Belt Auction

what are the karate belt colors and their level of skill meaning?

such as black belt is master, and white is when you just start. what are the colors inbetween in order. i would like your answer to look something like this: 1.Black belt 2. 3 4. 5. 6.White belt i also dont know how many colors are inbetween.

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1. Here is the history and the colors. http://www.all-karate.com/125/history-of-karate-belt-colors
2. From what I see, the specific colors change between different disciplines. For example, the American TaeKwonDo Association's belt ranking goes: White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Purple, Red, Brown and Black. A bit of trivia, though...in the olden days, a trainee wore his belt during every day of training. As he progressed in skill, the belt became dirtier and darker, eventually turning black. Hence, the "black" belt is used to signify the highest level of training that one can receive in martial arts.
3. I don't do Karate, so don't ask me why I know this: 1. Black 2. 3rd Brown 3. 2nd Brown 4. 1st Brown 5. 2nd Purple 6. 1st Purple 7. Green 8. Yellow 9. Red 10. Orange 11. White
4. Black is real good all other colours are not so good : )
5. The belt ranking system came about when Judo was created, and it was an attempt to standardize the skill levels as the sport became more popular. This was adapted by nearly all other eastern MAs after that. The belt thing is not that old, and it was nothing to do with a belt getting dirty over time. It was designed so that a different color represented a different rank very, recently in human history.
6. Here they are in TKD rankings, some styles are very similar to this, some are a lil different. Once you reach Black Belt, you have mastered your basic techniques, in order to become a master you have to achieve, in most styles, at least a 5th Dan. 1. Black Belt-mastered the basic moves 2. Red/Black Stripe 3. Red Belt 4. Brown-advanced 5.Blue/Brown Stripe 6.Blue Belt 7.Green Belt-Intermidiate 8.Purple Belt 9.Yellow Belt 10.Orange Belt 11.White Belt-Beginner Once again, this is for a normal TKD school. Some may vary depending on the school. At least this is what it was when I trained. .
7. it differs bewtween differetn karate
8. In traditional Shotokan Karate, as taught in Senai Oshima's Shotokan Karate of America organization, the one specifically authorized by Master Ginchen Funakoshi, there are only 3 belt colors: 1-5 Dan Black 1-3 Kyu- Brown 4-8 Kyu- White. Each time a practicioner tests for a new belt they have the symbol of their new rank written on their belt, which is plain before testing: one symbol at 8th kyu, 2 symbols for 7th kyu, 3 for 6th, 4 for 5th, etc. Shotokan is very strict for Dan level. No one can begin testing for Dan, Black Belt, before age 16. 3rd Dan is a master, which would be 6th Dan in most styles.
9. Not all Arts have the same belt ranking system, in other words some of the colors are not in the same order or they may not even have that belt color. Here are a examples. Tang Soo Do: White belt (10th Gup) Orange belt (9th Gup) Orange w/stripe (8th Gup) Orange w/2 stripes (7th Gup) Green belt (6th Gup) Green w/stripe (5th Gup) Green w/2 stripes (4 Gup) Red belt (3rd Gup) Red w/stripe (2nd Gup) Red w/2 stripes (1st Gup) Black belt (Midnight blue) 1 stripe 1st dan 2 stripes 2nd dan 3 stripes 3rd dan 4 stripes 4th dan (Master - red stripe running the length, end to end). 5th through 10th add another stripe. Other Arts the belt ranking be in this order: White, Yellow, Purple, Blue, Green and brown and black. One other eaxmple, White, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Red and Black. I hope this helps with your question.
10. They actually mean nothing. In fact the belt system is a very young thing. The only purpose of a belt color is to differentiate progress. All belt colors below black belt are simply white belts. The colors are simply there so that students can have a feeling of progress. In some systems there are belt colors beyond black belt such as a red/white belt for people holding a kyoshi certificate and a red belt for people holding a hanshi certificate. Regardless of belt color or teaching certificates there are only two ranks that can be recognized. One who has been blessed to teach by their master and one who has not been blessed to teach by their master. Now the meaning of black belt differs between systems. One meaning of black belt is that it indicates that the bearer is ready to learn. In other words, all the training up to black belt has been training the body. After black belt, the training focuses on how to use the body stratigically. Other systems use black belt to indicate mastery of the basics. Here is a sample ranking system: Rank/Belt/Possible Title 10 kyu/white 9 kyu/yellow 8 kyu/yellow 7 kyu/yellow 6 kyu/green 5 kyu/green 4 kyu/green 3 kyu/brown 2 kyu/brown 1 kyu/brown 1 dan/black 2 dan/black 3 dan/black 4 dan/black/Renshi 5 dan/black/Renshi 6 dan/red-white/Kyoshi 7 dan/red-white/Kyoshi 8 dan/red-white/Kyoshi 9 dan/red/Hanshi 10 dan/red/Hanshi Note that the color system for kyu ranks always starts with white but the colors between white and black can vary as well as include other colors. Stripes may also be added to the various belts. Also, in some systems a red belt is used between brown and black. For example: A 1 gup (Korean equivalent to the Japanese kyu) would wear a red belt while a 10 dan in Shorin-ryu karate would also wear a red belt. One more thing to note: Not all systems start at 10th kyu. Some start with mukyu and the first promotion is to 10th kyu. Some systems start with a lower number such as 8th kyu. Also, 10th dan is not the highest in all systems. For example the founder of judo considered himself 12th dan. In bujinkan ninpo there are 15 dan levels. Please also note that the ranking system between martial arts systems are not compariable. For example, some schools are termed black belt factories simply because they will give you a black belt in about a years worth of training. I have even seen one school that says the requirement for black belt is to attend 250 training sessions. Doing the math shows that this is less than a year. In most traditional schools it takes a minimum of 5 years to achieve black belt. Now you should be able to easily see that a 1 year of training versus 5 years of training is going to produce significant differences between the two black belts. Also, the level of knowledge needed to achieve black belt varies. In some schools, black belt knowledge may be just knowing punch/kick/block or just throw/joint lock/take down. Some schools may require an understanding of pressure points while others may require knowing the arts history. One last thing is that belts ranks are not always compariable between schools of the same style. For example a strict teacher may require more from students to gain rank than a less strict teacher. I hope this helps.