum)

5 kyu: Yellow with mark (2 years minimum)

4 kyu: Green (2½ years minimum)

3 kyu: Green wth mark (3 years minimum)

2 kyu: Brown (4 years minimum)

1 kyu: Brown with mark (5 years minimum)

1 dan: Black with 1 gold stripe (7 years minimum)

(cant remember the rest of the minimum training requirement)

2 dan: Black with 2 gold stripes

3 dan: Black with 3 gold stripes

4 dan: Black with 4 gold stripes

5 dan: Black with 5 gold stripes

6 dan: Black with 6 gold stripes

7 dan: Black with 7 gold stripes

8 dan: Black with 8 gold stripes

9 dan: Black with 9 gold stripes

10 dan: Black with 10 gold stripes

[baronbvp]

While I can appreciate your dojo's requirement for minimums, the timeline doesn't seem to allow for more rapid progression by someone who is motivated to work very hard and is also naturally gifted and learns fast. 7 years is a long time if you are focused sharply on your goal and put in the mat time to learn and practice. Does your sensei give waivers to those who show faster progression?

[chufeng]

Although our system is Chinese, we have gone to the Japanese style obi because it is more functional than the satin sash.

Our rank structure is based on particular area of focus...

White belt - Basics

Yellow Belt (2 levels) - BaiXingQuan

Blue Belt (2 levels) - XingYiQuan

Green Belt (2 levels) - TaiJiQuan

Brown Belt (2 levels) - BaGuaChang

Black Belt (5 levels) - synthesis of the above systems

Red Belt (equivalent to 6th, 7th, and 8th dan)

chufeng

[Mr. Mike]

Chinese Kenpo, IKCA

pre belt

white

yellow

orange

purple

blue

green

brown

black

then 1st through 9th degree...the 10th degree is generally only given to the grandmaster of the system, which currently is Master Sullivan and Master Leroux.

[aefibird]

My karate school uses the following 10kyu/10dan system for karate students. We don't have ranks/grades for kobudo.

10th kyu= 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 - 10th dan= black (no markings on belt to denote rank)

My school follows the belt system for our association. I just wish the association would drop the stripe belts from the list (i.e. get rid of 3 of the kyu grades). There's just no need for that many grades IMO.

When I trained in Aikido we had white belts for mudansha (kyu grades) and black belts for yudansha (dan grades). Dan grades were also allowed to wear a hakama.

In my Wing Chun school we have coloured sashes and informal grades (no testing, Sifu just moves us up a level when he thinks we are ready). However, we don't wear our sashes unless there's a special visitor (like a guest instructor) or if some of the students are performing a demo.

Our grades are:

red (levels 1 & 2)

yellow (levels 3 & 4)

green (levels 5 & 6)

brown (levels 7 &

black (levels 9 & 10 and instructor level).

[kenttiensankari]

In renshinkan the order is

6.kyu -white belt-

5.kyu -yellow belt-

4.kyu -orange belt-

3.kyu -green belt-

2.kyu -blue belt-

1.kyu -brown belt-

1-10.dan -black belt-

Im currently in green belt.

[karategirl06]

It depends what style your doing for the belt order....

For my mixed martial arts class its

WHITE

YELLOW

ORANGE

GREEN

PURPLE

BLUE

BROWN

RED

RED/BLACK

BLACK

Then my Chun Kuk Do class is like this...

WHITE

GOLD

PURPLE

ORANGE

BLUE

GREEN

RED

RED/BLACK

BLACK