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Any suggestion?

I am going for my Kyokushin Red belt tonight, and I wan't any advice anyone may be able to give me

Question: I know white belt is beginner, black belt is master, but what about ranks in between?

Also good luck, and kick some ass!

White
Red
Senior Red
Blue
Senior Blue
Yellow
Senior Yellow
Green
Senior Green
Brown
Senior Brown
Black

And then you get into the dans (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc)

Flu + Grading = BAD
I got the belt, and felt like crap for the next 2 days >.<

Are you asking for advice on how to prove yourself worthy of that ranking?

Hmm... I am sure that you can get some realistic tips on here, but I have never done karate, and as far as I can tell, all dojos (form aside, belts withstanding) run on their own standards. Dunno really though, it almost seems like a non-point to me, as I have seen black belts in Judo with less experience than a brown belt, and lack of youth to boot.

Before I make this into a rant, good luck mate, kick ass and take names, sign any limbs you rip off, and sell them on E-bay.

Don't know about formal instruction. My teaching involved watching Kung Fu theater on Saturday afternoons and getting into lots of fights. I think my improvement consisted of equal parts of the following.
#1: Actually using some of the moves that were demonstrated in the "Master and pupil" type of Kung Fu movies.
#2: Reverse-engineering dirty fighting moves that were used on me.
#3: A steady ramping up of my pain threshold and willingness to keep fighting until the bitter end.

Of course, now I'm too old, out of shape and arthritic to fight worth a damn, except for a few dirty tricks I still remember. Good luck with your studies, but remember, there's nothing like real-world experience.

warpcrafter wrote:Of course, now I'm too old, out of shape and arthritic to fight worth a damn, except for a few dirty tricks I still remember. Good luck with your studies, but remember, there's nothing like real-world experience.

Ah, yes, real world experience. The only flaw your master plan . Damn intervening circumstances, damn pool cues, damn rabid chihuahuas, damn knuckle dusters, damn it, duck already. Now... run away fast, and come back with the heat seeking-dachshunds.

Ask if you can do a catch up grading. We usually understand.

Wrexasaur wrote:

warpcrafter wrote:Of course, now I'm too old, out of shape and arthritic to fight worth a damn, except for a few dirty tricks I still remember. Good luck with your studies, but remember, there's nothing like real-world experience.

Ah, yes, real world experience. The only flaw your master plan . Damn intervening circumstances, damn pool cues, damn rabid chihuahuas, damn knuckle dusters, damn it, duck already. Now... run away fast, and come back with the heat seeking-dachshunds.

The most frightening nightmares I have revolve around being dropped into a pit full of starving, rabid Chihuahuas.

I am dead serious.

ricekake87 wrote:Ask if you can do a catch up grading. We usually understand.

Why do I need to do a catch up grading? I said I got the belt...

I don't know about chihuahuas, but I did once have a six week old feral kitten bite all the way through my thumbnail. The fluffball won that one, obviously. The most ferocious weapon I've ever faced in a fight was a six-pack with three cans still hooked together with plastic. It totally rang my bell.

Recite Shakespeare while punching people in the groin. That should work for any promotion.

To be or not to be punched in the groin... I'm going to chose not to be in this case....

See if that grading is right, thats what I don't get, the lady teaching the very impressionable 6-12yr olds in the village here is a Blue belt, that can't be right can it.

She doesn't even advise any of them that it is used in self defence only, just teaches them moves each week for a couple of quid per head.

We stopped taking our eldest (6yrs) after two weeks as it felt so amataurish, I'm starting to see why.

the colors of the belts are not standardized, they are done school by school, with the exception of the few martial arts which they are standardized (judo is the only one i think, could be wrong)

at my old Tai Kwon Do school it was

White
Yellow Stripe,
Yellow
Green Stripe
Green
Blue Stripe
Blue
Red Stripe
Red
Black Stripe
2 Black Stripes
Black.

and that wasnt even hard and fast, you could have 2 green stripes or 2 red stripes or go straight from blue to red, or whatever master Holloway wanted....

I have no idea tbh.

I just thought it was odd as she is in the adult class as a student which is run by two black belts, but teaches the kiddies on a seperate night.

Still didn't like the fact no 'don't use this against others chats' where given, when I did it as a young man briefly, I recall that was raised every week.

I have a black belt in Six Sigma...





Ok I lied I haven't been trained in Six Sigma.

@ Avantgarde: I was about to be really impressed. Six sigma rocks.

@ The Original Post: There should be no surprises in a martial arts belt test. You should know everything you have to do, and expect to do it under some duress (usually fatigue). Have a good, positive attitude. Have fun! Push yourself. And do NOT be afraid of failure.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:I have no idea tbh.

I just thought it was odd as she is in the adult class as a student which is run by two black belts, but teaches the kiddies on a seperate night.

Still didn't like the fact no 'don't use this against others chats' where given, when I did it as a young man briefly, I recall that was raised every week.

Different martial arts have different belt systems. Kyokushin is the same all over the world.

As to being told "don't use this in real life", that is a load of crap. Shihan (Karate master) says use what you got.

As an ex bouncer, I am inclined to believe him.

the whole belt system is kind of a crock of BS.
let me guess... you have to pay for each test?

my old sensei had 2 belts, black and white but then again this was a guy who actually trained you himself one on one and not in a class.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:I have no idea tbh.

I just thought it was odd as she is in the adult class as a student which is run by two black belts, but teaches the kiddies on a seperate night.

Still didn't like the fact no 'don't use this against others chats' where given, when I did it as a young man briefly, I recall that was raised every week.

I have seen that, heck I was that.

Your instructor should always been under the tutelage of someone more experienced. Thats how it works.