No, there is no restriction on belt colors in the US. In some styles, red indicates a level in the kyu range. In traditional Okinawan karate, red indicates someone that is 9th or 10th degree blackbelt.
I would say that Michigan State University is one of the best. They have classes on campus led by 8th degree black belts. And the hombu is a mile down the street where the 10th Dan teaches.
There are tens of thousands of karate students in the US alone.
The first recorded demonstration of karate was in 1932 in Hawaii, then a territory of the US. There are very likely to have been practitioners here before that.
it was introduced in the US in the 1960s
it teaches us 2 be relaxed and ready
Karate is not one of the Olympic sports. Taekwondo is an Olympic sport and the US is participating.
no my karate teacher is very very nice and she is always letting us take a break and just talk
The first known karate demonstrations in the US were held in the Hawaiian territory in the 1930's. It was after World War 2 that American GI's brought the art back to the mainland. Karate came to the US about the same time as it came to Japan, in the early 1930's. Hawaii was the first place in the US that 'Gijin' saw what is known as karate demonstrations. It became much more popular as Soldiers that had become interested in it while stationed on Okinawa and in Japan learned it and brought it back. Judo was here in earlier. The first recorded karate classes in the US where held in Hawaii in the 1930's.
In the US seat belts began to show up in the later 1950's.
to prevent us from getting hurt.
Karate affects anyone who takes it because of the following: Karate in any teaching style is usually meant to train, heal, or cleanse our mind, body, and spirit. Karate will teach self-defense to an individual. Karate affects our self-disipline, patientce, work ethic, and overall well-being.