10th dan in karate black belt is the highest rank anyone could achieve? is there any higher rank than that?

Question

Who are those eminent personalities who mastered in this skill,

& Whats the rank of Bruce lee and jakie chan?

Answer 1

There are only 10 degrees of karate black belts, the only thing higher would be grandmaster- meaning if you invent/branch out a martial art.

Bruce Lee is a Grandmaster, because he invented his own martial art: Jeet Kune Do (a mixture of various martial arts he learned)

Jackie Chan is a stuntman/actor (and a very good one), he holds no rank in martial arts.

Answer 2

grand master status is one of them i couldnt tell you bruce lee's or jackie chan's though

Answer 3

To add to Frank's answer:

Depending on the style, 9th or 10th Dan is the highest rank attainable. These ranks are, in many disciplines, considered to be Grand Master ranks, although there do exist suspect Grand Masters who have "branched out" and established their own "style" without ever having reached 9th or 10th Dan in their original discipline. You will also hear the term "Supreme Grand Master" thrown about, with varied legitimacy. Research I have done on my own shows that there have been precious few Grand Masters of any signifigance (relative to the number of practicing martial artists), and considering that it takes DECADES of serious study to reach the ranks of 9th or 10th Dan, even fewer legitimate SUPREME Grand Masters exist.

Answer 4

What Frank The Tank said.

Answer 5

there is only one person at a time who can be a 10th dan... grand master is the person who invented a martial art.

Bruce lee is a grand master who invented the Jeet Kun Do and Jakie Chan(both studied Kung Fu) is a stunt man and actor.

Answer 6

There are lots of people who claim to have these ranks but very few who actually deserve them...

Bruce Lee didn't have any rank as far as I have heard...

Jackie Chan is not from any specific style - he is basically only a stuntman (but a darned good one..haha).

The "dan" ranking is a more modern adaptation so there won't be a lot of real top dogs in any of the groups. Good luck with your seacrh.