Progress – Belts (kyu: student level , dan: master grade)

To indicate the various levels of learning there is a belt system with different colours.

White: worn at the outset of training

Red / 6th kyu: basic level

Yellow / 5^th kyu: 3 to 6 months of training

Orange / 4^th kyu: 3 to 6 months of training after 5^th kyu

Green / 3^rd kyu: 3 to 6 months of training after 4^th kyu

Blue / 2^nd kyu: 3 to 6 months of training after 3^rd kyu

Brown / 1mh kyu: 3 to 6 months of training after 2^nd kyu

Black / Shodan: 6 months or more after 1^st kyu, all together 3 to 4 years from the beginning of training.