Kirves Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 Well, nice story but I don't know if it's true or not, but it just about works for a white, yellow, orange, brown, black progression.... May have happened for some people, but the modern system of colored student ranks and black trainee ranks were simply invented by Jigoro Kano (the founder of Judo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omnifinite Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 My Hapkido class used: white yellow green (two degrees) blue (four degrees) red (six degrees) black The degrees weren't stripes on the belt or anything, I think that's actually taking it a little too far. They were just stages within the belts really. There was no physical indicator of it. Now in Kempo and Jujitsu both it goes: white yellow orange blue green purple brown (three degrees) black various red and white belts (which I don't quite know the rules of yet... haven't really asked beyond casual conversation) I tend to prefer belt systems without belt degrees before black (stripes seem tacky and contrived to me, but that's just my own preference), without a lot of colors (I kinda like BJJ's limited use of them), and then nothing but a worn, frayed, beat up black belt beyond that . I've also heard about some systems returning to white belt at "mastery". That sounds appealing to me too but I don't know much about it. 1st Dan HapkidoColored belts in Kempo and Jujitsu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 I don't study karate - mantis boxing. At the club i attend you don't recieve a white sash for quite a long time. After white sash there is black. We don't wear our sashes unless we're doing a demo. I guess that's the beauty of drawstring sweat pants. As for progress, you can see where you are by the techniques and forms that you have learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-san Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 The Aki Jujitsu dojo I go to when I'm at home runs from White to Black and that's it. No extra degrees of black, once you're there you're there. White Yellow Orange Green Blue Brown (Have to go open your own dojo at this point) Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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