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trackercasey76
trackercasey76 Posts: 780 Member
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What order and how many belts does your style have?
We do

9th gup ) White
8th gup ) Yellow
7th gup ) Green
6th gup ) Blue
5th gup ) Purple
4th gup ) Red
3rd gup ) Red/Black
2nd gup ) Brown
1st gup )Brown/Black

1st Dan) Black

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  • Geocitiesuser
    Geocitiesuser Posts: 1,429 Member
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    white
    yellow
    orange
    green
    high green
    blue
    high blue
    purple
    high purple
    red
    high red
    brown
    high brown
    bodan (6 months)
    black belt

    Each belt is 3 months except for bodan which is 6 to 9 months depending on the testing schedule.
  • Brabo_Grip
    Brabo_Grip Posts: 285 Member
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    BJJ

    White
    Blue
    Purple
    Brown
    Black


    (A few gyms have started a green belt between white and blue, but those years ms are rare and 90% of the BJJ community has been resistant to it. I am firmly against it.

    Belts only started in BJJ in 1952 (20+ years after the art started becoming separate from Judo) with the Gracies. At the time you had White, Light Blue, then Blue. Black belt was introduced until 1967.
  • SYNODA
    SYNODA Posts: 7 Member
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    Hi all, I train in Southern Praying Mantis Jook Lum Gee Tong Long Pai a kung fu form. Ckfa-Chinese kung fu academy.

    We have sashes:
    Yellow
    Green
    Then Sifu.
  • Valsgoals
    Valsgoals Posts: 132 Member
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    white
    yellow
    orange
    light green
    dark green
    light blue
    dark blue
    brown
    brown/black
    red
    red/black
    black
  • shadowbaby4
    shadowbaby4 Posts: 60 Member
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    In judo, adults generally go

    White
    Blue/purple
    Brown
    Black

    Kids have yellow, orange, and green after white to give them more opportunities to advance. My club is one of the few that awards these belts to adults too, which I actually think is pretty great! It means advancing every 6-9 months instead of remaining a white belt for years.

  • LuizH
    LuizH Posts: 211 Member
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    In my karate club we have the same system for adults and kids

    Beginner White
    8th kyu Yellow
    7th kyu Orange
    6th kyu Green
    5th kyu Blue
    4th kyu Purple
    3rd Kyu Brown
    2nd Kyu brown
    1st kyu brown
    1st dan upwards Black

    We do 3 months minimum between grades from white to blue, then 6 months minimum between grades after that. 1st kyu to 1st dan is 12 months so you stay on brown for a loooong time!
  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,048 Member
    edited September 2017
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    My TKD school (AMA)

    Two month testing cycle.

    White
    Yellow
    High Yellow *
    Green
    High Green
    Blue
    High Blue
    Purple
    High Purple (usually only for kids not ready for Red)
    Red 1 (one black electrical tape stripe)
    Red 2 (two stripes)
    High Red 3 (three stripes)
    High Red 4 (four stripes)
    Brown
    High Brown
    Recommend Black (6 months, plain black belt)

    * all high belts have black strip down center of belt.

    White to degreed black is roughly three years.
  • flosoup38
    flosoup38 Posts: 71 Member
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    I practice ITF Taekwondo and our belt system is-
    10 kup - white
    9th - yellow tag
    8th - yellow
    7th - green tag
    6th - green
    5th - blue tag
    4th - blue
    3rd - red tag
    2nd - red
    1st - black tag
    1st Dan - black belt

    Grading around 4 times a year. Minimum of 18 training hours up to green belt.
  • mom2kateRH
    mom2kateRH Posts: 178 Member
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    LuizH wrote: »
    In my karate club we have the same system for adults and kids

    Beginner White
    8th kyu Yellow
    7th kyu Orange
    6th kyu Green
    5th kyu Blue
    4th kyu Purple
    3rd Kyu Brown
    2nd Kyu brown
    1st kyu brown
    1st dan upwards Black

    We do 3 months minimum between grades from white to blue, then 6 months minimum between grades after that. 1st kyu to 1st dan is 12 months so you stay on brown for a loooong time!

    My karate dojo is exactly the same!
  • AuthorNinja
    AuthorNinja Posts: 69 Member
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    mom2kateRH wrote: »
    LuizH wrote: »
    In my karate club we have the same system for adults and kids

    Beginner White
    8th kyu Yellow
    7th kyu Orange
    6th kyu Green
    5th kyu Blue
    4th kyu Purple
    3rd Kyu Brown
    2nd Kyu brown
    1st kyu brown
    1st dan upwards Black

    We do 3 months minimum between grades from white to blue, then 6 months minimum between grades after that. 1st kyu to 1st dan is 12 months so you stay on brown for a loooong time!

    My karate dojo is exactly the same!

    My class is VERY similar, except we don't break down the degrees of brown belt, you receive your brown belt and have to wait generally three years until you can take your black belt. I take Shotokan Karate.

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