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2. 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 ...

3. List of Kyokushin practitioners - Wikipedia

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   Mark Reeder - 6th dan black belt in Kyokushin Karate. Known as one of the preeminent practitioners in the Boston metro area. Currently a Professor of Mathematics at Boston College. Francisco Filho – 7th dan black belt in Kyokushin Karate. Started Kyokushin kaikan around age of 10 and received black belt six and half years later.

4. Robert Trias - Wikipedia

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   Robert A. Trias (March 18, 1923 – July 11, 1989) was an American karate pioneer, founding the first karate school in the mainland United States and becoming one of the first known American black belts. [1] [2] He also developed Shuri-ryū karate, an eclectic style with roots in Chinese kung-fu, and indirectly some Okinawan karate.

5. Karate in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 1946 Robert Trias, a returning U.S. Navy veteran, began teaching private lessons in Phoenix, Arizona. [9] Other early teachers of karate in America were Ed Parker (a native Hawaiian and Coast Guard veteran who earned a black belt in 1953), [10] George Mattson (who began studying while stationed in Okinawa in 1956), and Peter Urban (a Navy veteran who started training while stationed in ...

6. Karate - Wikipedia

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   The martial arts he mastered were new and different from te. ... [91] Michelle Waterson holds a black belt in American Free Style Karate; [92] ...

7. Takayuki Mikami - Wikipedia

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   Takayuki Mikami (三上 孝之, Mikami Takayuki, born 10 December 1933) [1] is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate based in the United States of America. He holds the rank of 9th dan black belt in the art, awarded under the Japan Karate Association. In 1958, Mikami tied for first place in the All Japan Karate Championships.