Karate

There are many different "styles" or "schools" of karate, and each can have its own belt system. In some of them it cannot even be said that white is the lowest and black is the highest. So it is really more important to understand what Kyu (Japanese/Okinawan) or Gup (Korean) a student is to understand where they are in the progression.

One school of thought is that there are really only two belts - white and black. It was a western invention to add a number of stages between them, though other views believe it was modeled after the Judo levels.

The original belts were created by the Judo founder, Kanō Jigorō, and started with a light blue for a beginner or un-ranked student. White was next, followed by brown and then into black. For a junior (non-adult) student, the belt was purple rather than brown. Red and White were used for 7th and 8th degree and solid red for 9th and 10th. All other system originated out of this system and most know have a specific color for each kyu ranking.

Tang soo do-

• White
• orange
• green
• red
• Chodonbo (red belt with 2 white lines and one black)
• black
• master-black and red

The traditional Okinawan pattern is:

• White
• Yellow
• Green
• Brown
• Black
• Red/White Stripe
• Red

Typically there is a half way point between each of the colors. My style of Shidokan Shorin Ryu uses a color on the last three to six inches of the belt to separate these steps.

• White - 8th Kyu
• Yellow Tip - 7th Kyu
• Yellow - 6th Kyu
• Green Tip - 5th Kyu
• Green - 4th Kyu
• Brown Tip - 3rd Kyu
• Brown - 2nd Kyu
• Black Tip - 1st Kyu
• Black - 1st Dan through 6th Dan
• Red/White - 7th/8th Dan
• Red - 9th/10th Dan

Isshin Ryu. Each belt has divisions, marked by one or two stripes on the end of the belt in the color of the next belt. For example, a white belt in the second stage of progress toward a yellow belt would get one yellow stripe around the end of his white belt. But I don't know if that is an official part of the Ishin Ryu belt system, or just something the sensei of that dojo does so the kids feel like they are making SOME kind of progress.

Keichu Ryu karate, and it went:

• White
• Yellow
• Green
• Purple
• Brown
• Black
• Red/white

I took Kyokushin Karate and this is there belt order:

• Black belt- 1st Dan(highest)
• Brown senior- 1 Kyu
• Brown belt- 2rd Kyu
• Green senior- 3th Kyu
• Green belt- 4th Kyu
• Yellow senior- 5th Kyu
• Yellow belt- 6th Kyu
• Blue senior- 7th Kyu
• Blue belt- 8th Kyu
• Red senior- 9th Kyu
• Red belt- 10 Kyu
• White belt- Beginner

Wado Ryu. The belts are:

• - White belt (ungraded)(10th Kyu)(9th Kyu)
• - Red belt (8th Kyu)
• - Purple belt (7th Kyu)
• - Green belt (6th Kyu)(5th Kyu)
• - Brown belt (4th Kyu)(3rd Kyu)(2nd Kyu)
• - Black belt (1st Kyu)

For Wado-Ryu The Colors Are...

• White
• Blue
• Green
• Purple
• Brown
• Black

In CKD it has 13 belts an starts with white then yellow then purple then orange then blue then a blue with a black strip in the middle running all the way through it then its green then a green with a black strip through it then brown then brown with a black strip going through it then red then red with a black strip going through it then last but not least BLACK then there are 10 degrees of that!

• White
• Yellow
• Orange
• Purple
• Green
• Red
• Red with a black stripe
• Black

White

Yellow

Orange

Green

Blue

Purple

Brown

Black,

one you have then gotten through dan grades, 4th and 5th dan would be red/black block belt. 6th and 7th dan would be red/white block belt. 8th would be a red belt with a stripe of gold and 9th/10th dan would be totally red belt.

To signify the circle of life.

I have been taking Isshin-Ryu for a long time now, and the system I have been in has always Gone From 1st Kyu, to 10th Kyu, then 1st Dan, To 10th Dan

• White
• Yellow
• Gold
• Orange
• Green
• Blue
• Purple
• Brown 3rd Degree
• Brown 2nd Degree
• Brown 1st Degree
• Black

The art I studied, was Ryuku Kempo Karate, and it originated in Okinawa. The Belt System, went White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, Adv. Brown, Red, Adv. Red, Black. 1st degree black etc.

