Dan'i [段位]
http://the-martial-way.com/history-of-belts-in-kyokushin-karate/
It was to be the beginning of a very humid and hot summer as my plane landed in the Naha airport where I was beginning my tour of duty on the island of karate, “Okinawa!”
After processing through customs 🛃, and a strange ride on the proverbial wrong side of the road I reported in to my command at Camp Hansen, just outside the village of “Kin” or what we referred to as Kin-ville.
I was assigned as the Motor-T licensing SNCO of Truck Company, 3rd FSSG, Okinawa Japan.
It was to be, in about two weeks later, that our new Company First Sergeant would report in and at our introduction find out he would become my Isshinryu Karate Sensei. He started a dojo through special services in the Camp Hansen gym.
Over the years, 1968 to 1975, I had trained in various martial arts in a more or less sporadic way but First Sergeant Henry would inspire me into a life long practice and study of the Okinawan karate called Isshinryu.
Isshinryu had and has a very intimate relationship with the Marines because many of the pioneers of American karate were first-generation students of Isshinryu’s creator, Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei. Our history with isshinryu began in the early to mid-fifties. First Sergeant Henry was one of those pioneers who also trained with isshinryu pioneer Don Nagle.
Ok, now that we have set this story fundamentally, I want to discuss the belt or rank system I was led to understand from Henry Sensei.
At the start Okinawan’s didn’t have the dogi or karate-gi or the belts. In Tatsuo’s honbu dojo it was the generosity of his American students who brought in the dogi and belts.
As Henry Sensei passed to me, the early pioneers had the white belt, green belt and black belt. A few months later the brown belt was added.
It was also felt by the early pioneers that Tatsuo-San, known as and referred to as, “Papa-san,” deserved to be rated “master” of his new system, style, of Isshinryu karate-do (and kobudo).
Now, as to the accuracy of this I would say it depends as most historical data of karate is all word of mouth.
As to the rank or grade system of karate, the following article feels to be the best explanation of its history.
White belt: Level of purity and potential
Orange Belt: Level of stability
Blue Belt: Level of fluidity, adaptability
Yellow Belt: Level of assertion
Green Belt: Emotion/Sensitivity Level
Brown belt: Practical / creative level
http://the-martial-way.com/history-of-belts-in-kyokushin-karate/
Go Game
Traditionally, the level of players has been defined using kyu and dan ranks. Kyu ranks are considered student ranks.
Dan ranks are considered master ranks. Beginners who have just learned the rules of the game are usually around 30th kyu. As they progress, they advance numerically downwards through the kyu grades. The best kyu grade attainable is therefore 1st kyu.
If players progress beyond 1st kyu, they will receive the rank of 1st dan, and from then on will move numerically upwards through the dan ranks.
In martial arts, 1st dan is the equivalent of a black belt. The very best players may achieve a professional dan rank.
Origin
The first Go ranks were given in 2nd century (CE) China, when Handan Chun (Chinese: 邯郸淳) described the 9 Pin Zhi (九品制) ranking system in his book Classic of Arts (艺经). From the early 17th century, the Japanese formalised the teaching and ranking of Go.[5] The system was later used in martial arts schools; and is thought to be derived originally from court ranks in China. It is thought that the fact that there are 9 professional dan grades finds its base in the original 9 Chinese Pin Zhi grades.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings
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