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Should kids have a black belt?
Posted by: John W. Zimmer
Under: karate
12 Sep 2007
12 Sep 2007
Over the years I have seen kids with black belts. I did not award any kids with a belt that high because it would have put them at a disadvantage. When I owned my school a kid could earn up to a brown belt legitimately because they know all of the basics, katas, techniques, and sparring (starting in upper white belt).The belt rankings generally are:
- White belt (includes all of the beginning belts such as orange, purple, blue, and green – other schools have different white belt rankings)
- Brown belt
- Black belt Full Story »
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