The order of the belts depends on which school and style you practice as there are a lot of different types. I practice Shorin-Ryu Okinawan style.

There are 3 different classes for juniors- 5-13 year old.

Beginner/Intermediate:

• White
• Yellow
• Orange
• Orange and White
• Blue

Lower Advanced:

• Blue and White
• Green and White
• Purple
• Purple and White
• Brown and White
• Red

Blue and whites have to learn one kata and certain blocks to advance

Green and White through Red have to learn one empty hand kata, one Bo kata ( the weapon Donatello has in TMNT) Purple and Whites also have to learn the Tonfa Kata (wooden weapon kinda like a side handled police nightstick), Brown and Whites have to learn the Nunchucku Kata, and Red belts have to learn the Sai Kata(raphael's weapon)

Starting at Green and White, you learn Fixed kumites as well, all of this is needed to advance in belt rank.

Upper Advanced:

• Red and White
• Jr.Black Belt (Black and White)
• Jr. Black Belt 1 orange loop
• Jr. Black Belt 2 orange loops
• Jr. Black Belt 3 orange loops
• Jr. Black Belt 4 orange loops
• Red and Black
• Red and Black 1 loop
• Red and Black 2 loops
• Red and Black 3 loops
• Red and black 4 loops
• Probational Black Belt- Black and Gold (if under 15)

If you have the Probational black belt, when you're 15, you can test for the 1st Dan Black Belt. In this class you learn more fixed kumites, katas and start using Kamas along with the other weapons.

Then there's the adult classes: 14- really no age limit

they learn the same things, there's just more than one kata to one belt

• White- in kids class equal to white -blue
• White with Green Tip-equal to blue and white-purple
• Green-equal to purple and white-red and white
• Green with Brown tip-equal to Jr. black- jr. black 2 loops
• Brown- equal to jr.black 3loops- red and black
• Brown with Black Tip red and black 1-4loops
• 1st Dan Black Belt

There are 9 or 10 degrees of black belts in this style- my sensei is an eighth degree black belt.

In order of ascending rank, the usual belts used are white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, and black. Some dojos use red for junior white-belt holders and others use a combination of red and white for higher rank black-belt holders.

There is no typical color grading in karate, nor any martial arts. It depends on the dojo itself, on the federation the current dojo is in or the like. What is typical though is that whilst a kid you start at 10th mon going down towards 1st mon. After this you go from 10th kyu to 1st kyu (kyu grades are for none blackbelt "adults"), After this you progress in dan grades from 1st to 10th.

It depends upon the school and style of karate that you are studying. Most places go to yellow. My school goes to orange. We start with white and get orange stripes and then go to orange and go to yellow stripes and then to yellow.

Also some place go 1st degree white belt then 2nd then 3rd

the order is white yellow green purple brown black

the order of belts for Shotokan karate is red, orange, yellow, green, purple, purple and white, brown, brown and white and black although not many reach 10th dan, 10th dans hold a red belt

Takewondo is white, orange, yellow, camo, green, purple, blue, brown, brown, red , red , black-red, and then black.

I do Tae Kwondo, this is the belt system

• White
• Yellow
• Orange
• Green
• Blue
• Purple
• Brown
• Red
• Red 2 (one stripe)
• Red 3 (two stripes)
• Black
• Black 1st Dan to 8th Dan

There is no typical color grading in karate, nor any martial arts. It depends on the dojo itself, on the federation the current dojo is in or the like. What is typical though is that whilst a kid you start at 10th mon going down towards 1st mon. After this you go from 10th kyu to 1st kyu (kyu grades are for none blac kbelt "adults"), After this you progress in dan grades from 1st to 10th.

It depends upon the school and style of karate that you are studying. Most places go to yellow. My school goes to orange. We start with white and get orange stripes and then go to orange and go to yellow stripes and then to yellow.

Also some place go 1st degree white belt then 2nd then 3rd

The order is white yellow green purple brown black

The order of belts for shotokan karate is red, orange, yellow, green, purple, purple and white, brown, brown and white and black although not many reach 10th dan, 10th dans hold a red belt

Some school of Takewondo is white, orange, yellow, camo, green, purple, blue, brown, brown, red , red , black-red, and then black.

