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2. Gracie jiu-jitsu ranking system - Wikipedia

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   A jiu-jitsu blue belt with three stripes. Having its roots in the Japanese martial art and sport of judo, Gracie/Brazilian jiu-jitsu adopted a similar colored belt system to signify a practitioner's progression within the art. However, to differentiate Brazilian jiu-jitsu from the other disciplines, a solid bar was included on the belt near one ...

3. GongKwon Yusul - Wikipedia

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   In a sense, Gongkwon Yusul is an attempt to combine the practical, free-flowing techniques often seen in mixed martial arts, whilst still retaining many traditional martial art attributes, such as uniforms, terminology, and ranking structure. Since its foundation, the art has grown rapidly in its home country of Korea with many dojangs around ...

4. Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system - Wikipedia

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   A white belt is the beginning rank for all Brazilian jiu-jitsu students. The rank is held by any practitioner new to the art and has no prerequisite. [1] Some instructors and other high-level practitioners think that a white belt's training should emphasize escapes and defensive positioning since a white belt will often fight from inferior positions, especially when training with more ...

5. Black belt (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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   Rank and belts are not equivalent between arts, styles, or even within some organisations. [4] In some arts, a black belt may be awarded in three years or even less, while in others it takes dedicated training of ten years or more. Testing for black belt is commonly more rigorous and more centralised than for lower grades.

6. Shōrinjiryū Kenkōkan Karate - Wikipedia

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   Like many styles of karate to date, the grading structure runs on a belt system, with 10 coloured belt levels for non-black holders (mudansha) and 10 levels for black belt holders (yudansha). The following describes the grading structure utilised by the Shorinjiryu Kenkokan organisation [5] and many of the descendant schools. Other descendant ...

7. Kyū - Wikipedia

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   In some arts, all the kyū-level practitioners wear white belts while in others different coloured belts, tags or stripes are used; in kendo for example the belt system is not used. Although some aikido schools do use a coloured belt system the norm is for kyū grades to wear a white belt, and for dan grades to wear a black belt. [ 3 ]

8. Outline of martial arts - Wikipedia

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   Martial arts – systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. While they may be studied for various reasons, martial arts share a single objective: to physically defeat other persons and to defend oneself or others from physical threat. In addition, some martial arts are linked to beliefs such as Hinduism, Buddhism ...

9. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program - Wikipedia

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   The program uses an advancement system of colored belts similar to that of most martial arts. The different levels of belts are: Tan belt, the lowest color belt and conducted during entry-level training, signifies the basic understanding of the mental, physical, and character disciplines. It is the minimum requirement of all Marines with a ...