I'm currently studying under a branch of the Kenshin Internation school of karate, and am learning the traditional variant of the Shorin-Ryu style of Karate.
But my question is this:
This past week, I received the rank of Shodan-Ho, which for us is a black belt with a white stripe across the middle. With the aid of a couple people that can read Mandarin / guess at Kanji, we tried to translate what was on the certificate.
The certificate essentially gave me the rank of 'black belt'.
But....my belt isn't black.
Would you consider the rank of Shodan-Ho black, or....what would it be if it wasn't?
But my question is this:
This past week, I received the rank of Shodan-Ho, which for us is a black belt with a white stripe across the middle. With the aid of a couple people that can read Mandarin / guess at Kanji, we tried to translate what was on the certificate.
The certificate essentially gave me the rank of 'black belt'.
But....my belt isn't black.
Would you consider the rank of Shodan-Ho black, or....what would it be if it wasn't?