What Color Is Your Belt

What Color Is Your Belt? - Shotokan Karate

FUNAKOSHI SHOTOKAN KARATE ASSOCIATION (London, United Kingdom)

Source: Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association; "Belts Levels;” [Internet page]; at http://fska-london.co.uk/belts-levels; 2009-09-20

FUNAKOSHI SHOTOKAN KARATE (San Sebastian, Puerto Rico)

Source: Funakoshi Shotokan Karate; “Rangos FSKA;” [Internet page]; http://www.karatesansebastian.com/RANGOS.html; 2006.

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Rank	Color
Beginner	White
9^th Kyu	Orange
8^th Kyu	Red
7^th Kyu	Yellow
6^th Kyu	Green
5th Kyu	Purple
4th Kyu	Purple with white center stripe
3rd Kyu	Brown
2nd Kyu	Brown with 1 white center stripe
1^st Kyu	Brown with 2 white center stripes
1st Dan	Black

Source: Manchester University Shotokan Karate Club; “Training and Grading;” [Internet page]; http://www.muskc.co.uk/grading.html; 2009-09-21.

SHOTOKAN KARATE (University of Minnesota Shotokan Karate Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Source: University of Minnesota Shotokan Karate Club, “Belt Ranks,” [Internet page]; http://www.tc.umn.edu/~karate/belts.html, 2004-02-03.

SHOTOKAN KARATE SHOBUKAN INTERNATIONAL (Killeen, Texas, United States)

Rank	Color
9^th Kyu	Yellow
8^th Kyu	Orange
7^th Kyu	Orange with black stripe (pattern unknown)
6^th Kyu	Green
5^th Kyu	Purple
4^th Kyu	Purple
3^rd Kyu	Brown
2^nd Kyu	Brown

1^st Dan	Black

Source: Shotokan Karate Shobukan International; "Belt Progress & Advancement;" [Internet page]; at http://www.karateshobukan.com/index.cfm?page=12; 2009-11-20.

VALLEY SHOTOKAN DOJO (Studio City, California, United States)

Source: Valley Shotokan Dojo; “Belt System;” [Internet page]; at http://www.valleyshotokan.org/belt.htm; 2009-09-20.

VICTORIA SHOTOKAN KARATE-DO AND KOBUDO ASSOCIATION (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)

Source: Victoria Shotokan Karate and Kobudo Association; “Kyu Levels;” [Internet page]; at http://www.shotokankarate.ca/kyu%20levels.htm; 2009-09-20