Kenpoguy123
Purple Belt
Wow so just found this video of George's st Pierre doing a kata as a kid he's either brown or black belt in the video it's hard to tell but it's cool to watch
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Child GSP doing kata
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Kenpoguy123
Purple Belt
The video on the thread duh as it's always been there and I totally didnt forget to paste the link in...whoops lol
Ironbear24
Senior Master
Green belt? It's not common for children to be given a black belt. Most places frowfron that.
Kenpoguy123
Purple Belt
No it's definentely not a green belt as the video says black belt either it's him as a black belt or testing for it
frank raud
Master of Arts
Sandan. You can see the stripes on his belt.
KenpoMaster805
2nd Black Belt
His to young to be a sandan
JR 137
Grandmaster
I thought I saw 2 stripes on his black belt. Junior black belts in Kyokushin (along with a lot of other karate schools and arts) have a white stripe going the entire length of the belt. His doesn't. Adult black belts (which his is solid black, not striped) start at 14.
The kata he did is Gekisai Dai. He didn't do a great job with it. I've seen far, far worse. Gekisai Dai is taught at I believe green belt (about 4th kyu) for adults, possibly at brown belt for kids.
Kyokushin doesn't emphasize kata, therefore many Kyokushin karateka's kata isn't as sharp as say Shotokan karateka. Promotion in Kyokushin has much more to do with kumite than anything else, not that everything else is ignored by any means.
Sorry for the trivia.
The kata he did is Gekisai Dai. He didn't do a great job with it. I've seen far, far worse. Gekisai Dai is taught at I believe green belt (about 4th kyu) for adults, possibly at brown belt for kids.
Kyokushin doesn't emphasize kata, therefore many Kyokushin karateka's kata isn't as sharp as say Shotokan karateka. Promotion in Kyokushin has much more to do with kumite than anything else, not that everything else is ignored by any means.
Sorry for the trivia.
