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2. Dan (rank) - Wikipedia

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   Martial arts writer Takao Nakaya claims that this dan system was first applied to martial arts in Japan by Kanō Jigorō (1860–1938), [2] the founder of judo, in 1883, and later introduced to other East Asian countries. [3] In modern Japanese martial arts, holders of dan ranks often wear a black belt; those of higher rank may also wear either ...

3. Rank in judo - Wikipedia

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   For dan ranks, the first five are colored black, 6th, 7th, and 8th dan have alternating red and white panels (紅白帯) Kōhaku-obi, In Europe according to the ‘IJF’ there is a difference between each grade belts marking, by the difference in length of the alternating white-red coloured blocks, “the more blocks in your belt, the higher ...

4. Black belt (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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   While the belt remains black, stripes or other insignia may be added to denote seniority, in some arts, very senior grades will wear differently colored belts. In judo and some forms of karate, a sixth dan will wear a red-and-white belt. The red-and-white belt is often reserved only for ceremonial occasions, and a regular black belt is still ...

5. 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 ...

6. Red belt (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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   A red belt is one of several colored belts used in some martial arts to either denote rank or differentiate opponents in a competition. Like the more commonly known black belt , its use varies between arts, with most using it for the style founder, grandmaster or other high rank, while others use it as the immediately pre–black belt rank or ...

7. List of current mixed martial arts champions - Wikipedia

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   Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts , are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ).

8. Kyū - Wikipedia

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   In modern Japanese martial arts, kyū-level practitioners hold the ranks below dan or black belt. The kyū ranking system varies from art to art and school to school. 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.

9. Category:Martial arts ranking - Wikipedia

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   Red belt (martial arts) S. Shifu This page was last edited on 29 May 2015, at 20:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...