What does one have to accomplish to achieve a yellow belt in karate?

Question

What does one have to accomplish to achieve a yellow belt in karate?

Answer 1

I needed to know the basic stances, blocks, punches, kicks, to demonstarte all the kata I'd learned, I also had to have a strength test and I had to do 50 push ups, 50 sit ups and 75 squats. And I'm a girl.

Answer 2

Well for my yellow belt testing I had to know...

All of the punches & blocks, Kicks, Stances, 9 different one steps to any attack at random, 2 Kata, an interpretation of both, and Bunkai of one, all the hand forms, and the terminology for everything. I had to be able to implement the techniques (accurately) while sparring, and had to spar everybody for the testing. I also had to know a Bo form. It was also asked of me (but not required) to understand the basics of a few concepts. All in all not too difficult, but difficult enough to weed out some personality types. The reason I say not too difficult was because I had a really long time to learn these by heart, not the ole' three months deal.

Answer 3

In most places... just show up for a few months. Yellow belt is usually the first belt and means very little in most schools.

Answer 4

It depends on your style and your instructor.  I've had two yellow belts.

For my first one I needed to know 10 "one-point" sparring techniques and demonstrate a few kicks, punches, blocks, and stances.  Plus, we had to do 200 pushups.

For my second one, I needed to know four kicks, two stances, five blocks, straight punches, one simple kata, and two self-defense techniques.  However, my sensei in that style individualizes the belt requirements so some people need to know more or less.