karate belt ranking system in ur academy

Discussion in 'Karate' started by karatekid, Oct 12, 2003.

  1. chungmoomonkey

    chungmoomonkey Just a few more months...

    White
    orenge(only for pe-wees)
    yellow
    Purple(only fr pe-wee)
    green
    blue
    2nd grade brown (just brown)
    1st grade brown(brown with black stripe) <--- Me
    1st dagree Black
    2nd dagree black etc
    untill fifth (fifth is a black belt with a red stripe)
    6th and so on
     
  2. Relosa

    Relosa New Member

    The belt system in my dojo is really easy.

    12th Kyu - White belt
    11th Kyu - White belt with a blue stripe on the end
    10th Kyu - White belt with two blue stripes
    9th Kyu - Blue belt
    8th Kyu - Blue belt with a green stripe
    7th kyu - blue belt with two green stripes
    6th kyu - green belt
    5th kyu - green belt with brown stripe on the end
    4th kyu - green belt with two brown stripes
    3rd kyu - brown with
    2nd kyu - brown with one black stripe
    1st kyu - brown with two black stripes

    Then after black it's Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan, Etc. until you achieve master.
     
  3. Reiki

    Reiki Ki is everything!

    Our system goes:

    white
    yellow
    orange
    blue
    purple
    green
    brown
    brown with black tip [1st Kyu]
    black [Shodan]

    then Nidan, Sensei, Renshi, Shihan, Kyoshi etc.
     
  4. Alex_JHH

    Alex_JHH Cardboard Tube Samurai

    Same as KGirls, except with the orange belt instead of red.
     
  5. Reiki

    Reiki Ki is everything!

    Just wanted to add that in our system that all gradings above yellow belt are done at National level with a grading panel of internationally qualified instructors.

    Brown beltss and black belts have multiple people grading them.

    Also that each person is selected to grade if and only if they are ready for it.
     
  6. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    Shukokai Karate.

    Our Belt system, for all ages, is:

    White Belt - Beginner

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    8th Kyu

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    7th Kyu

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    6th Kyu

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    5th Kyu

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    4th Kyu

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    3rd Kyu

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    2nd Kyu

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    1st Kyu

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    1st Dan

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    2nd Dan

    etc.

    :D
     
  7. Chris.B

    Chris.B New Member

    White
    ((Pre Yellow test available) but really no point, we just don't bother take the test and get everything to yellow)
    Yellow
    (pre orange test available)
    Orange
    Green 1st
    Green 2nd
    Brown 1st
    Brown 2nd
    1st Dan
     
  8. Stick

    Stick New Member

    9th kyu - yellow stripe
    8th kyu - yellow
    7th kyu - orange
    6th kyu - green
    5th kyu - purple
    4th kyu - purple with white stripe
    3rd kyu - brown with white stripe
    2nd kyu - brown with two stripes
    1st kyu - brown with three stripes
    1st to 10th black
     
  9. La Mancha

    La Mancha Valued Member

    In Iaido - belt any colour - hold pants up.
     
  10. BigBadBob

    BigBadBob New Member

    In My club (Okinawan Shorin-Ryu) :

    8th Kyu - White
    7th Kyu - Yellow
    6th Kyu - Orange
    5th Kyu - Blue
    4th Kyu - Green
    3rd Kyu - Brown
    2nd Kyu - Brown with one black tag
    1st Kyu - Brown with 2 black tags
    All Dan grades - Black

    For the lower grades it is possible to go up in half grades (if grading isn't so good) or one and a half grades (if grading is top notch!) shown by tags e.g. yellow with orange tag.

    Grading occurs usually only once per year, mainly due to being a university club (those students get far too much holiday!!!) and also as there is a lot of stuff to learn for each grade (what is the opposite of a McDojo???)

    Cross your fingers for me; our grading is this week. I'm going for 5th Kyu
     
  11. azn_flava

    azn_flava New Member

    white
    white(1stripe)
    Yellow
    Yellow(1stripe)
    yellow
    green
    green(1stripe)
    brown
    brown(1stripe)
    black
    1dan
    2dan
    3dan
    and soo on

    (black panther)undefined
     
  12. Master J

    Master J "No style, no limitation"

    white, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, brown, brown, brown.

    I'm a first Kyu brown, hopefully I will get my first Dan soon!
     
  13. Ramda

    Ramda Valued Member

    White
    Yellow
    Orange
    Purple
    Blue
    Blue + Stripe
    Green
    Green + Stripe
    Brown
    Brown + Stripe <----- Here am I
    Red
    Red + Stripe
    1st Dan
    2nd Dan
    3rd Dan etc. etc. etc
     
  14. dori_kin_86

    dori_kin_86 Hu Flung Pu

    9th kyu- white
    8th kyu yellow
    7th kyu blue
    6th kyu green
    5th kyu green+ black stripe
    4th kyu purple
    3rd kyu purple+ blk stripe
    2nd kyu brown
    1st kyu brown+ blk stripe

    then 9 dans. I thinks 9th dan is grandmaster, but not sure

    Our teacher reminds us that the belts are only there to help people set goals and take there training step by step
     
  15. TheHeianKid

    TheHeianKid New Member

    Seido Karate

    10 kyu white
    9 kyu blue tip
    8 kyu blue
    7 kyu yellow tip
    6 kyu yellow
    5 kyu green tip
    4 kyu green
    3 kyu brown tip
    2 kyu brown
    1 kyu black tip
    1 dan shodan etc ...

    I think this is basically the same as kyokushin, which Seido broke away from.
     
  16. Tika

    Tika New Member

    World Oyama Karate

    White
    Blue ( can get a black stripe for a half step )
    Yellow
    Orange(half step)
    Green ( can get a black stripe for a half step )
    Brown
    Brown w/ Black stripe < --- me when I stopped training

    1 dan - 9 dan ( rarely anyone about 5th dan )
     
  17. G_Man

    G_Man New Member

    White 10-5 kyu
    Green 4-3 kyu
    Brown 2-1 kyu
    Black 1-5 Dan

    MATSUBAYASHI RYU
     
  18. Mind Aflame

    Mind Aflame New Member

    Samurai Shukukai karate

    white
    red
    yellow
    orange
    green
    blue
    purple
    brown with white stripe
    brown
    brown with red stripe
    0th dan- Shodan ho
    1st dan- Shodan <----- my good self
    2nd dan- Nidan
    3rd dan- Sandan

    etc to 10th dan
     
    Last edited: May 20, 2004
  19. Wado-AJ

    Wado-AJ Valued Member

    belt ranking..

    white 8th kyu
    yellow 7th kyu
    orange 6th kyu
    green 5th kyu
    blue 4th kyu
    brown 3rd kyu
    brown 2nd kyu
    brown 1st kyu
    black 1st dan (shodan)
    etc..
     
  20. NIKS

    NIKS Baby banana killer :D

    Our beltsystem is:

    White
    Yellow
    Orange
    Green
    Blue
    Brown 1
    Brown 2
    Brown 3
    Black 1st Dan << me
    Black 2nd Dan
    Black 3rd Dan
    Black 4th Dan
    Black 5th Dan
    Black 6th Dan << this is the point where people have to call you Shihan instead of Sensei, this is also where my Shihan is now
    etc. etc.

    xxx
     

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