I do Shudo Kan Karate and the belt order is white, yellow, orange, blue, purple, green, 3rd brown, 2nd brown, 1st brown, transitional black (white stripe), black belt-10 degrees.

It depends on the trainer or a club, and how many hours or days you train, or is it private or public.

The facility and the school is the key. Lessons can run as low as $5 a class. Most schools sign you up for a minimum 1 year contract, running something around $600-$800 a year. I charge $10 a class, part goes to my teacher, part goes to the facility, part goes into the class funds. I do not make money at the deal, I'm happy if I break even.

One of the things to watch for is testing fees. Are they in addition to the membership fees or included? I've seen place charge as much as $750 for the black belt test! While some fee is reasonable, I find that excessive.
Depends on the school and how they charge. When I teach a half hour class it is $5 per student. An hour with a Grand Master can go for as much as $200.

Kickboxing - Primarily a sport of hands with added kicks

Taekwondo - Primarily a Martial Art with kicks at its core, and sport as separate activity with rules that limit the full art.

Kickboxing is intended to be a sport which combines the standard techniques of boxing with basic kicks. It is extended into the realm of general fitness for health, and can even improve one's ability to fight for self defense. While boxing type gloves are often used to cushion the blows to the face, the feet are usually unpadded. Most of the kicks are diagonal roundhouses directed to the leg (knee or inner and outer thigh) to distract or hobble the opponent, and set up for a powerful punch. Occasionally, a fighter might kick a basic front kick, or roundhouse to the midsection (abdomen or ribs), or even to the head. Some competition rules might allow the use of knees to the body or head.

Conversely, Taekwondo was designed to be a highly disciplined Martial Art that focuses on an in-depth change of a person's way of life, philosophy, character, and an effective form of self defense originating in Korea, and based primarily around the techniques and tactics of using the legs foremost, with hands being a formidable, but supplementary weapon. Taekwondo is a full range fighting system that also includes joint locks and joint manipulations, take-downs and throws, and various ground-fighting grappling skills that are unique to Taekwondo's tactics and preference for striking.

Taekwondo has also been evolved as a Martial sport, both separate from the Martial Art, and as a supplement to the training. There are specific rules for tournament geared toward Taekwondo competition that promote safety, as well as display of advanced kicking. Therefore, for the purpose of competition, Taekwondo rules do not permit clenching, grabbing, pushing, throwing, or any ground-fighting. Different Taekwondo organizations have varying rules, which allow different techniques, and will score them differently. Some will permit punches to the face, while others do not. The feet are often padded because Taekwondo kicks are designed to be more powerful and destructive than most other systems of Martial Art that merely include kicks as additional techniques.

Keeping in mind that Taekwondo is applied differently in real-life self defense than it is in the competition arena, the tournament fighter will often kick to the head more often than in street application. Fancier kicks, such as spinning, jumping, jump-spin, and flying kicks are trained in practice, used in demonstrations, and occasionally used in tournaments, but would only apply to the street self defense if the environmental conditions were suitable, and the opponent had already been dazed by initial quick strikes, and clearly incapable of defending against the advanced move.

He is credited with introducing karate to mainland Japan. He is also the founder of Shōtōkan-ryū.

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Second answer

Technically it did. Humans evolved from a lower order of primates over millions of years. Primates like chimps are known to wrestle and fight with sticks; one community even hunts with spears. These were traits probably held by the joint human-chimp ancestor who lived around 7 million years ago. This explains why humans have the same behaviors. Anatomically modern humans appeared in Africa 150,000-200,000 years ago. Their very thick bones indicate that they lived hard lifestyles. They lived in hunter-gatherer societies at this time. Modern examples of hunter-gatherers like the !Kung San people (! = click) are known to war amongst themselves, so there is no doubt that early humans did the same. The spears and arrows that were used for hunting were probably used in battles against various tribes. Humans are believed to have started to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago. Over the course of many millennia, they spread to Saudi Arabia, India, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Groups split from those in India and spread into Central Asia, the rest of the Middle East, and finally Europe. Like language, the martial skills that these people brought with them splintered with each group and snowballed into the traditions that we have today, including armed and unarmed combat. That is why there are so many similarities between seemingly unrelated styles of boxing or swordplay.