The Grading System
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Grading (exams for the different coloured belts) are held at the club every 4 months.
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Dates for these grading will be on our list of events issued every January.
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Members can take all the gradings up to the belt just before the black belt (1st Kyu) at the club.
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Black belt gradings are not done at the club level. They are conducted by examiners from the Toyakwai Karate Association at a different venue.
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Everyone who starts karate does so as a white belt (10th Kyu). The progression is as follows:
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Red belt 9th Kyu
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Orange belt 8th Kyu
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Yellow belt 7th kyu
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Green belt 6th Kyu
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purple belt 5th Kyu
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Blue belt 4th Kyu
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Brown belt 3rd Kyu
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Brown belt 1 red stripe 2nd Kyu
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Brown belt 2 red stripes 1st Kyu
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Black belt 1st Dan (Shodan)
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Black belt 2nd Dan (Nidan)
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Black belt 3rd Dan (Sandan)
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Black belt 4th Dan (Yondan)
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