karate belt ranking system in ur academy

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

  1. ShihanBKS

    ShihanBKS New Member

    Sho-Lum-Te Karate

    Ours has 40 kyu's, categorized by age to keep from under age black belts.
    40th - 31st kyu-------small children
    30th kyu - 21st kyu---older children
    20th kyu - 11th kyu---pre-teens and adolescents
    10th kyu - 1st kyu-----late teens and adults

    Our adults and late teens is as follows:
    white belt---10th kyu
    yellow belts---9th kyu
    yellow belt/orange tip---8th kyu
    orange belt---7th kyu
    orange belt/green tip---6th kyu
    green belt---5th kyu
    purple belt---4th kyu
    brown belt---3rd kyu (captain)
    brown belt/ black tip---2nd kyu (captain)
    brown belt with black stripe---1st kyu (captain)
    Temporary 1st dan (associate black belt)
    1st dan (sempai)
    2nd dan (sempai)
    3rd dan (sensei) with renshi title (renshi sensei)
    4th dan (sensei) with renshi title (renshi master)
    5th dan (sensei) with renshi title (renshi master)
    6th dan (shihan)
    7th dan (shihan) with kyoshi tiltle (kyoshi master)
    8th dan (shihan) with kyoshi title (kyoshi master)
    9th dan (shihan) hanshi
    10th dan (soke)
     
  2. heiwa

    heiwa Valued Member

    White
    White (1 stripe)
    White (2 stripes)
    Yellow
    Yellow
    Orange
    Orange
    Green
    Blue
    Brown 1 black stripe
    Brown 2 black stripes
    Brown 3 Black stripes
    Black
    Black
    Black
    Black
    Black
    Red and White
    Red and White
    Red and White
    Red and White
    Red
     
  3. heiwa

    heiwa Valued Member

    White
    White (1 stripe)
    White (2 stripes)
    Yellow
    Orange
    Green
    Blue
    Brown 1 black stripe
    Brown 2 black stripes
    Brown 3 Black stripes

    Black
    Black
    Black
    Black
    Black
    Red and White
    Red and White
    Red and White
    Red and White
    Red
     
  4. nexrex

    nexrex New Member

    Lets not forget here that the belt system is a westernized way of grading students. Traditionally in Japanes styles, up until Black you are still a white belt.

    As time goes by, the belt blackens with age until your Sensei think your are worthy to grade for a black ranking. Westerners have no concept of training this way without reveicing incremental rewards, so the colour system is used to signfy a skillset that a student should have at a certain level.

    :cool:
     
  5. Moosey

    Moosey invariably, a moose Supporter

    I'm not convinced that's the case. Gichin Funakoshi (who introduced karate to Japan) nicked the coloured belts system from Jigoro Kano's judo belts so, as long as karate has been in Japan, it's had coloured belts. (could be wrong, but that's the way I understood it).
     
  6. TimoS

    TimoS Valued Member

    I think it's a bit of both. Yes, Kano sensei did have the belt grading system in judo, but I think the concept of multiple coloured belts is a western idea. Granted, I've never been to Japan but my understanding is that there adults wear only white and black and the coloured belts are for kids
     
  7. TimoS

    TimoS Valued Member

    If you're trying to propagate the "dirty belt" theory, i.e. you train with a white belt until it becomes black from accumalated sweat and dirt, it has been proven to be myth.
     
  8. Khallendross

    Khallendross New Member

    White
    Yellow
    Orange
    Purple<--I am
    Blue
    Green
    Brown
    2nd Degree Brown
    3rd Degree Brown
    Black
    to 8th dan.

    Chinese Kenpo Karate Association.
    CKKA
     
  9. tswolfman

    tswolfman New Member

    Does anyone know what caused the change in Korean martial arts vs Japanesse and okinawan arts. I have taken karate for a while then switched to tae kwon do due to avaliblity. however the style im at now has red belt as a senior belt below black were most karate systems show red either really low or really high. my current system is
    white
    yellow
    orange
    green
    green/blue
    blue
    purple
    brown
    red
    red/black
    black 1st-10th dan
     
  10. TalkMartialArts

    TalkMartialArts Valued Member

    Most members in this thread just list a bunch of colors and that's it. Well, I'm interested in learning about the different styles ranking systems, not in "anonymous" people's list of colors. I don't mean to be rude, but you maybe forgot to tell us about which style you do practice :)

