The Ranking Structure

GRADE BELT MINIMUM TRAINING REQUIRED
9 KYU White Less than 3 Months
8KYU Yellow 3 Months
7 KYU Orange 6 Months
6 KYU Green 9 Months
5 KYU 1st Purple 12 Months
4 KYU 2nd Purple 15 Months
3 KYU 1st Brown 18 Months
2 KYU 2nd Brown 21 Months
1 KYU 3rd Brown 24 Months
     
SHODAN 1st Degree Black Belt 3 Years
NIDAN 2nd Degree Black Belt 4 Years
SANDAN 3rd Degree Black Belt 6 Years
YONDAN 4th Degree Black Belt 9 Years
GODAN 5th Degree Black Belt 13 Years - must be 35 years or older
ROKUDAN 6th Degree Black Belt 18 Years - Minimum age 40
SHICHIDAN 7th Degree Black Belt Minimum age 45
HACHIDAN 8th Degree Black Belt Minimum age 50
KUDAN 9th Degree Black Belt Minimum age 60
JUDAN 10th Degree Black Belt Minimum age 70

Everyone begins wearing a white belt. From white they progress through the respective levels of yellow, orange, green, purple, brown and black. The Japanese term "KYU" to refer to the coloured belts and "DAN" to refer to black belts.

Karate-ka shall wear a clean, white, unmarked karate gi, and the belt representing his/her present rank at the time of grading.

Children & Junior Karate-ka

The grading requirement and waiting period between each grading is the same as for adults & with the expressed approval of his or her instructor.

 

 

 


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