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Shotokan jka ranking

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I just joined a jka dojo a few weeks ago. Why are there only 4 belts(white green brown black)?

the website is jkaboston.com

I am a member of a JKA dojo and we have more than 4 belts...

White

Yellow

Orange

Green

Purple1

Purple2

Brown1

Brown2

Brown3

Black(a few black I think)

The number of belts will usually depend on the dojo :idea: The one I am involved in has the same belt system as mlee, just without the yellow belt.

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

- T. S. Eliot

my shotokan belt system uses white, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, red, thhen black

You can become a great fighter without ever becoming a martial artist, but no sir, you can not become a great martial artist with out becoming a great fighter. To fight is most certainly not the aim of any true martial art, but they are fighting arts all the same. As martial artists, we must stand ready to fight, even if hoping that such conflict never comes.

-My response to a fellow instructor, in a friendly debate

ours (KUGB) has just broken away from the JKA, but we still use the same belt system

white

orange

red

yellow

green

purple

purple and white

brown

brown and 1 white stripe

brown and two

1st to 10th Dan black

and now the training begins...........

Hey,

I am in SKIF and our belt system at my dojo is as follows:

white

white

yellow

orange

green

purple

purple

brown

brown

brown

black (1st Dan-10th Dan)

McNerny

However, I believe in Japan at Master Kanazawa's dojo it goes:

4xwhite

3xpurple

3xbrown

black (1st-!0th Dan)

A good technique is beautiful but a beautiful technique is not always good.

-Hirokazu Kanazawa

My dojo had white, yellow, blue, purple, brown (3 levels), black.

8)

"A Black Belt is only the beginning."

Heidi-A student of the arts

Tae Kwon Do,Shotokan,Ju Jitsu,Modern Arnis

http://the100info.tumblr.com/

I recall the Shotokan Club I was in back some years ago went:

white

orange

yellow

purple

brown X 3

black

*scratching head.....I think

Di'DaDeeeee!!!

Mind of Mencia

white

red

orange

yellow

green

purple x2

brown x3

black

The key to everything is continuity achieved by discipline.

I am a member of a JKA dojo and we have more than 4 belts...

White

Yellow

Orange

Green

Purple1

Purple2

Brown1

Brown2

Brown3

Black(a few black I think)

Iam in a JKA dojo and my belt system is the exact same.......

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"

William Penn

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