How our gradings work

Have you seen the white outfits and the various coloured belts? If you are new to Karate, here is a description of how it all works. White to green belts will grade, on average, three times a year. Blue to third brown belts will grade twice a year. Younger students get a red stripe if they pass a grading and when they have two red stripes, they move up to the next belt.

Karate Belt Gradings

There is a compulsory minimum waiting period of one year between third brown and black belt.

	White belt	9th Kyu
	Junior Yellow belt	8th Kyu
	Yellow belt	8th Kyu
	Junior Orange belt	7th Kyu
	Orange belt	7th Kyu
	Green belt	6th Kyu
	Blue belt	5th Kyu
	Purple belt	4th Kyu
	First brown belt	3rd Kyu
	Second brown belt	2nd Kyu
	Third brown belt	1st Kyu
	Junior Black belt	First Dan
	Black belt	First Dan