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Answer: 1st grade (belt color may vary, but is often either brown or red)
The Black Belt represents a "Dan" (pronounced "dahn") or degree level of expertise. Under the Black Belt rank are the grades ("geup" in Korean / "kyu" in Japanese). These grades are temporary levels of progress towards the Black Belt beginning with a higher number for the lowest grade, and graduating to the lowest number at the highest grade (IE: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Black Belt 1st Dan, 2nd Dan, 3rd Dan, etc.).
Which color belt that is used to represent each grade will vary in different organizations, systems, and from school to school. However, the general principle is to start the novice at white belt to represent innocence, purity, and a lack of knowledge of the Martial Art, and then the belts get gradually darker as the student is promoted in rank. The belt just before Black is often Brown, but sometimes red is used. If both brown and red are used as high grades, some schools will place the brown first, while others will put the red first and the brown at 1st grade. Some Japanese Martial will use a Red Belt, or a Red and White striped belt as a Grandmaster level above the Black Belt.
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What does kyu mean in Japanese?
Kyu mean below a black belt
What does kyu mean in judo?
Kyu is a student rank. Any rank below a black belt.
What Color is Santa's belt?
His belt is black with a gold buckle
What belt is before the black belt in karate at Canada?
the brown belt is before the black belt in allcountries.
How do you get a black belt with a cheat?
You can't cheat to get your black belt because a black belt is not something you wear. It's something you are.
Why is Santa so good at karate?
Santa is good at Karate because he has a "Black Belt". MERRY KICK-MAS!
What does 'kyu' stand for in karate belt levels?
'Kyu' are the ranks for color belts in karate. There are generally 10 kyu belts. White is the 10th kyu and brown belt the 1st kyu.
Red and white belt stands for what rank?
No, in taekwondo, the red belt is not the same rank as a black belt. Depending on your school, it is either one or two steps below the black belt. Some schools use a belt that is half red and half black to designate a black belt who is under age. This is called a poom.In taekwondo, the red belt is commonly associated with the 2nd grade, that is, the level just before black belt. All taekwondo schools have their own colored belt systems, so some schools might use a brown belt instead of a red belt. Some schools might use both a brown belt and a red belt.This differs from the use of the red belt in karate. In karate, the red belt represents the tenth degree black belt.
Do black shoes go with a brown belt?
No, you should always try to match your belt and shoes, i.e. black belt with black shoes.
If you kill a black belt do you become a black belt?
No, you become a convict.
What the last belt in karate?
Black belt is the highest. Though traditional Okinawa karate uses a red and white belt to indicate 7th and 8th degree black belt and solid red for 9th and 10th. Many American schools use the red belt as a kyu level below black belt.
You are a wrestler and defeated a black belt in Karate does this entitle you to a black belt?
No. You have to earn the belts over time, even if you defeat a black belt.
