'Kup' are the ranks for the color belts under the rank of black belt in Korean martial arts. There are generally 10 to 12 kup levels. White is the lowest kup and brown belt is usually 1st kup.
Black in Japan is a symbol of wisdom and strength. For example, in Shotokan Karate, a black belt is the highest Dan attainable. (A dan is a level of achievement.) While black means age, wisdom, and power, white means youth, naivety and unexperienced.
They don't mean anything. They simply serve as a visual indicator of learning level to help the instructors.
It depends on the style of karate. In the traditional Okinawan styles, solid red belts are worn by 9th and 10th dans. Which would mean they are higher than black belt. Other styles use the red belt for one of the kyu rankings, which are below the dan rankings and lower than black belt.
There is not a specific meaning behind each of the belts. It is simply a way of marking the location of a person in their martial art journey. In most schools it makes it easy for an instructor to determine what the individual knows and what new things they are working on.
I am orange and black.
Kyu mean below a black belt
The orange-square buoys give information or directions.
ITF is the abbreviation for the International Taekwon-Do Federation so an ITF black belt would be someone who has earned that rank.
There is no orange on the German flag. The colours of the German flag are black, red and gold
The orange-square buoys give information or directions.
The orange-square buoys give information or directions.