Tae Kwon-Do rankings???

Question

I'm a black belt in Tae Kwon-Do and our grade rankings are white belt, yellow tip, yellow belt, green tip, green belt, blue tip, blue belt, red tip, red belt, black tip and then the 9 Dans...do different branches use different ranking schemes?? This sounds so ignorant 4m a black belt....thanx x*x.

Answer 1

white

yellow

yellow/white stripe

orange

orange/white stripe

purple

purple/white stripe

green

green/white stripe

blue

blue/white stripe

brown

brown/white stripe

red

red/black stripe

red/2 black stripes

black

Even if you flew through the belts, in our system the fastest you could achieve black would be a little over 3-3.5 years.

Answer 2

I used to do TKD in Australia are belts were:

(I think this is correct)

white

yellow 1

yellow 2

yellow 3

blue 1

blue 2

blue 3

red 1

red 2

red 3

black belt 1

black belt 2 ....

Answer 3

Hi girl

im also in tae kwon do

and i dont think that in different branches use different rankings

although in some tournaments i had seen that r people with purple, orange and even with pink belts

haha

but i think that orange is yellow, purple is brown and pink is,,,,,,,,,,eh...............i dont know

my rankings r white belt, yellow tip, yellow belt, green tip, green belt, blue tip, blue belt, broen tip, brown belt ,red tip, red belt, black tip and then the 9 Dans

i have 1 more color than u

^_^

take care

bye

Answer 4

As someone said the rank system varies from dojang to dojang and organization to organization. I've watched the martial arts rank systems change drastically since I began training in 1967. Many styles of Tae-Kwon-Do as well as other martial arts have added more ranks to their style. This is mainly due to commercialism. To have many belts in a style allows the instructor to promote more often which means that students are less likely to drop out.

NOTE: you mentioned that your TKD system goes as high as 9th degree black belt.   In the 1960's it was unheard of to hear for any TKD ranks above 7th or 8th degree. Most TKD systems did not go any higher.   In the last few decades many of the TKD systems now go to 9th degree.  I think that it was done because the Japanese and Okinawan styles used rank systems that went higher than 8th degree.

Answer 5

I'm a 3rd Degree in Taekwondo in the ATA (American Taekwondo Association), and we have 11 belts.

white, orange, yellow, camo, green. purple, blue, brown, red, red & black and black.

In Songahm Taekwondo (the ATA style of TKD), our belts reflect a member's proven level of competence and (just as importantly) the progression of colors reflects an inner journey that never truly ends. Each belt achieved is truly an accomplishment worthy of respect.

Each belt had it's own meaning for instance White Belt means:  "Pure and without the knowledge of Songahm Taekwondo. As with the Pine Tree, the seed must now be planted and nourished to develop strong roots."

The student has no knowledge of Songahm Taekwondo and begins with a clean (pure) slate.

Purity is often signified by the color white.

It is also worth noting that achieving a belt isn't just a matter of "spending enough time" in a previous belt. In order to achieve their next rank, a student must demonstrate their proficiency in their current belt's techniques, to include Basic Moves, Sparring, and Forms.

Years ago, we only had about 5 different belts.

Answer 6

The belts system is to organize the students within the dojo/dojang. It varies from school to school. However it is usually with 10 gup/kyu ranks and then the Dan ranks.

However using the white, yellow, green, blue, red, then black is most common among Tae Kwon Do schools. However there are many places that also use orange, purple, and brown belts.

Outside of Tae Kwon Do, the order for the colors could be completely different. In Judo/JiuJitsu a red belt is a high Dan rank (higher than black). In some places blue is after white. In fact there are many martial art schools that do not use belts or ranks at all (only teacher and student).

Remember when training don't worry too much about belts or ranks. Focus on learning and improving regardless of rank.