Belt and Rank systems.

[Doctor_Strange]

From Style to Style most have a system of ranking the practioner. however i realize that the system varies from one style to the next. I just wanted to get a general idea of how advanced some people here actually are so please explain the ranking system of the Martial Art you take.

Heres mine (I am currently a Brown Belt):
Lv1: White
Lv1.5: White Yellow stripe (I say 1.5 because the stripe means you basically know about half of what you need to know to get to the next belt)
lv2:Yellow
Lv2.5:Yellow Blue stripe
Lv3: Blue
Lv3.5: Blue Red Stripe
Lv4: Red
Lv4.5: Red Brown Stripe
lv5: Brown
lv6: Brown Black
(after Brown Belt 10 black stripes are needed to reach black belt, after 3 black stripes it is a brown/black belt which IS in fact a different belt)
There are 10 degrees of Black belt and they are
0: Black belt holder
1: Instructor in training
2: Assistant instructor
3: Deputy Instructor
4: Instructor
5-8: Master
9:Chiefmaster
10:Grand Master (there is only 1)  

[nightwing773]

Hapkido-

10th kyu- white
9th kyu- yellow
8th kyu- orange
7th kyu- orange green tip
6th kyu- green
5th kyu- blue
4th kyu- blue brown tip
3rd kyu- brown
2nd kyu- brown red tip
1st kyu- red
0- black
1st dan- black w/ 1 white stripe
2nd dan- black with 2 white stripes
3rd dan- black with 3 yellow stripes assistant instructor
4th dan- black with 4 yellow stripes w/ embroidery instructor<((ME!!))
5th dan- black w/ 5 red stripes w/ embroidery master
6th dan- black w/ 6 red stripes w/ embroidery master
7th dan- black w/ 7 red striped and extra band to embroidery master
8th dan- black w/ 8 red strips and 2 bands to embroidery master
9th dan- black w/ 9 red stripes and 3 bands to embroidery master (honorary, no longer an attainable rank by testing.)

10th dan- black w/ 10 gold stripes and 4 bands to embroidery
grand master

sry guys, I've got to get off, so I don't have time to put up the rest of mine. I will later when I can get back on after work.  

[Shin2]

Choy Li Fut

Between every sash therre is a number of three stripes.

White
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Brown
Black
Red (Only for instructors)

It takes the ordinary practioner about six months to achieve the next sash.  

[Mangafairy]

Shin2

Choy Li Fut

Between every sash therre is a number of three stripes.

White
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Brown
Black
Red (Only for instructors)

It takes the ordinary practioner about six months to achieve the next sash.

That is quite a respectable time it would take to achieve black belt, you must have to work for it and earn it. I like that! biggrin  

[Shin2]

Mangafairy

Shin2

Choy Li Fut

Between every sash therre is a number of three stripes.

White
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Brown
Black
Red (Only for instructors)

It takes the ordinary practioner about six months to achieve the next sash.

That is quite a respectable time it would take to achieve black belt, you must have to work for it and earn it. I like that! biggrin

Well, I forgot that once you hit green sash, it increases to 8 months and a couple move as your around purple or brown.  

[Lee Retalis]

In my mixed martial arts dojo the belts are in the following order:

White
White-Yellow
Yellow
Yellow-Orange
Orange
Orange-Purple
Purple
Green
Blue-Green (Juniors Only)
Blue
Red
Brown
Brown with Black Stripe
Brown with Another Stripe (Sorry I forgot at the moment sweatdrop )
Brown with White Stripe
Black

And from there it keeps going, but I don't know any further then that.  

[Bruce Lee52]

Kenpo
1:white
2:yellow
3 surprised range
4:purple
5:blue
6:green (where I'm at.)
7:3rd kyu brown
8:2ndkyu brown
9:1rst kyu brown (also known as red belt in my style)
10:jr. black belt
11:1rst degree black belt
12:2nd degree black belt
13:3rd degree black belt
14:4th degree black belt
15:5th degree black belt
16:6th degree black belt
17:7th degree black belt
18:8th degree black belt
19:9th degree black belt
20:10th degree black belt(Grand Master)  

[Kitsune_Moon230]

[u]Korean Tae Kwon Do

~White
~Yellow
~Orange
~Green
~Light Blue
~Dark Blue
~Purple
~Brown
~Red
~Black

(Pretty sure)
*In order to get to each belt level, one must recieve a yellow, red, green, and black stripe.*  

[diseased robot]

im a green belt and the ranking system is that if you come to class for a day they fill out the days youve came to the class and you need to come to class 10 days to and if they think you progressed enough you get 1 strip and you need 4 strip to get the next belt level but you gotta wait till the graduation ceromony where they test you out on combos, moves, and how well you do it and how well you remember your forms and combos.  

[The Draken]

WTF TKD
White
Yellow
Orange
Green
Blue
Purple
Brown
Red*
Pre-black
Black

*3 stripes required to get pre-black.

 

[Mangafairy]

Shin2

Mangafairy

Shin2

Choy Li Fut

Between every sash therre is a number of three stripes.

White
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Brown
Black
Red (Only for instructors)

It takes the ordinary practioner about six months to achieve the next sash.

That is quite a respectable time it would take to achieve black belt, you must have to work for it and earn it. I like that! biggrin

Well, I forgot that once you hit green sash, it increases to 8 months and a couple move as your around purple or brown.

Same, it has taken me a year from ADV Brown to black, which i'm grading for in November *shivers* lol.  

[MysticalBlueRse]

World Federation TaeKwonDo (In My School)

White
White with yellow tip
Yellow
Yellow with a green tip
Green
Green with a blue tip
Blue
Blue with a red tip
Red
Red with a black tip
Black
And 10 dons of black belt.

I am a red tip at current  

[Wolf Nightshade]

My Wing Chun schools system.

White (Siu Lim Tao form)

Light Blue (In our school adults skip to Blue this just gives kids more time to train)

Blue

Brown (Begining Chum Kiu form)

2ed Brown

Black (Biu Jee form)

2ed Black (Where I am after about 5 close to 6 years)

Green

Gold

Red (Master Level)

It takes about 6 months as someone said above but it mostly depends on if the instructor feels you are ready to test. We have a test once a year unless we have a bunch of older students who are ready to grade. I skipped a few test I should have tested for Green Sash last time but I went to tech school. I am currently out of class still but I hope to get back into it once I have the time and money.