    My style is JKA Shotokan karate. Here are the belt colors used in our ranking system:
    • 10th Kyu White
    • 9th Kyu Red
    • 8th Kyu Orange
    • 7th Kyu Yellow
    • 6th Kyu Green
    • 5th Kyu Blue
    • 4th Kyu Blue
    • 3th Kyu Brown
    • 2th Kyu Brown
    • 1th Kyu Brown
    • 1st Dan Black

    And here's a link to an article dealing with belt colors:
    http://www.e-budokai.com/articles/belts.htm
     
  11. karate princess

    karate princess Savvy??

    white
    10th kyu = red
    9th kyu = blue
    8th kyu = purple/white stripe
    7th kyu = purple
    6th kyu = yellow
    5th kyu = orange
    4th kyu = green/white stripe
    3rd kyu = green
    2nd kyu = brown/white stripe
    1st kyu = brown

    1st - 7th dan = black

    *the senior instructors sometimes get awarded special belts for their teaching ability and skill. :)
     
  12. kallus

    kallus New Member

    Hello,
    I am a practictioner of Shotokan, not jka, and in our dojo the belt rank system is like this:

    9th kyu white
    8th kyu yellow
    7th kyu yellow
    6th kyu blue
    5th kyu green
    4th kyu green

    the above ranks take about 3 month between them, sometimes longer, depending on your ability and how consistantly you come to class.

    3rd kyu brown
    2nd kyu brown
    1st kyu brown

    each rank of brown belt must be held for six months before you can test for Shodan.
    blackbelt ranks are consistant with the other post on this thread.
    Shodan
    Nidan
    Sandan
    Yodan...etc
     
  13. Bitsy

    Bitsy New Member

    Kempo and Jujitsu Karate

    White
    Yellow
    Orange
    Purple
    Blue
    Green
    Red------Me!
    Brown with 1st Black stripe
    Brown with 2nd black stripe
    Brown with 3rd black stripe
    Black
     
  14. Giver

    Giver New Member

    White
    Purple(3 stripes)
    Purple(2 stripes)
    Purple(1 stripe)
    Green(2 stripes)
    Green(1 stripe)
    Green
    Brown(3 stripes)
    Brown(2 stripes)
    Brown(1 stripe)
    Black(1 stripe) <--------------That's me. Little 1st dan. ^ ^v
    Black(2 stripes)
    Black(3 stripes)
    Black(red stripe down the middle)
    Black(red and black checkered, or red and white checkered depending upon fist style, soft or hard)
     
  15. Playful Giant

    Playful Giant Banned Banned

    White 1
    White 2
    White 3
    Blue 1
    Blue 2
    Blue 3
    Purple 1 <---- intermediate level
    Purple 2
    Purple 3
    Yellow 1
    Yellow 2
    Yellow 3
    Green 1 <---- senior level
    Green 2
    Green 3
    Red 1
    Red 2
    Red 3
    Brown 1 <---- instructor level
    Brown 2
    Brown 3
    Black 1
    etc
     
  16. Hawks

    Hawks Valued Member

    Our belt ranking is
    white
    yellow
    orange
    purple
    green
    blue
    advanced blue(blue with a black stripe)
    brown I am second Degree brown now
    black
    for the kids we have 3 levels for each belt for the adults it is only 2 unitl you reach you Brown.
     
  17. AAAhmed46

    AAAhmed46 Valued Member

    FOR ADULTS.
    white
    Brown
    Black

    No dans.

    FOR KIDS
    White
    Yellow
    green
    blue
    brown


    Kids dont get black belts.
     
  18. Martial_Julez

    Martial_Julez Valued Member

    10th kyu - white
    9th kyu - red
    8th + 7th kyu - blue
    6th + 5th kyu - yellow
    4th + 3rd kyu - green
    2nd + 1st kyu - brown
    1st dan - black
    etc..

    I'm a 3rd kyu green belt.
     
  19. G50

    G50 Night Owl

    My schools belt system is -

    white
    orange
    yellow
    light green
    dark green
    blue
    purple
    brown
    red
    navy blue
    black
     
  20. R@IDEN

    R@IDEN New Member

    My style (Wado Ryu) uses :-

    White
    Yellow
    Orange
    Green
    Blue
    Purple
    Junior Brown
    Intermediate Brown
    Senior Brown
    Black 1st Dan
    Black 2nd Dan
    ...
     

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