TALI PINGGANG KARATE

 

Karate Belts (kyu level)

Kyū-level practitioners are often called mudansha (無段者) which means literally "ones without dan". People of such ranks are considered as initiates, not students. Remember, although this is the official shotokan karate belt ranking system, many clubs will choose to follow their own system based on this.
10th Kyu Karate White belt Jūkyū (十級:じゅうきゅう)
9th Kyu Karate Orange belt Kukyū (九級:くきゅう)
8th Kyu Karate Red belt Hachikyū (八級:はちきゅう)
7th Kyu Karate Yellow belt Nanakyū, Shichikyū (七級:ななきゅう, しちきゅう)
6th Kyu Karate Green belt  Rokkyū (六級:ろっきゅう)
5th Kyu Karate Purple belt Gokyū< (五級:ごきゅう)
4th Kyu Karate Purple and white belt Yonkyū (四級:よんきゅう)
3rd Kyu Karate Brown belt Sankyū (三級:さんきゅう)
2nd Kyu Karate Brown and white belt Nikyū (二級:にきゅう)
1st Kyu Karate Brown and white belt Ikkyū (一級:いっきゅう)
The original belt system, still used by Shotokan Karate of America is:
8th–4th kyū: white
3rd–1st kyū: brown
1st-5th dan: black

Karate Belts (Dan level)

1st Dan Karate Black belt  shodan (初段:しょだん): first degree black belt
2nd Dan nidan (二段:にだん): second degree black belt
3rd Dan sandan (三段:さんだん): third degree black belt
4th Dan yondan (四段:よだん): fourth degree black belt
5th Dan godan (五段:ごだん): fifth degree black belt
6th Dan rokudan (六段:ろくだん): sixth degree black belt
7th Dan nanadan (七段:ななだん): seventh degree black belt (also, shichidan)
8th Dan hachidan (八段:はちだん): eighth degree black belt
9th Dan kyuudan (九段:くゅだん): ninth degree black belt
10th Dan jūdan (十段:じゅうだん): tenth degree black belt