What do black belt's have on there belts?

[sensei8]

I once saw a mid Dan ranked TKD practitioner that had his kids' names written in English. I only noticed it because...the three names on his left side didn't appear to be his full name, unless his middle name is Rebecca. I spoke to him briefly about it, and he confirmed to me that the three names on his belt were of his three kids.

I liked that!!

[barrypardue]

I have my name on one side and my style on the other.

[julien]

Name on one side, style/organization on the other.

[ShoriKid]

I've been thinking and I may see about the style kanji being stitched on one end of my belt. Still feels a little "showy" compared to what I'm used to.

[sensei8]

I've been thinking and I may see about the style kanji being stitched on one end of my belt. Still feels a little "showy" compared to what I'm used to.

Yeah, it does feel a little "showy" but if their doing it in Okinawa/Japan, then it mustn't be "showy" after all.

[Wastelander]

I tend to agree that embroidery seems showy, but that's probably because the first dojo I trained at prohibited embroidery on belts. All yudansha had to wear plan black belts (no stripes allowed) and anyone 5th degree or higher also wore plain black belts, and only wore the kohaku obi (red/white belt) for official functions and seminars. When the day comes for me to wear a black belt, I'll probably just get my name embroidered on it really small in black thread so it doesn't stand out, but will still be able to be seen for practical purposes.

All that said, I saw an interesting belt on the Facebook page of a custom belt manufacturer last week. The belt had the practitioner's favorite Bible verse embroidered (they did it in Korean script, but English or Japanese are available) all the way around the belt, from tip to tip. I thought it might be interesting to have your favorite inspirational quote, or perhaps your own "karate maxim" of sorts, embroidered all the way around your belt like that.

[liamali]

black.that's all

[infinitehand]

Nothing on my belt. I think this varies from school to school, asso. to asso.

I've seen it alot in Korean styles but I'm not an authority on anything so I don't know. Sometimes in pictures of Okinawan teachers youll see three stripes on each side. I think this means however many stripes +Sixth dan. Once again I could be wrong, and if I am no disrespect.

It's all correct according to what your teacher says I suppose. Personally to me, nothing belongs there.

[Wastelander]

Sometimes in pictures of Okinawan teachers youll see three stripes on each side. I think this means however many stripes +Sixth dan. Once again I could be wrong, and if I am no disrespect.

I believe in those cases the stripes represent the titles of Renshi, Kyoshi, and Hanshi. If we're thinking of the same thing, that is--it could certainly be something else. My sensei told me about an organization where they give one stripe for every 3 dan ranks, so they could really be anything.

[Harkon72]

Blood, Sweat and Tears.