I read a post from someone who was a red belt in kempo...which brings me to this post...since there are various styles of kempo in existance, are there several variations in belt colors and ranking? We go from white, yellow, orange, purple, blue, green, brown then black, but there are stops along the way...meaning that each belt has a stripe, for example, white to white with yellow stripe, to yellow belt, then yellow with an orange stripe, this goes on until brown belt of course where there are three levels before black...what about your school, any differences?
Many kenpo/kempo karate schools have their own belt coloring system. I think it's safe to say that it's also the same in many other karate styles. I know that when I was in Shotokan, depending on which association your were under, the rankings weren't always the same. They may have had the same color belts, but at different kyu levels. Some dojos have 5 ranks, others 10 to 12 ranks. It all depends on the dojo itself. This is my opinion on the subject
yah i agree with pacific shore its all the school a lot of schools have differnet belt ranks . like my karate school has 11 belts.
my kempo school has the same colors in that order, but no stripes. (imo stripes are just a way to get more $, in fact so are belts in general)
My buddy who taught TKD for several years would give out stripes in the belt tip. Once you got 3, then you were ready to test for your next rank. And no, he did not charge for the 3 stripes....shocker, yes
Belt Ranking System I study/teach at Larry Tatum's Kenpo Karate Studio in Pasadena. At our studio we use the following rank system: Yellow Belt Orange Belt Purple Belt Blue Belt Green Belt 3rd Degree Brown Belt 2nd Degree Brown Belt 1st Degree Brown Belt... ...then black belt (1st through 10th degree) The advanced colored belt rankings (i.e. yellow belt with an orange tip, or orange belt with a purple tip, etc...) aren't usually used for the adults, but for children.
