Wondering what belt colors mean?
The majority of martial arts use a colored belt system to show your rank. It wasn’t always like this though. In 1883, judo founder Jigoro Kano founded the dan system which had students wear white belts and teachers and advanced students wear black belts. This system was adopted by numerous other martial art styles across different countries.
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The colored belts came along when judo master Kawaishi Mikonosuke was teaching in France. Mikonosuke found multiple colored belts helped his students see their progress and gave them something to work toward.
The exact order and number of belt colors depends on martial art or school. The general color order is:
- White
- Yellow
- Orange
- Green
- Blue
- Purple
- Brown
- Red
- Black
Learn more about the history behind the dan system.
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