bar) 5th Kyu -- Green Belt 4th Kyu -- Green Belt (+1 black bar) 3rd Kyu -- Brown Belt 2nd Kyu -- Brown Belt (+1 black bar) 1st Kyu -- Brown Belt (+2 black bars) 1st Dan -- Black Belt 2nd Dan -- Black Belt 3rd Dan -- Black Belt

is the notion that the belts simply went from white to black because the original Karate founders never washed their belts. They started off with white belts and after years of training ended up with black belts. The proponents of this theory

the colour system. The first belt or grade was 6th Kyu = white belt  -  5th Kyu = yellow belt  -  4th Kyu = orange belt  -  3rd Kyu = green belt  -  2nd Kyu = blue belt  -  1st Kyu = brown belt  -  1st dan = black belt. Junior

promoting students to Black Belt every month then you were not a Black Belt school. To me this was demeaning and encouraged comprising the standards I have set for my students. It took away from how hard others before me had worked to achieve

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is in Karate he is a white belt right now. I was wondering what karate steps are used for that belt. QUOTE 10th February 2010, 01:10pm #2 by thunderfoot Jackson, mi United States

is in Karate he is a white belt right now. I was wondering what karate steps are used for that belt. QUOTE 10th February 2010, 01:10pm #2 by thunderfoot Jackson, mi United States

is in Karate he is a white belt right now. I was wondering what karate steps are used for that belt. QUOTE 10th February 2010, 01:10pm #2 by thunderfoot Jackson, mi United States

is in Karate he is a white belt right now. I was wondering what karate steps are used for that belt. QUOTE 10th February 2010, 01:10pm #2 by thunderfoot Jackson, mi United States