The depends on the style. 1st kyu comes before 1st Dan. It is typically marked with some version of brown belt, but could be brown or red and may have stripes on it.
the brown belt is before the black belt in allcountries.
The brown belt is the stage immediately before the black belt grades in karate. There are two stages of brown belt, the first being brown with a white stripe (2nd Mon Kyu) and then a belt which is completely brown (1st Kyu).
Santa is good at Karate because he has a "Black Belt". MERRY KICK-MAS!
white There is a old story to the history of the Karate belt orders: when Japan was in poverty they couldn't afford getting a new belt every belt test so they would start out with white, dye the white yellow, dye the yellow orange, and so on until the belt was completely black of dying.
blue
No, he reached brown belt in karate. Then he studied Jeet Kine Do.
In normal situations karate is a noun and would be lower case. However, when coupled with a specific style it becomes a proper noun. I study karate. He has a black belt in karate. I study Shido Kan Karate. He has black belt in Shitokan Karate.
He has a black belt in karate.
no
No. You have to earn the belts over time, even if you defeat a black belt.
12Black belt
Her Black Belt is in Judo and she also studied Jujitsu and Karate.