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Question about karate belts?

I'm in kickboxing and I go 10 minutes before class to watch karate. I'm wondering about the belts.. I see kids having little colour sticker things on the end. What is that? thank you!!

Public Comments

1. They usually indicate 'in between' ranks. While little kids don't have a lot of patience and it can take quite a long time to get promoted to the next rank a lot of teachers opt to give the little ones in between ranks. So instead of going from yellow to green for example they get a yellow with one sticker or stripe then maybe two stripes and so on until they reach their green belt. It breaks it down a bit for them and makes them feel like they are moving up.
2. That depends on the style and school. It could be a rank, for instance a white belt with a yellow stripe is 1 rank above a white belt. It could be a school thing where it signifies they did something as well.
3. they mean the rank so if you are in yellow belt it cloud be strip one two or three
4. well i have those and its to indicate how many classes youv had since you got your belt once you get three you are eligble to begin your testing period
5. Because it is a mcdojo and focused on making kids happy and not just teaching real martial arts.
6. tags, tips, stripes represent half ranks, eg. yellow tip or stripe is in-between white and yellow