Is there really a difference between yellow and gold belts?

[Iron Fist 05]

I'm in American Society of Karate and I was wondering is there REALLY a difference betseen yellow and gold belts? The ranking of belts are:

 

white

 

yellow

 

orange

 

green

 

blue

 

purple

 

brown

 

3 degrees of brown

 

black

 

there is no 'gold' in there anywhere, so is there a difference in yellow and gold other than the color?

[G95champ]

As far as color there is a differance. The Yellow belts are usually more well for lack of a better word yellow. The Gold Belts are brighter and or darker. They do sell the 2 differant colors.

 

Now with that said we call our first belt a gold belt but I have used yellow belts before because the local store was out. No big deal.

 

As far as color and rankings it will change from school to school and style to style. A rule of thumb is usually the darker the belt the higher up it is but this is not always true.

[ramymensa]

Thatk Goodness Black is the same for everyone

[hobbitbob]

aren't gold belts rather stiff and clangy?

[aes]

In our dojo yellow=gold.

[Guest]

Indeed the only person who can tell you what the difference is between a gold and a yellow belt is the one who gave it to you.

 

And apparently black is not the same for everyone! Many karate organizations award red or some patterned combination of red and white for high ranking members. Solid red is the highest in my organisation (uskk). I think this is because their egos wouldn't allow them to be ranked in with mere yudansha. Tournaments are littered with them.