to pair up, the lower belts should approach the higher belts.When in any Dojo you are to remain seated in the correct Seiza (kneeling seated) unless the Sensei tells you to sit some other way. The proper way to sit is either the Seiza, or

precautions must be taken in order to prevent injury. Hand and wrist wraps and boxing gloves are worn in order to protect the bones in the hands. During practice or sparring sessions, a headgear is also worn to protect the head and face. A

explanation for the colored belts, that appears more like a Karate myth than reality, 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

various colors. The color order for karate belts is white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown black. This color order is speculated by some to be the color order a karateka's belt would go through as it was dyed from level to level going from

well as bow to other Black Belts that enter or leave the dojo floor because this shows respect. More than likely you will be in a class that includes other beginners of the same age. In these classes they will teach you how to punch, kick, and

has awarded only three red belts. The two other recipients were men, who have since died. The belt indicates Fukuda has reached the ninth level in judo. In the history of the 120-year-old martial art, only about a dozen people in the world have