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22nd Apr '13 10:13:42 AM StarSword

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18th Sep '12 1:49:57 PM jadeangel

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Kenpo, based on my experience with it.

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* Muay Thai has something called a ''Pra Jiad'', an armband worn around the upper arm, traditionally to bring confidence and luck. Some schools use colour variation on these, though the meaning varies - sometimes it means the student has taken some number of gradings, sometimes a number of wins in the ring, and an instructor might wear one signifying that he's trained a fighter from scratch to his first ring win.
* Chinese-style and American-style Kenpo use a system with several variations. In the most common of these, awhite belt indicates either a recruit rank, or the lowest ''kyu'' grade. Colored belts follow, generally in the order of yellow, orange, purple, blue and green. Following this are the three degrees of brown belts, which are regarded as senior students or junior instructors. (Think petty officers or sergeants in military terms.) They are generally the lowest grades permitted to formally instruct junior students. Some schools use a red belt in lieu of the most junior brown belt, others use red to represent tenth ''dan'', though this rarely causes any real confusion. Anyone who brags about being a red belt is surely of the senior-''kyu'' variant.  ''Dan'' grades are represented by a black belt, with increasing rank sometimes denoted by red stripes. Most senior instructors (who are variously called ''sensei'', Master or simply Instructor) who have their own ''dojo'' are of second ''dan'' grade or above. Ranks above fifth ''dan'' are honorary and somewhat arbitrary - by then, a student has learned all of the technical knowledge of the art and probably devised some of his own.

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27th Mar '12 3:42:56 PM slvstrChung

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The meaning of the black belt itself varies. The ''perceived'' meaning to western minds is that the black belt indicates mastery. However a first ''dan'' black belt is still a student (who may be addressed as ''[[SempaiKohai sempai]])''. They will generally assist the ''sensei'' in classes and may begin to teach in some capacity, but generally won't be acknowledged as a full sensei for a couple more ''dan'' ranks. (TheOtherWiki gives the analogy as a first ''dan'' black belt being like a bachelors degree - fluent in all the basics but lacking the experience that breeds full mastery). The highest ''dan'' ranks in a school are usually reserved for those who not only show mastery in the art but also contribute back to it as an instructor and/or leader, and past 5th ''dan'' or so are awarded solely by the will of the organizational body. For normal rankings, some schools award ranks based on completing a test demonstrating your skills, some grant ranks whenever the Sensei decides they've earned it, and some award them based on the amount of time you have been training. Aspiring black belts should beware what the martial arts community derisively calls the [="McDojo"=] - schools that are operated as a business (not bad in and of itself) and promise black belts in an unrealistically short amount of time (definitely bad). For an adult without prior martial arts experience, three to six years is considered the average time to go from white to black. (There are a few exceptions but such programs tend to be run by police or military organizations and are extremely intensive.)

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There is also a stereotype that a person with a black belt can kill with his or her bare hands.  This is a gross oversimplification, if not patently false.  Let's face it: it's easy to kill people.  If you get someone to stand still long enough, you can kill them with your bare hands or a spoon or even a pillow.  What's difficult is having the physical and mental training to ''avoid'' hurting someone, to pull back and demonstrate that not only ''could'' you have handed out a CurbStompBattle, but you have ''chosen'' not to.  In this sense, a black belt demonstrates not your skill with your fists, but your CharacterDevelopment from ArrogantKungFuGuy to MartialPacifist.

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