Red belt (martial arts)
Encyclopedia : R : RE : RED : Red belt (martial arts)
In many martial arts, each practitioner's level is marked by the color of the belt. The red belt is often the highest belt color one can attain. The Red belt is also the rank of the great grand master.
In some schools, In Taekwondo a brown belt is subsequent to a red belt. a red belt in taekwondo signifies a child who has achieved dan ranking but does not grant the same responsibilities and privileges of the adult black belt ones thay turn the age of 16 thay will get a black belt.(depending on the various "kwan" [training hall] or dojang (school).
In other schools, a red belt signifies ninth or tenth degree black belt - tenth degree usually being the highest rank attainable. In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the 9th degree, the black belt is replaced by an alternately red and black belt. The red belt is reserved for the art's founders (Hélio, Carlson, etc.) and great grand masters and cannot be achieved through normal rank progression.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.
