another question about belt lol

[nystangkid]

In karate, what is the color order of the belts? Such as, white, then, up to black belt? Is it the same for all martial arts? thanks everyone.

[bushido_man96]

It varies from style to style. Some styles don't even have ranks. Kung fu uses sashes. Thai boxing and boxing don't have rankings.

That said, you typically start at white, then move onto a green, then perhaps blue, towards brown, and then a red or black belt.

My system of TKD goes white, orange, green, blue, brown, and black. Each color (except white) has a lo and a hi grade, until brown, which has a lo, mid, and hi grade. Then, you get recommended black, then full black.

[ps1]

These are for the arts I study/ have studied:

TKD: white, yellow, blue, purple, green, brown, red, red-black, black

Chuan Fa (Kung Fu), sashes: white, green, brown, black

Shotokan: white, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, brown, black

Aiki Jujitsu: white, brown, black

Kobudo: white, blue, green, purple, brown, black

BJJ: white, blue, purple, brown black

Of course each has degrees of black belt. But that did not represent a change in color of the belt.

[obiwansbane]

even within shotokan there are different ways of doing the belts, i know my sisters old club had 2 purple belts and 3 browns...

my club goes

White

Yellow

Orange

Green

Blue

Purple

Red

Brown

Black

[Brandon Fisher]

They vary from organization / dojo. Nothing is standard most of the time karate ranking has anywhere from 6 - 10 kyu / gup levels though.

Mine is

White

Yellow (9th Kyu)

Orange (8th Kyu)

Green w/ white stripe (7th Kyu)

Green (6th Kyu)

Blue w/ White Stripe (5th Kyu)

Blue (4th Kyu)

Purple w/ white stripe (3rd Kyu)

Purple (2nd Kyu)

Brown (1st Kyu)

Black (1st -4th Dan)

Red / White Split (optional for 5th and 6th Dan) Renshi

Red / White Block (Optional for 7th & 8th Dan) Kyoshi

Red Belt (optional for 9th & 10th Dan) Hanshi

[Shotokan-kez]

Well in our system of shotokan it's different from others.

White

orange (9th kyu)

red (8th kyu)

yellow (7th kyu)

green (6th kyu)

purple (5th kyu)

purple white stripe (4th kyu)

brown (3rd kyu)

brown white stripe (2nd kyu)

brown two white stripes (1st kyu)

black

[lordtariel]

Ours goes like this:

White

Yellow

Orange

Blue

Blue Stripe

Purple

Purple Stripe

Green

Green Stripe

Brown

Brown-White Stripe

Brown-Black Stripe

Black-White Stripe

Black

[JoeDeezy]

Ours are different than all previous listed.

AKS our belts are:

White

Yellow

Orange

Orange w/Stripe

Purple

Purple w/Stripe

Blue

Blue w/Stripe

Green

Green w/Stripe <---my belt level

3rd Brown

3rd Brown w/Stripe

2nd Brown

2nd Brown w/Stripe

1st Brown

1st Brown w/Stripe

1st Black

2nd Black

3rd Black

[tkdan]

our's are

white

yellow

orange

green

blue

purple

brown 3

brown 2

red

black

[greenbelt_girl15]

For Cuong Nhu

White

white/ one green stripe

white/ two green stripes

green

green/ one brown stripe

green/ two brown stripes

brown

brown/one black stripe

brown/ two black stripes

black

The you get red stripes for each of the dan ranks.