Karate: How long does it take to get from white belt to red belt?

In Karate how long does it take to get the red belt after having started?|||If red belt is a beginner belt, perhaps a matter of months.





If it is an intermediate belt (just prior to Black Belt), it could be 2-3 years.





If you mean 10th Dan Black Belt--many Japanese systems wear a red belt at this degree--then it could take decades.





Here%26#039;s a time table many systems go by to acheive 10th Degree Black Belt (Red Belt):


White to 1st Dan - 4 years


1st to 2nd Dan - 2 years


2nd to 3rd Dan - 3 years


3rd to 4th Dan - 4 years


4th Dan to 5th Dan - 5 years


5th Dan to 6th Dan - 6 years


6th Dan to 7th Dan - 7 years


7th Dan to 8th Dan - 8 years


8th Dan to 9th Dan - 9 years


9th Dan to 10th Dan (Red Belt) - 10 years





That adds up to about 58 years. Of course, that%26#039;s assuming you stick to this schedule. Often, these time periods are just a minimum time in rank. So, your mileage may vary considerably.





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If Red is your second belt, then I would imagine three months. But this implies consistent class attendance and hard work on your part. Ultimately, your instructor could give you the best time-frame.|||In karate the red belt or maroon is a belt for masters that will take you a life time in Taekwondo is a belt before the black belt it wil take you from one to two years if you are really good or if you just buy it because in lots of schools today it turn in a business every months they give test for getting your next belt i see people getting black belt in a year only because the paid for the test and past without strength or great techniques so today belts do not mean nothing just your training and skill achieve by years of practice and hard training. good luck champ.|||Several good answers here. Many karate styles don%26#039;t use the red belt. The famed red belt associated as being 10th degree black belt was actually not red, but slightly maroon/red. it is almost never seen any more. Not all styles that go as high as 10th degree have a red belt. Many styles have what is known as a Hanshi belt. That is the belt that is made of red panels and white panels, from one end to the other. Many styles use that belt from 6th dan up. Some of them (but in only rare cases) have different versions of the Hanshi belt. The lower ones having shorter red panels than the white ones. The higher ranked belts have longer red panels than the white panels.





Matt had a good chart for time in grade. What you must remember is rank promotions are not based only on time in grade. So what i;m saying is you could study your while life and not be sure that you will be promoted to any rank. The decision is always up to your instructor or the master, or grand master above him. I know very good martial artists that hold 3rd, 4th, and 5th dans that should be 7th or 8th dan. But it is not up to me since they study a different style.





NOTE: A popular practice now, THAT IS TOTALLY WRONG, is for several instructors of different styles to promote someone that studies a style they do not teach or hold rank in. Example: several 3rd degree black belt can%26#039;t promote someone in a style they don%26#039;t teach. Forming a testing board means nothing unless the board members are all ranked in the style being tested and they must be of high enough rank in that art to be qualified to be testing them.|||It varies depending on the place. The place I did karate had many different belts, while the place next to use had half as many belts, but their testings were a lot harder and longer (So it was basically the same.) Also, the belts could be in different places depending on the karate place. Red could be the 3rd belt in some places, while in some it could be the belt before black. (Which was my case.)





It took me about 2 and a half years to get to red. So I would say on average, it takes 2-3 years.|||that depends, were your red belt is in the rank structure. each dojo or organizations has a different belt system. and a lot like mine dont even use the red belt. they also have different time requirements





this question is best ask to your instructor. unless your rank structure follows one on the major organizations no one here can answer your question.|||I don%26#039;t understand why everyone is making this so complicated.


My sensei told me that the red belt is the 1st one i will be aiming for. My grading is in a months time and i%26#039;ve been studying for two months already. So it could take a few months at most as long as you%26#039;re dedicated.





Maybe different schools have a different belt system :s|||depends on when your testing is


umm...probably around 1-2 years...good luck!|||kinda odd ?





but with red as a high intermediate belt took me 2-3 years|||ROTFLMAO!!!





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