2006-09-02 04:22:10 · 28 answers · asked by Dundee F 1 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
A green belt is an intermediate belt in martial arts. It signifies that the practicioner has studied for a fair amount of time, and knows a lot of technique, but still lacks the control of an advanced student. But, a green belt is sometimes far more dangerous than a black belt, in that a black belt who truly respects the arts will not fight a person when they know they will win before the fight starts. That is considered bullying to a purist. A green belt may or may not have developed the discipline to "hold back" against weaker opponents, and thus will not stop when the opponent is beaten. It is said that the difference between a yellow belt and a black belt is about 3 inches.
2006-09-02 04:27:56 · answer #1 · answered by Jamie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Green Belt comes after a Blue Belt but before a Brown Belt.
2006-09-02 04:42:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my organization a green belt is a beginner belt.
white
yellow beginner
green
blue
purple
purple intermediate
purple
brown 3rd class
brown 2nd class advanced
brown 1st class
black 10 levels
red only masters 6th dan or over
2006-09-02 15:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by mightymite1957 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It greatly depends on many factors.
Rank changes from style to style and from school to school.
It is all relevant.
We follow a hierarchy as follows:
White
Green
Brown
Black
I really want to say a green belt is a green strip of heavy fabric that holds your gi shut and signifies where you are at within the relative rank of your school and system.This is all a green belt really is and I mean no disrespect.
On a side-note we are instructed to not discuss rank outside of our school.
PS. karate is an Okinawan/Japanese style, not a Korean style should there be any confusion.
2006-09-02 07:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by spidertiger440 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
several people have answered fairly correctly, it is about midway through the belt system, but it's the student's beginning into the senior ranks or Sun Beh Nims (verbalized in korean as: soon bay nim) as they were junior belts or Hu Beh Nim (hoo bay nim), the belt system is only an incentive to progress as the belts have no specific meaning other than classifying the student's progression throughout the art. in the Korean arts the lower ranks are often classified as Gups and as several disciplines also have the black belt or Dans (Ko Dan Ja for the junior black belt first and second degree black belt, or also called You Dan Ja or Dan holder (black belt holder)
as it was also said, depending on the Martial Arts discipline, the senior student will begin learning more of the teaching aspect of the class: basic movements, onestep sparring, forms or kata as he or she will be given more responsibility to teach the junior ranks.
The belt system has been compared to the way a seed grows into a plant or how it matures, so too does the student "mature" in his or her rank, so the green represents the student's growth; the student has progressed beyond beginner, but still has more maturing and learning to do.
Even if the student recieves a black belt, there's still more to learn as you will never learn it all, and it's better to progress into another art to broaden the knowledge.
2006-09-02 05:44:00 · answer #5 · answered by quiksilver8676 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. It a belt that goes round your waste that's also green in colour.
2. It's an award given to someone who plays Karate.
2006-09-02 04:25:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A green belt.
2006-09-02 04:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by michael k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A green belt like anywhere else
2006-09-02 04:28:03 · answer #8 · answered by Ibredd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In shotokan karate it took about a year to get to green belt.
Its about half way to the first dan black belt.
2006-09-02 04:26:59 · answer #9 · answered by Mr Cheese 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a belt, couloured Green, that you earn for achieving a certain level of skill.
I have a black belt in sarcasm, by the way.
2006-09-02 04:24:48 · answer #10 · answered by Trevor h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