How does the rainbow run
Arianera
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When I was first training martial arts in the '80's the school I was at had 4 colors of belt:
white, green, brown, and black with tape stripes used to denote the in-between steps from 1st through 9th kyu
The belt system for the school I am currently training at goes:
white, yellow, orange, purple, blue, high-blue, green, high-green, brown, high-brown, (Jr. Black), Black.
The belt system for kids at the previous school I was at had more than 10 steps and went:
white, orange, high-orange, yellow, high-yellow, green, high green, blue, high blue, purple, high purple, brown, brown 2, brown 3, Jr. Black, Black. Senior instructors of 4th Dan and higher could choose to wear a red belt instead of black.
How do the belt colors at your school go? Do you use red belts? If so, are they before brown, or after black?
Just curious.
Ari
white, green, brown, and black with tape stripes used to denote the in-between steps from 1st through 9th kyu
The belt system for the school I am currently training at goes:
white, yellow, orange, purple, blue, high-blue, green, high-green, brown, high-brown, (Jr. Black), Black.
The belt system for kids at the previous school I was at had more than 10 steps and went:
white, orange, high-orange, yellow, high-yellow, green, high green, blue, high blue, purple, high purple, brown, brown 2, brown 3, Jr. Black, Black. Senior instructors of 4th Dan and higher could choose to wear a red belt instead of black.
How do the belt colors at your school go? Do you use red belts? If so, are they before brown, or after black?
Just curious.
Ari
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Interesting to see the differences!
We are a WTF school.
The belts go:
White
Yellow
Orange
Green
Green-Blue
Blue
Blue-Red
Red
Black
Dans0 -
No belts worn in kendo but we use the kyu and dan system. Kyu ranks count backwards from 6 to 1 (ikkyu) then obviously dan rankings count forward 1 to 8. 9th and 10th dan rankings have been retired so hachidan is the highest.0
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In my shotokan karate we use kyu system :-
White
White with one tag
White with two tags
Yellow
Green
Purple
Purple with a stripe
Brown
Brown with 1 stripe
Brown with 2 stripe
black
1st Dan, 2nd Dan etc etc
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For Jujitsu
White
Green 3rd Degree
Green 2nd Degree
Green 1st Degree
Brown 3rd Degree
Brown 2nd Degree
Brown 1st Degree
Black 1st Degree
All the way to 10th Degree
No belts at my Muay Thai academy, but there are 9 levels0 -
It's so interesting to see the differences! In my school we teach American Kenpo
White
Yellow
Orange
Purple
Blue
Green
3rd Degree Brown
2nd Degree Brown
1st Degree Brown
1st Degree Black
to 10th Degree Black0 -
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
(at least at my school)
Adults - White, Blue, Purple, Brown (each has 4 x stripes/intermediate steps between belts), then Black
Kids (<15) - White, Yellow/White, Yellow, Orange/White, Orange/Yellow, Orange, Green/White, Green/Yellow, Green/Orange, Green. All with the same 4 x stripes between belts At 16, they can go into the Adult system & start over at White Belt. Most recent kid to adult transition; Orange Belt -> 2 x Stripe Whitebelt.
My boys take BJJ with me & I like the different system for the kids. The promotions are few & far between for the adults (on average, I've heard is takes around 10-12 years to earn a black belt - based on training 3-4 days/week). Nice to be able to recognize the kids' motivation & effort with so many stripes/belts - in addition to performance. Think it's a good motivational tool for them.1 -
Goshindo Jujitsu -
White
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Brown
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I'm TKD and ours run:
White
Yellow 2, 3 (no yellow 1)
Blue 1, 2, 3
Red 1, 2, 3
Shao Dan Bo (provisional black, belt is horizontally half red, half black)
Black (and then you go out the Dans)0 -
At my Krav school it's just:
White
Yellow
Red
Black
With the stripe system in between belts to track your progress.0 -
Only 2 belts in Muay Thai: A title belt and the belt that holds up your pants. Fight record counts for a lot.2
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White; Yellow; Green 1,2,3; Blue 1,2,3; Brown 1,2,3; Red 1,2,3; provisional black (white stripe in middle, a.k.a. 1st degree lvl 1; 1-3 degree black all have 4 levels; 4-6 degree black have 2 levels. Upwards from there, I'm not sure. Only a few people in our tradition have them. I've met only one.0
