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Order of Karate Belts + Whatever is further than Blackbelt?

( As in order of belts or whatever comes after Black-belt ) =D

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1. After black belt, comes degrees of black belt.. 1st degree 2nd degree etc..
2. depends on the art you are learning, but a person holding the highest black belt is often referred to as a master black belt. It's been some time but I think in tae kwon do, its a 7th or 8th degree black belt that is a master blacke belt.
3. Right.. White Orange Yellow Green Purple Brown Brown and White Black After black belt, you go higher up in dans. ie 1st dan, 2nd dan etc.
4. After the various degrees of black belt, then it's red belt.
5. When you get a black belt for the first time you become a first Dan, then a Second Dan and so on Different styles use different colours of belts. We started with white (7th kyu) then added a red stripe (6th kyu) then a second red stripe (5th kyu) then a third red stripe, (4th kyu) then brown with one red stripe, (3rd kyu) two red stripes (2nd kyu) three red stripes ( 1st kyu) then black.(1st Dan)
6. it varies, but frank is right, extremely high ranking practitioners wear either a red and white striped belt, or a solid red belt. this is reserved for at least 8th dan or above. in judo and possibly in others...they have the option of continuing to wear a black belt.
7. This varies greatly by school and system. I was apart of 2 different Taekwondo schools and they had 2 different belt systems. white yellow green blue red black 2nd-9th degree black belt white yellow orange green blue purple brown red red/black black 2nd-9th degree black belt. In addition there were differing numbers of stripes that needed to be earned on the different belts typically 3 stripes on yellow to red belt in the first system and 1 stripe on the yellow to red/black belts in the second. Generally speaking though there is very little new knowledge that is gained progressing beyond 2nd or 3rd degree black belt it is mostly a refinement of skills and years of experience as most systems I'm aware of a 9th degree black belt generally has 35-40+ years of experience, where a 2nd degree black belt can have as few as 3-4 years experience.
8. The order of belt colors is different depending on which discipline of Karate or other martial arts, as does what comes after black belt. Kenpo is different from Taekwondo is different from Jujitsu. In addition, any school can add in extra belts or change the belts if they want to, within the guidelines of the organizing body of that martial art (if there is one). For instance, at the Taekwondo school my family attends, the belt order is: White, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, red, brown, high brown, red black, high red, black (technically a Jr. Blackbelt if the person is under 15 or so). Within white, for very young children, they have belts that are striped with white and the color (like white with a yellow stripe, white with an orange stripe, etc.). Once they get to a certain age (usually 6) they can progress to the regular yellow belt and begin their progression towards black belt. Some schools, like mine, use additional belt stripe colors to designate the program the student is in. For instance, beginner students who are taking things fairly casually will have solid color yellow, orange, etc. belts. Students enrolled in the "Masters Training Program", where they can study additional subjects such as sparring or weapon forms or and jiujitsu, wear belts that are striped with black and the base color (yellow, orange, etc.). A school may add additional belt colors. They like to encourage a steady progression through the colors so that students remain motivated by regular rewards, but they do not want students to stall for too long in the last belt before black belt because they're actually not ready to progress. So they add in colors to slow down the progression to black, doing more to ensure that high red belt students are actually close to being ready for black belt. After black belt come "degrees", such as First-degree Black Belt, Second-degree Black Belt. A degree is also known as a "dan". In order to move up a dan one generally has to put in as much time and effort as it took to get to the basic Black Belt in the first place - they get stripes in each of the colors listed above until they get to black and if they pass additional tests they go up a degree. I believe that Masters are third degree or above. There are additional titles for higher degrees but I do not know what they are.
9. Lots of answers here that are way off, and a few that are close, but miss the mark. There is no set number or order to the color belts from one style or school to another. Each needs to be considered at the school where it is used. As for what is above Black belt that too is different from school to school and styles to style. Some arts only go to 5th degree black belt. Others go as high as 8th degree black belt. Then some have as many as ten degrees of black belt. The confusion comes in because many people wrongly believe that at certain ranks a person becomes a master. Ranks and titles are separate. It is possible to be a very high ranked black belt and yet not be a master. The organization decides who they give titles to. A master title is only given (in writing on the rank certificate or as a separate document) to those that not only hold high rank bet also have or do make great effort to teach the art they study. The minimum rank for master is usually 5th degree black belt. Some styles do not issue it below 6th degree black belt. In some styles it may be awarded at 4th degree. But it is never proper to issue a masters title below 4th degree black belt. Now some style also use special belts for high ranked black belts. There are many variations of them. Not all styles use them. The most common special belts are the Renshi belt (Half of belt is red and the other White running from one end of the belt to the other. The back side of the belt is solid black). In most styles that use this belt a fourth degree black belt would wear the red/white side out, with the white on top. At fifth degree black belt the belt is flipped over so that the red is on top. The other commonly seen belt is called a Hanshi belt. It is made of red and white panels sewn end to end. The hanshi belt is usually used from ranks of 6th degree black belt or higher. Then there is sometimes a solid red belt. Originally only the highest ranked person in a style would wear this belt. As with all belts all styles do not use this belt. The original red belt was actually slightly maroon in color. In the last few decades the use of the solid red belt has become confused because some styles use a red belt as a low rank (below black belt). There are several other special belts for high ranks, but these are the most commonly used.
10. depends on style of karate, and then organization. in the Sho-Rei-Shobu Kan organization of Goju it goes like this. white 1 2 3stripes green1 2 3stripes brown1 2 3stripes black 1st degree-10th degree
11. Hi Quakes, I trained in the Gojukai, Gojukan school. In this school the highest achievement after black belt was again a white belt and this was only ever achieved by the founder Gogen Yamaguchi (The Cat). The full wisdom of this was revealed by him on his death bed when he told his Students - 'Only now do I understand the punch' ( The first lesson and basis of all that followed). You can see him action in some old footage on youtube;- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qF5tAq-UGw Remember 'The more you put into something, the more you will get out of it' Best wishes