2006-09-27 06:46:44 · 9 answers · asked by movu101779 3 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Taekwondo - (America Taekwondo Association)
It's Songahm Taekwondo what they called.
The ranks and belts are:
Color Belts
9th grade - White Belt
8th grade - Orange Belt, OR/OD
7th grade - Yellow Belt, YR/YD
6th grade - Camoflauge Belt, CR/CD
5th grade - Green Belt, GR/GD
4th grade - Purple Belt, PR/PR
3rd grade - Blue Belt, BR/BD
2nd grade - Brown Belt, BrR/BrD
1st grade - Red Belt, RdR/RdD
(R means Recommend and D means Decided)
Black Belts
1st degree Recommend Red/Black Belt
(One year)1st degree Decided - Black Belt
(Two years)2nd degree Recommend - Black Belt
(same as 2nd Rec.)2nd degree Decided - Black Belt
(Three years)3rd degree Black Belt
(Four years)4th degree Black Belt
(Five years)5th degree Black Belt
(Six years)6th degree Black Belt (other year your become a Master.)
(Seven years)7th degree Black Belt (other year your become a Senior Master.)
(Eight years)8th degree Black Belt (other year your become a Chief Master.)
9th degree Black Belt (your became a Grand Master.)
In some schools have their own state or world champion black belt (Red writting it's for State) (Blue writting it's for World).
In some cases, school owners have their own school name on their Black Belts.
Aikido - Most of schools have the same rank and belts.
They are white, yellow, green, 1st brown, 2nd brown, 3rd brown, 1st degree black, 2nd degree black, 3rd degree black, 4th degree black, 5th degree black, 6th degree black, 7th degree red/white, 8th degree red/white, 9th degree red/white.
2006-09-27 10:52:02 · answer #1 · answered by fe_fe3000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can not stand a thief, and that is all ATA is, a group of thieves. I have never understood how someone can fall for that. It should be obvious to anyone that has even seen a Martial Arts movie that is NOT Martial Arts. The Power Rangers have more in common with true Martial Arts than that crap. I would not have passed any of those so called black belts for a white belt, and we don't test for those. LOL ATA is in the YMCA's around here, I was thinking about joining the Y a few months ago. There was an ATA class just ending. The instructor (and I use that term VERY loosely), saw me watching and tried to recruit me. He stopped talking and walked away as soon as I said that I was a real Black Belt in real Tae Kwon Do along with 2 other styles and not one of his pretend ones. He didn't even give me the chance to explain the difference. So I know some of them know that what they are spreading isn't the real deal. I have thought about showing up to a class and trying there free trial just to get in the door and show the students what techniques with correct form and application look like. Now to answer your question, the world is full of stupid people, that are willing to believe anything that sounds good and is easy. Also people equate quality with price. A high price means it is the best to some people, it must be or they wouldn't charge so much. PATHETIC!
2016-03-18 01:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rank should not be a concern outside of one's own training environment. All rank does is add organization to a school. It should not be the end all/ be all of martial arts. Rank is so different from style to style and school to school that it really lacks universal meaning. It is all relative. One school may average three years to black belt while another takes decades. Still others have elder councils that require an opening (death) before another can join their ranks, I can't imagine many Americans staying in this system. Our school makes us vow to not disclose our rank outside of the training environment.
Every system has a different ranking system. As an example, there is a kung-fu where you start with a black sash and move towards a red sash. There is also a kung fu system that has a white sash as the highest rank.
Do not put emphasis on rank, I have found that those people who are quickest to disclose there black belt rank are usually the one's that did the least amount of work for it. There are also a great many "belt factories" out there.
If the first thing a person tells you about martial arts is there rank, sit back with your legs in an upright fashion because they are about to blow a lot of smoke up your rear-end.
One rumor I hear was that belts started in Judo. Everyone got a white belt. They worked out they cleaned there uniforms but not the belts. Over time your belts took on different shades.
