What Belt Are You?

[xTNVx NirVana]

What belt are you, and what do you practice? I just became a blue-green belt, and I study Shaolin Kenpo.

 

[cali_tkdbruin]

Hey there NirVana, I'm a 2nd dan black in Taekwondo. The MAs, great stuff, my favorite pastime and passion!

 

[xTNVx NirVana]

Sorry, I meant to type Blue-Green belt. I just edited it.

 

[IWishToLearn]

Right now, I'm not wearing one.

 

[tellner]

I train in Silat. We don't have belts.

 

[Shaderon]

I'm a green stripe in TaeKwon-Do... just passed my 7th Kup grading, we have 10 colour belts.

 

[Adept]

I have a black drawstring on my tracksuit pants. Does that count?

 

[Shaderon]

I have a black drawstring on my tracksuit pants. Does that count?

It's a belt of sorts isn't it? Course it counts Adept.

 

[Shotgun Buddha]

I have a black drawstring on my tracksuit pants. Does that count?

Well hello Mister Fancy Pants! Some of us out here are still keeping our pants shut with safety pins, and you're swaggering around with your expensive black-drawstring tracksuit bottoms!
Your back will be up against the wall come the revolution!

 

[Drac]

No belt...Master Instructor in Police Defensive Tactics..

 

[TraditionalTKD]

Higher than I used to be. Not as high as I wish to be.

 

[Drac]

Higher than I used to be. Not as high as I wish to be.

Well said...

 

[bluekey88]

1st gup Taekwondo (my current art)
2nd kyu Aikido (my first art)

Various ranks in between in others arts along the way.

Peace,
Erik

 

[TraditionalTKD]

Thank you. Point being, it is impolite to ask someone their rank. Their manners and way of talking and conducting themselves will speak for them. It is acceptable to ask someone how long they've practiced, and draw inferences from that. Now, if they tell you what rank they are, that's their perogative. I prefer to let people guess personally.:uhyeah:
If someone is a color belt and asks, I chalk it up to inexperience.

 

[jim777]

I have a black drawstring on my tracksuit pants. Does that count?

I don't think so. To be on the safe side, I would go out and get something shiny and ostentatious. :lol:

I keep seeing camoflage belts in the catalogs when I look for sparring gear for my daughters, and those always make me laugh. "I'm a 1st degree camoflage, thanks" :lol:

(of course, if your style actually requires a camoflage belt, then excuse my ignorance)

 

[bookworm_cn317]

I'm a purple belt in TKD. But, hopefully, by the end of this month, I might become a 2nd degree blue belt.

 

[xTNVx NirVana]

Thank you. Point being, it is impolite to ask someone their rank. Their manners and way of talking and conducting themselves will speak for them. It is acceptable to ask someone how long they've practiced, and draw inferences from that. Now, if they tell you what rank they are, that's their perogative. I prefer to let people guess personally.:uhyeah:
If someone is a color belt and asks, I chalk it up to inexperience.

I didn't think it would be rude to ask. I was just curious.

 

[Kenpojujitsu3]

Thank you. Point being, it is impolite to ask someone their rank. Their manners and way of talking and conducting themselves will speak for them. It is acceptable to ask someone how long they've practiced, and draw inferences from that. Now, if they tell you what rank they are, that's their perogative. I prefer to let people guess personally.:uhyeah:
If someone is a color belt and asks, I chalk it up to inexperience.

I have never heard this before during my journey in martial arts from anyone of any style or system. Where did this come from?

To answer the initial post.
Black Belts in multiple systems all above 1st Degree.

 

[jim777]

I'm a purple belt in TKD. But, hopefully, by the end of this month, I might become a 2nd degree blue belt.

Forgive my ignorance, but how does that work exactly? Is there an associated Kup level (3rd, perhaps?) with 2nd degree blue?

 

[jdinca]

Well hello Mister Fancy Pants! Some of us out here are still keeping our pants shut with safety pins, and you're swaggering around with your expensive black-drawstring tracksuit bottoms!
Your back will be up against the wall come the revolution!

I say we string him up by his cute little black drawstring! It'll send a message to the rest of the bon vivants out there. Onward the revolution!!! :2pistols: