The number of rankings varies from school to school, so this is only a general idea.
There are typically anywhere from 6 to 12 ranks in the kyu, or under black belt levels. The colors generally run from lighter to darker the closer to black belt you get. White is the lowest level, normally brown is the highest color.
There are ten levels of black belt. Isshinryu typically uses the traditional Okinawa ranking, which means that 7 and 8th degree black belts wear a red and white striped belt, and 9th and 10th wear red belts.
Sensei just means "Teacher" or "instructor" Ryu is "Style of" So, you could be a Sensei of Isshin-Ryu, meaning you are a teacher in the style of Isshin.
Isshin-Ryu (一心流 Isshin-ryū?) is a style of Okinawan karate founded by Tatsuo Shimabuku (島袋 龍夫) and named by him on 15 January 1956. Isshin-Ryū karate is largely a synthesis of Shorin-ryū karate, Gojū-ryū karate, and kobudō. The name means, literally, "one heart way". As of 1989 there were 336 branches of Isshin-ryū throughout the world (as recorded by the IWKA), most of which are concentrated in the United States
There are literally hundreds of styles of karate. There are some major divisions: * Okinawan * ** Shuri ryu ** Shorin Ryu ** Goju ryu ** Isshin ryu * Japanese * ** Shotokan * Korean * ** tae kwon do ** tang so do ** hapkido * Hawaii * ** Kao chi kai * Vietnam * ** kokoro * Russia * ** sambo * American * ** American Kempo
Tatsuo Shimabuku is the maker of Isshin Ryu. He merged his learnings from Shorin-ryū karate, Gojū-ryū karate, and Kobudo to form the style as it is taught today. And it is correctly pronounced Isshin (Ree Yoo) not Rye You, or Rye oo
Wado ryu Shito ryu Goju ryu Shotokan Shotokan is a style of compression and is described as "harder" Goju is described as hard and soft, Shito is more about bodily movement. Wado I'm not so sure of.
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White, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Purple, Green, Brown, Black
Isshin Munakata is 172 cm.
Isshin Ikeda was born on March 13, 1932.
Isshin Chiba was born on June 26, 1968, in Miyagi, Japan.
Isshin Munakata was born on May 7, 1976, in Tokyo, Japan.
The cast of Isshin tasuke - 1910 includes: Matsunosuke Onoe