Green belt= fungus from sweat
Brown belt= years of dirt from getting tossed
Black belt= totally dirty from sweat, dirt and blood
An American saw this and expounded on it greatly. I am not sure if it is true but it certainly makes a point.
2006-09-28 06:22:51 · answer #3 · answered by spidertiger440 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the system.
Ranking based on belts is actually an American invention. In the old days, there were just three ranks: student, master, and grand master (a master of masters.) Some systems would make subtle distinctions between ranks among students, but mostly it was "You're above him now," rather than a formal ranking.
Different systems have different ranking systems now, though. Most use the colored belt system because it's popular, but the meaning of the colored belts is not standardized at all. As an example, in my system, First Degree Black Belt means you are qualified to teach, and there are ten theoretical degrees of Black Belt, and "tenth degree" would mean you were perfect, so even Grand Master is Nineth Degree. In the system my brother studies, there are fifteen degrees of Black Belt that are all achievable and you need to have at least a fifth degree to be qualified to teach.
The colors going up to Black Belt are also not standardized. My system goes: Yellow, Orange, Blue, Green, Brown, Red, Black, then ten theoretical degrees of Black. My brother's is different, but I don't remember the order. Some systems start you out as a white belt, but in mine you start out as an un-ranked student and there is no white belt.
In some systems, the belt serves a purpose in addition to showing rank. For example, if you wear a karate gi, you MUST wear a belt or it will fall open. In Shaolin Kung Fu, which I study, the belt is positioned and tied so that as you twist your waist, your abdomen and intestines won't get bound up.
I've heard that in some systems, you can go from being a Black Belt to being a special class, in one system that I heard about the white belt was after Black Belt instead of being before the others, but these are very rare.
2006-09-27 10:57:02 · answer #4 · answered by Sifu Shaun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
while the belt systems sometimes varies and others have different meanings for the different ranks and levels.
it sometimes goes by this order:
white, yellow, orange, blue, purple, green, brown, red, and then Blackbelt which is usually a first degree or first dan, then you have second Dan wich are also certified instructors of the class, (some schools even incorporate a "camoflage" belt, although I don't know what purpose this serves).
3rd or 4th degree black belts are considered master ranks depending on the Martial Arts Discipline.
several disciplines have up to 8 and sometimes 10 degrees in rank which once attaining that level is considered a Grand Master.
there is also a Poom Belt which is often a black and red belt together in some disciplines.
Several Kung Fu disciplines often go by a colored sash, or a belt.
jiujitsu practitioners usually have a Red belt as their highest rank, an example would be the Gracie jiujitsu has Helios Gracie who is the Grandmaster, he holds a Red belt.
it depends on the school's association and the discipline on their rank's order . but that's just a general rule of thumb.
there is'nt really any "belt" that I know of that is any rank.
the belt rank system was only introduced by the western society at the turn of the century as a means of incentive to progress as there're many older teachers who don't believe in belts
2006-09-27 07:40:07 · answer #5 · answered by quiksilver8676 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends.Ranking based on belts is actually an American invention. In the old days, there were just three ranks: student, master, and grand master (a master of masters.) Usually, there are different levels and or degrees of black belt. For example, in tae kwon do there's 1st degree, 2nd degree, 3rd degree...........all the way to nine degrees. Then the 10th is perfect.
So balck belt is technically the highest, but divided itself into ranks.
If you are even in the 1st black rank, that's really good!!!
2006-09-27 13:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many different levels of black belts (10)
Receiving your black belt is just the begining of learning and not the end result
There are also other speciality belts given to show respect
You can receive the title of doctor or professor
2006-09-27 06:57:50 · answer #7 · answered by an_inflection 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on each martial art. In karate for example, you can get a "dan" after your black belt.
2006-09-27 07:25:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After black belt, you can have the first dam, second and then third.... This you obtain by going to cpmpetitions and non stop pratice....
2006-09-27 06:55:51 · answer #9 · answered by Jojo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A champion belt. There has been many many thousands case where someone without black belt manage to win champion belt.
2006-09-27 07:28:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