How do belts work in karate? What is the average amount of time spent in each color belt? How many times a?

week are classes, and how many hours a week are generally committed?|||Hi there





This is only a rough guide and is based on a student training 3 hours a week.





10th kyu to 4th kyu 3 months for each





3rd kyu to 2 nd ky 6 months





1st kyu to shodan one to two years.





No one should gain a black belt under 5 years





regards





idai|||The concept of belt rankings didn%26#039;t come about until the late 19th to early 20th century. That was largely due to mass instruction. The belt rankings allowed an instructor to easily know how far along any individual student was. Before that all students were given a white belt. They became black over time as martial arts students believed it was bad luck to wash them.





Your other two questions depend on which school you go to. many McDojos will do a test every 1-3 months and basically dumb down their testing so pretty much anyone can pass. Be wary of these schools. What they are selling is a fashion accesory. One that will get your *** kicked up and down the street if you really have to use it.





You should focus more on the quality of instruction rather than on attaining a belt.|||Belts were Actually created to keep your gi tight.... and further in that thinking... Judo came up with the color system that we know today, and then they have further altered the system depending on the school.





Don%26#039;t focus on the belts... Technically my instructor could give me a black belt right now in two arts.... would it mean anything? no... the quality of the belt is in the quality of the person wearing it. Normally they invite you to test every 3-4 months for a new belt.... More than enough time if you ask me, assuming you are attending class regularly. Once you reach black thats the real beginning. Thats where you learn the good stuff in my opinion, because you have a good grip on the basics.





As far as commitment.... thats up to you. Go twice a week for one hour or every day for 3.... its up to you. YOU DECIDED what caliber of a martial artist you will be.... not a belt or the person giving you the belt.|||Belts are meant to keep your gi shut. The ranking system is just used to organize students within a school. Do not put emphasis on rank, it means nothing outside the training facility.


I have class about 9hrs a week but I work out daily. I do it here and there through out the week, I have no idea how much time I put in total. You must work what you learn in the dojo on your own time or it is meaningless.





Find a good school, not a good style.


Tips:


Never pay for rank testing


Never sign a contract


Ask to observe classes/


Ask questions.


Ask to observe their kumite (sparring exercises).


Do not believe outrageous claims.


Look for a clean school made up by respectful people.|||Belt rankings depend on the school. I%26#039;m a black belt and it took me over three years to get mine, but I work my butt off every time I%26#039;m in class. I go to practice at least 3 times a week and normally four or five. Normally it does take around five years to get a real true black belt that you deserve. Don%26#039;t pay a bunch of money up front, like an annitiation fee of a ridiculous amount. Observe classes to find the style you want. I suggest Seibukan karate, it%26#039;s traditional Okinawan karate. Don%26#039;t go to an americanized karate place. To get really good you need to go at least twice a week. How many months are spent on belts depends on how hard you work, I know a white belt that has been a white belt for three years, because he dosen%26#039;t try, but I have also known white belts to only be white belts for a couple of months.|||All of your questions depend on three things:


1. The style of karate you are learning


2. The dojo you are going to


3. How much work and time YOU are willing to put into it.





I go to karate twice a week, for one and a half hours each time I go. We generally spend four months in each belt rank. It took me ten years to get my black belt (but that%26#039;s because I moved a few times and had to start over from white each time)|||Belts were created to make money for the owner of the school.





Each school has its own way of doing belts.





Back in the old days you started with a White belt and since it was bad luck to wash it, over time it would get darker and darker till turning black.





Some schools will allow you to buy your black belt in less than 2 years. Some schools, longer.





The best schools are the ones that don%26#039;t focus on the belt at all.|||As other people have said, there are too many variables to fairly answer this question.





However, why do people still believe that stupid %26quot;white belt turning black%26quot; myth?|||the belt is to show one another of anothers progress so they know who they can turn to for help and it also motivates some students. The time at each belt depends on your own personal lever of skill at the time the higher in the belts you go the longer it takes, and belts should be earned not bought. it also depends on the style.