Black Belt??

Question

our gradings are every 4 months, i entered my TKD classes a little late and had 2 months to learn my stuff in time for the grading, i managed to get my yellow tag with a credit and i only had 2 months practise, now i would like to know how long it would take to get a black belt???

Answer 1

It depends on how many gup levels there are where you are training.The coloured belt system is an artifact of Japanese influence on Korea during the occupation, and thus ultimately from Jigaro Kano, the founder of judo. Some organizations' leaders, like General Choi Hong Hi, assigned meanings to the various colours of the ranks,representing the progression of a student from the snows of winter (white belt), through a cycle of the seasons representing the student's growth (yellow, green, blue, red), into the maturity of the black belt. The interpretation of the colors of the belt vary from school to school, and are sometimes omitted from instruction, as they did not have meaning when they were originally chosen.
So if your school has 8 gup,with hard training you will get your black belt about two and half years now that you've already got your yellow tag.

Answer 2

Now this question is as broad as how long is a piece of string.

Karate can give a 8 year old a black HOW !!!! I realy don't know

Korean Karate is the same with the same answer HOW !!!!!

Now Judo of which I am a teacher and have been for the past 15 years is a bit harder. As this is a physical sport and means that there is no set moves and punching any air but physically throwing, chocking and arm locking an opponent to ensure a win. Without a win you lose and don't get the higher grade, its as simple as that.

With regards to a Judo Black Belt If you are under 16 it is unlikely that you will ever get a Black Belt. Over 16 then you may be able to get a black belt. As the gradings for Judo are done by either the British Judo Association then its a National Grading Syllabus and therefore a National Grading or as I origianally learned before I joined the BJA the Kyu Shin Do Organisation which is the Japanese old school of Judo set up by the late Kenshiro Abbe Sensei. Therefore within Judo under the BJA if you aint good enough at fighting then you aint gonna get a higher grade. We do get some students who turn up at a grading and do not get anything higher at all and they have to accept that. The problem is that people expect to go up every time they spend their money on a grading an some organisations will be happy to allways take their money. We believe that it is better to miss a few gradings and save the money and then when you are ready attend and be given a higher grade because you have earned it.

For a rule of thumb I would say 5 to 6 years from scratch is standard to go from novice to black. As I say if you ain't a good fighter then it is unlikely that you will get the Black or perhaps a very long time. A black belt does not make you a great fighter all it does is show that you have learned the basics. It takes more skill to avoid trouble than to look for it or use the skills that you have learnt.

I took four years of training hard to gain mine.

Now I think that everyone who wants to wear a black belt and feel that they deserve it should not rush through the system as all martial arts are a learning curve. Even when we actually get any good we are allways learning and being beaten on a regular basis. To be beaten is have the ability to learn from a mistake.
If we get one step

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I have studied three styles of martial arts TKD being the first then KUNG FU and the third being SHOTOKAN KARATE. I took my blue belt in TKD and didnt like Kung Fu so I never graded but I am now a Brown Belt in Karate. The point I am making is that the belt system is a western thing and has nothing to do with the art itself because they never had grading system then. You got the beginners belt and that was it for life and it turned black as time went on and thats how the BLACK belt was introduced. Dont worry about how long it takes to get this belt as it will come in time and thats what the arts were all about learning to defend yourself by a process in time and classes and not how quick you can get to the other end. It is better to be a good sempi than a poor Black belt. Sempi is senior grade. I have been abrown belt now for 10 years but I would take on any other garde you like and win not because I am big headed but due to time training, I dont need a Black Belt to show I have good skills and fast moves, I let my style do it for me and thats more important to me.

Answer 4

Why does it matter? Shouldn't you be humbled that they would offer a black belt to you? It's not the goal that matters, it's the journey of the knowledge. Make the gaining of knowledge of martial arts what is important, don't believe the hype about 'black belt'. Once you think obtaining the knowledge is vastly more important than obtaining a black belt, then you will be traveling the right path. Then you are a martial artist.

Answer 5

1st Dan in Karate usually takes 5 years if the grading is correct. The status of black belt that takes less than this reduces the credibility of the award.

I would add some grappling martial art if you want to be able to defend yourself - fights WILL end up in grappling range and so you'd better be good close up.

Answer 6

Taekwondo usally takes, about 1 to 2 years to get to black belt

Answer 7

it can take up to 5 years to recieve a first Dan Black Belt, and that's depending on how well your instructor believes you are progressing (which is the way it should go, and not just because you're paying the monthly fees, it's better to really EARN the next rank rather than "buy" it)

But if at any time that you feel that you're not ready for your next rank, let your instructor know, because it's better to wait and get more experience and polish up your current skills before moving on to the next rank, and you have to be adamant about in your decision, and not let your instructor sway your decision if you feel that you personally are not ready.

Answer 8

WHO EVER IS GIVING YOU RANK IS GIVING IT TOO SOON.
I'M A GUNG-FU MARTIAL ATRS INSTRUCTOR AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT RANKING IN THE OLD DAYS OF ANY MARTIAL ARTS SYSTEM WAS'NT DONE OR GIVEN QUICKLY.
IN THE SYSTEM THAT I STUDIED, ONE WOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED TO BECOME AN INSTRUCTOR OR LEAST
GIVEN AN INSTRUCTORS RANK UNTIL AT LEAST 5 YEARS
OF INTENSE TRAINING AND QUALIFYING FOR IT. DON'T BE
TO QUICK IN RECEIVING RANK BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE RANK THAT WILL SHOW HOW WELL YOU ARE AS AN ARTIST, AS THERE ARE MANY BLACK BELTS THAT LOOK
LIKE THEY ARE GREEN BELTS!!! I'D RATHER BE A SOLID
AND STRONG PROVEN GREEN BELT, THEN TO BE A HALF
*** LOOKING BLACK BELT OF WHICH I'VE SEEN MANY!!!
DON'T FALL INTO THAT CATAGORY.. WORK OUT HARD AND
PROVE TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR THAT YOU REALLY DESERVE YOUR RANK FOR THE RANKS SAKE AND NOT
FOR SHOW... IN OUR SYSTEM RANK IS GIVEN ONCE A YEAR
PROVIDING THAT THE STUDENT EARNED IT!!!
A HALF A** IS JUST THAT, A HALF A**!!!

Answer 9

It took me almost five years to reach brown belt & that was training twice a week & then four month's black belt training

Answer 10

As long as you shelf out money for your TKD belt factory, you'll get your black belt in less than two years.

My recommendation?

Go take another art that actually teaches you to fight effectively.