What Color Is Your Belt? - Bujutsu

AMERICAN COMBAT KARATE (Bujutsu Combat Defense Academy, Spring Lake, North Carolina)

Rank

Color

Obi Kyu 

White

Juk Kyu

Yellow

Ku Kyu 

Gold

Hachi Kyu 

Orange

Nan Kyu 

Purple

Roku Kyu

Blue

Go Kyu

Green
Yon Kyu Brown with white center stripe
San  Kyu Brown with white center stripe
Ni Kyu Brown
Ik Kyu Brown
1st Dan Black

Source: Bujutsu Combat Defense Academy; "Classes;" [Internet page]; at http://www.bujutsucombatdefenseacademy.com/bujutsuclass.html; 2009-11-20.

SEISHINKAN BUJUTSU (Dunedin, New Zealand)

Rank

Color

9th Kyu 

White

8th Kyu

White

7th Kyu 

White

4th Kyu 

Blue

5th Kyu 

Blue

4th Kyu

Blue

3rd Kyu

Brown
2nd Kyu Brown
1st Kyu Brown
1st Dan Black

Source: Seishinkan Society Incorporated; "Gradings;" [Internet page]; at http://seishinkan.onfo/index.php?page=gradings; 2009-11-10.

KAGUKU MICHI TEKIO BUJUTSU (Wang Tang Martial Arts Federation, Hull, United Kingdom)

Rank

Color

9th Kyu 

Red

8th Kyu

Yellow

7th Kyu 

Orange

4th Kyu 

Green

5th Kyu 

Blue

4th Kyu

Purple

3rd Kyu

Brown
2nd Kyu  
1st Kyu  
1st Dan Black

Source: Wang Tang Martial Arts Federation; "Gradings;" [Internet page]; at http://my.sporthull.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=12742&PageID=76926; 2009-10-20.

NISEI BUJUTSU FEDERATION OF AMERICA, INC. (Jacksonville, Florida, United States)

Rank

Color

Shirokyu

White

Kiirokyu

Yellow

 

Yellow with a black center stripe

Daidaiirokyu

Orange

 

Orange with a black center stripe

Midorikyu

Green

 

Green with a black center stripe
Aoikyu Blue
  Blue with a black center stripe
Sankyu Brown
Nikyu Brown with 2 black tip stripes
Ikkyu Brown with a black center stripe
Shodan-Ge Black with a brown center stripe
Shodan-Jo Black with a white center stripe
Shodan Black
Nidan Black
Sandan Black
Yondan Black with a purple center stripe
Godan/Renshi Purple with a black center stripe
Shihan Purple
Renshi Shihan Purple
Menkyokaiden Shihan Purple
Sandaikichu Shihan Purple
Nidai Purple over red horizontal
Shihan/Directorship Purple with a red center stripe
Soke Purple with a gold center stripe
O'Sensei Purple

Source: Nisei Bujutsu Federation of America, Inc.; "Ranking System;" [Internet page]; at http://www.niseibujutsu.com/site/view/59135_RankingSystem.pml; 2009-11-10.

SHIZENKI RYU BUJUTSU (Anchorage, Alaska)

Rank

Color

9th Kyu 

White

8th Kyu

Yellow

7th Kyu 

Orange

4th Kyu 

Green

5th Kyu 

Blue

4th Kyu

Brown

1st Dan

Black with 1 gold tip stripe
2nd Dan Black with 2 gold tip stripes
3rd Dan Black with 3 gold tip stripes
4th Dan Red with a white center stripe
5thDan Red with a white center stripe
6th Dan White and red panels
7th Dan White and red panels
8th Dan Red and white panels
9th Dan Red and white panels
10th Dan Red
Soke Red with a gold center stripe

Source: Mayoral, Avelino R.; "Skizenki Ryu Bujutsu Ranks/Titles" [Internet page]; at http://sokesandai.tripod.com/id17.html; 2009.

TENCHI BUJUTSU (Imperial Dragon Martial Arts Academy, Massachusetts, United States)

Rank

Color

9th Kyu 

White

8th Kyu

Yellow

7th Kyu 

Orange

4th Kyu 

Purple

5th Kyu 

Blue

4th Kyu

Green

3rd Kyu

Brown with 1 stripe (pattern unknown)
2nd Kyu Brown with 2 stripes (pattern unknown)
1st Kyu Brown with 3 stripes (pattern unknown)
1st Dan Black
2nd Dan Black
3rd Dan Black
4th Dan Black

Source:  Imperial Dragon Martial Arts Academy; "Rank Requirements for Tenchi Bujutsu;" [Internet page]; at http://www.idmaa.com/tenchirank.html; 2009-10-23.