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White belt, no rank   (  2 months of training  )


Kare- Yellow Belt  10th  kyu   (  2 months of training  )


Yellow Belt), 9th kyu    (   4 months of training  )



Orange belt, 8th kyu      (   4  months of training  )


Blue belt, 7th kyu        (   6  months of training  )


Green belt, 6th kyu      (   6  months of training  )


Purple belt, 5th kyu  & 4th kyu     (   6  months to 1 yr. of traning  )


Brown belt, 3rd kyu      (  6 months of  training  )


Brown belt , 2nd kyu      (   6  months of  training   )


Brown belt , 1st kyu        (   6  months  of  training  )


Black Belt,  Shodan - ho         (    1 year Probation    )


Black Belt, Shodan