Ranking & Instructors
 

     Ranks are all relative and subject. There are green Belts that would be Black Belts at a different school.  And there are Black Belts that couldn’t cross the street without endangering their health.  In and under many circumstances rank is used to keep students motivated or to give them a sense of progression, of accomplishment and separates different levels of skill within a group. The student will be aware of the discipline within the class and with regards to rank. As each student progressed he/she receives grades through the levels to green Belt then to brown Belt and Black Belt.

     Back when Kara-te was still known as Chinese hand, there was no need for a Belt ranking system.  Every one in the Dojo knew whom the senior student and Teacher or Master was.  In the early days of Okinawan Martial Arts, all Karate-Ka (Karate persons) started out with a White Belt.  In time, and the change of seasons, spring would come about and with it green grass, pollen and dust.  Since the Belt was never washed as a symbol of hard work put forth into ones training (as is today), Spring could leave behind on your white belt a tinge of green.  Since most Dojos of the day were exposed to the elements or simply outdoors.  The amount of grass or dust that remained on your belt depended on how much training you participated in.  With the coming of fall and winter the muck of Nature would further stain the once white Belt.  After several turning of seasons, and repeated summer's heat to bake and darken the colors, the Belt eventually turned Black!  Thus explaining the origin of the Black Belt.