What are the karate belt colors in order?

Question

Does each color mean something specific?

Answer 1

Look it up and you will find the answers rudeness.

They only mean that you've reached a skill level. That generally can get thrown out the window too as there are far too many McDojo out there that lack in any skill whatsoever.

Answer 2

Every martial art has its own system.  Sometimes even two schools in the same style have different belt orders.  

My current school's order is:

White, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Purple, Green, Red, Brown, Black

Answer 3

I am a student yellow belt so far in Karate of the Shaolin Kempo form, and our belt colors go from, white, yellow, orange, purple, blue, blue with green stripe, green, green with brown stripe, brown, red, black, then there are 10 degrees of black belt.

Weapon training begins at late yellow belt using the Nunchuks.

Answer 4

I have a black belt 1st degree in Tae Kwon Do (korean karate).

Colors vary by schools, but here's how they are in my school.

Belt colors and ranking in order:

White

Yellow (some schools use a White 1st degree instead)

Orange (some use a White 2nd degree)

Green

Blue

Purple (some schools use a blue and red mix instead)

Red

Brown

Brown 1st degree

Black 1st degree (1 yr before allowed to test for 2nd deg.)

Black 2nd degree (Can run a school recognized by ITF)

Black 3rd degree

Black 4th degree

Black 5th degree

Black 6th degree (minimum 20 yrs of training)

Black 7th degree

Black 8th degree (It took my instructor 37 yrs to earn this)

Black 9th degree

Black 10th degree, Grand Master (Chuck Norris is this rank. One must practice martial arts for more than 40 years to be awarded the title)

Starting with purple, students must accumulate at least 24 class hours in rank before they can promote again.

I had asked my instructor why some schools are different in the lower belt colors. My instructor said that he uses all available colors so he can tell what level students are from afar.

Karate suits= My school wears white suits in spring and summer, and black in fall and winter. Saturday classes and tournaments allow either suit or mixing, such as wearing the white top with the black pants, or vice versa.

"macdaddy", the word karate is a generic term. NOBODY"S black belt is really in karate. It is usually in Kenpo, Tang Soo Do, or various other styles.

My instructor's master was the guy who brought TKD to Vietnam after WWII. TKD by itself is not good for up close. 5 akido moves are incorporated with each belt level at my school.

Answer 5

Mr. Nice gave you the American Blackbelt Karate Association's most recognized belt order that is used in the southern US.

The white belt means novice.  The blackbelt means instructor level.  The other colored belts signify how much you've spent at your dojo and sometimes how many katas you know.

Answer 6

Uh, Karate is NOT a generic term. Karate-Do is a real style.

Answer 7

In shukokai and shotokan it's

white

yellow

orange

green

blue

purple

Brown 1.2.3 tags

Black ( shodan )

Best wishes :)***

Answer 8

How many belts you receive and the significance behind the color of the belt vary from style to style.

here is the belt order and color significance of the belts for Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan karate.

White (winter) - emptiness, innocence, hidden potential, purity

orange - no color significance

green (spring) - growth, spreading, advancement

red (summer) - ripening, "yang", active

Blue (autumn) - maturity, 'Um', passive, harvest

Oh and Mr. Nice guy you need to study up on your korean martial art. TWD was created in korea to combat the usage of karate in japan, and to bring the country together through competition.  

Answer 9

"P.S. I don't care how many times this question was asked."

Well, we do...

Why should we waste our time answering the same questions over and over and over and over and over and over again?

Sorry, but your attitude in that PS sucked.

Look it up.  

Answer 10

It often depends on the style you learn.

My style the progession is :

White, Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Brown, Black.  This involves mid stages ie, Red Belt-Blue Stripes.  The different colours represent your level of learning and understanding.

Answer 11

white, yellow, orange, purple, blue, green, brown, black and there are 10 degrees of black belt.

each is representative of a certain level of skill.  There are actually a few theories behind the colors one being that they symbolize the original white belt getting dirtier as it is used and the dirt equating to use and experience.