Achievement in Karate is recognized by a series of ranks.
The student tanks are called kyu and are usually differentiated by coloured belts, although different colours may be used in different schools of karate around the world.
The ten black belt ranks are called dan.
Karate and other modern martial arts adopted the rank belt system from Judo. The traditional Judo ranks are:
English - Japanese - Belt Colour :
7th grade - nanakyu - white
6th grade - rokyu - yellow
5th grade - gokyu - orange
4th grade - yonkyu - green
3rd grade - sankyu - green
2nd grade - nikyu - brown
1st grade - ikkyu - brown
1st degree - shodan - black
2nd degree - nidan - black
3rd degree - sandan - black
4th degree - yondan - black
5th degree - godan - black
6th degree - rokudan - red and white sectioned belt
7th degree - shichidan - red and white sectioned belt
8th degree - hachidan - red and white sectioned belt
9th degree - kudan - red
10th degree - judan - red
KATA:
Naihanchin
Nijushiho
Sankakutobi
Sanchin
Happiken
KUMITE:
Renchu Ichi
Renchu Ni
Nijushiho Waza
Sankakutobi Shodan Ichi
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