The beginning belt in almost all Martial Arts is white. Some will make you earn that, so that you start without an obi.
the next kaigan karate belt after white is orange
SHO Dan, Ni Dan, etc. meaning 1st degree black belt, second degree black belt, in Japanese Martial arts Judo and Karate
'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.
You don't master karate at brown belt. You don't normally ever master karate. The best thing to do is to practice often and hard.
No, he reached brown belt in karate. Then he studied Jeet Kine Do.
Black belt is the highest. Though traditional Okinawa karate uses a red and white belt to indicate 7th and 8th degree black belt and solid red for 9th and 10th. Many American schools use the red belt as a kyu level below black belt.
Santa is good at Karate because he has a "Black Belt". MERRY KICK-MAS!
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.
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The belt color levels for Karate are from lowest to higher is; White, Yellow, Orange With Green Stripe, Orange With White Stripe, Orange With Red Stripe, Blue With Green Stripe, Blue With White Stripe, Blue With Red Stripe, Blue, Purple With Green Stripe, Purple With White Stripe, Purple With Red, Purple belt and more.
Research has shown that the green belt is 7th belt that can be achieved in Karate. One must achieve each level in karate in order to move up to the next level. Prior to achieving the green belt one would have to earn a blue, then a yellow belt, orange belt, blue belt, purple belt, green with white stripes belt and the next step would be the green belt.