What are the expectations to become an orange belt from a white belt?

Question

at an ATA school what will I need to know and do to get an orange belt?

Answer 1

might wanna elaborate dude it depends on the school u go 2 sum peeps ranks in colors r different except for blk n wht of course but ya

Answer 2

It sorta depends on your school, because belt colors are different at different places (i.e. some schools dont have blue or orange belts, and some start with pink instead of white, which I always thought was lame).  My school is White>Yellow>Orange>Green>Brown>Red>Blue...  It really depends on your age (like juniors classes take longer just because it takes more time to undertsand and memorize stuff), also it depends on how often you go.  Plus it takes longer with each consecutive belt because you have to retain previous knowledge and incorperate new concepts.  Anyway, assuming you start on in January with a white belt, and need a yellow then an orange I would say you could get the orange in October if you dedicate yourself (do the math, thats 10 months).  Also note, some schools take july/august off.

Answer 3

I dont know about these days but 27yrs ago around 8 months at a average school :)***