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2. Dan (rank) - Wikipedia

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   The dan ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial arts organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system. Used as a ranking system to quantify skill level in a specific domain, it was originally used at a Go school during the Edo period. [1]

3. Category:Titles and rank in Japanese martial arts - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Titles and rank in Japanese martial arts" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.

4. Black belt (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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   In Japanese martial arts the further subdivisions of black belt ranks may be linked to dan grades and indicated by 'stripes' on the belt. Yūdansha (roughly translating from Japanese to "person who holds a dan grade") is often used to describe those who hold a black belt rank. While the belt remains black, stripes or other insignia may be added ...

5. 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.

6. Red belt (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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   In Seiki Juku karate, a red belt denotes 10th Kyu, the lowest beginner rank. [5] In Shorinkan karate the red belt is the highest belt. In vovinam, the red belt is the highest master rank. In Kyokushin karate, as governed by the International Federation of Karate (IFK), a red belt denotes 10th and 9th kyu, the two lowest ranks after white belt ...

7. Shodan (rank) - Wikipedia

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   Shodan (初段), literally meaning "beginning degree," is the lowest black belt rank in Japanese martial arts [1] and the game of Go. The 2nd dan is higher than Shodan, but the 1st dan is called Shodan traditionally and not "Ichidan". This is because the character 初 (sho, alternative pronunciation: hatsu) also means first, new or beginning in ...

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9. 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.