You can obtain an obi in just about any color you want to! Manufacturer's include the entire spectrum, including belts that are striped down the middle, or split in half, or even striped.
Here's a list of the colors I've seen for sale:
Obi
It is called an obi
The obi is normally sized based on the gi size. If you wear a size 3 gi, you would want a size 3 obi. I tend to go a bit longer if I can.
The belt in karate is called an obi. The color scheme for promotions is based on the judo system developed in Japan. The belts provide a visible means for an instructor to tell what level the student is at and what they are learning.
green black and red
Karate means open hand, no weapons
The beginning belt in almost all martial arts is white. Some will make you earn that, so that you start without an obi.
No the swan stance does not come from the Karate Kid. There is no swan stance. What you are probably thinking of is the Crane Stance that is used in the Karate Kid. It is actually seldom seen in karate and is a Kung fu stance.
when is karate kid 2 gonna come out
There are two symbols that make up the word karate. Te is translated as hand. The character Kara can be translated in two ways, either empty or China. In the 1930's the Okinawa masters gathered and agreed that they would use the word empty for the art.
The movie Karate Kid comes out on June 11, 2010.
The first one :The Karate Kid (1984) So it came out 1984