-
ranks may be
linked to dan
grades and
indicated by 'stripes' on the belt.
Yūdansha (roughly
translating from ****anese to "person who
holds a dan grade") is...
- ("ones
without dan"); Dan-grade
karateka are
referred to as
yudansha (holders of dan rank).
Yudansha typically wear a
black belt.
Requirements of rank differ...
- the
densho (伝書）.
There was
still no
external differentiation between yūdansha (black belt ranks) and
mudansha (those who had not yet
attained a dan grade)...
-
attaining a
higher rank,
although other dojos display only the
nafuda of
yudansha but not
those of mudansha. In some dojos,
nafuda are used to
track attendance...
-
without dan/rank"). Dan-grade
karateka are
referred to as
yudansha (holders of dan/rank).
Yudansha typically wear a
black belt. Normally, the
first five to...
- they
become shodan (初段). The
holder of a
black belt of any
degree is a
yūdansha (有段者), "one with rank".
Martial arts'
organizations are not the only ones...
- rank belt
color type kyū
white mudansha/yūkyūsha dan
black yūdansha...
- hold kyū (級) grades.
Those who hold dan
grades are
collectively termed Yūdansha (有段者) (literally "person who has dan") and
those with kyū
grades are Mudansha...
-
following colours: white, blue, yellow,
green and brown. The
upper ten
ranks (
Yudansha) of Dan have the
holders wearing the
black belt.
Kancho Ashihara did not...
- basic, 6 kyū (rokkyū), to the most advanced, 1 kyū (ikkyū).
There are five
yudansha (com dan) ranks, from the lowest, 1 dan (shodan), to the highest, 5 dan...
