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Second Black. Gona Be tough But I'm Ready.

2nd Dan Hap Ki Do: What we do in life echos for an eternity!

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Mine's in my sig, but there's one thing it doesn't mention...1st brown is the last belt before black! In fact, I have 21 days left until my blackbelt test starts!

 

The countdown is on!! :o

1st dan & Asst. Instructor TKD 2000-2003


No matter the tune...if you can rock it, rock it hard.

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What does gup and kyu mean? Does it refer to amount of belts you've tested for?

It means grade. The grades, for belt, go backwards in most martial arts, that I've seen. 1st or 0 kyu is usually a blackbelt. Example, I am a high purple belt, high 7th kyu, I believe. I'll check later.

The amount of kyu grades (gup is the Korean equivalent, not sure what it is in Chinese?) varies from art to art .... but 8 or 9 is a typical number...

 

i.e.

 

Beginner

 

9th Kyu

 

8th Kyu

 

7th Kyu

 

6th Kyu

 

4th Kyu

 

3rd Kyu

 

2nd Kyu

 

1st Kyu

 

1st Dan (Black Belt)

 

2nd Dan

 

3rd Dan

 

etc etc.

Currently: Kickboxing and variants.

Previously: Karate (Seido, Shotokan, Seidokan), Ju Jitsu, Judo, Aikido, Fencing.

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Most of my stuff is in my signature but the reason I started Martial Arts is not. This is corny and old but like most of my friends when iwas 5 or 6 i wanted to be a ninja turtle. :dodgy: My mom wouldn't stand me being in such a contact sport at such a young age. Well, 5 years later my little sister got going in it and i couldn't just let her do it so i joined. I was hooked my first class. Since then i jsut kept going back.
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6th kyu shotokan (green belt), but then that's pre-shodan, so it's not really all that important. Not that being a shodan would be important, but it would be somewhat semi-relevant here...

 

I'll spar most anyone though.

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Just realized I never replied to this one. However, it's in my signature.

 

2nd dan (Kyo Sa Nim) - Kuk Sool Won

Kuk Sool Won - 4th dan

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

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im a yellow belt in ninjutsu(genbuakan) as well as a yellow belt in karate (issinryyu) as well as a level 5 in blauer tactical systems (tonyblauer.com)

 

presently i study bjj and i love it, its so practical and efficient

 

and it flows very well (white belt)

 

i have been studying martial arts for almost a year

"When we go to the ground,you are in my world, the ground is the ocean, I am the shark,

and most people don't even know how to swim"

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