What are the belt ranks In Judo? How do you gain ranks?

What are the ranks such as white first..........and like black last.





Also how do you gain ranks?|||Achievement in Judo is recognised by a series of ranks. The student ranks are called kyu and are usually differentiated by coloured belts (obi). Different colours may be used around the world and in some countries there are more than 6 kyu ranks. The black belt, or expert, ranks are called dan. The traditional Judo ranks are:





English: Japanese:





6th grade rokyu


5th grade gokyu


4th grade yonkyu


3rd grade sankyu


2nd grade nikyu


1st grade ikkyu





1st degree shodan


2nd degree nidan


3rd degree sandan


4th degree yodan


5th degree godan and beyond.





Alternatively:





6th Kyu White belt


5th Kyu Yellow belt


4th Kyu Orange belt


3rd Kyu Green belt


2nd Kyu Blue belt


1st Kyu Brown belt





1st – 5th Dan Black belt


6th – 8th Dan Red and White belt


9th –11th Dan Red belt


12th Dan White belt


Note: 10th Dan is the highest Judo grade ever awarded by the Kodokan in Japan.





Karate kata are different compared to kata in judo. Judo kata are formal demonstrations of prearranged techniques of Judo. There are forms for throwing techniques (nage no kata), grappling techniques (katame no kata), self defense techniques and other aspects of Judo.





Have a look at these web-site, it is excellent for judo kata demonstrations and other useful info:





http://www.judoinfo.com/katamenu.htm


http://www.watanabe-kwai.co.uk/pages/Jud...


http://www.britishjudocouncil.org/docume...|||The belt rankings go as followed: White, yellow, orange,green,blue, purple, brown, black and all the different ranks of the black belt (ex: 1st dan and so on all the way to 10th dan though, it is very rare to achieve such a high rank)





As for how to gain ranks from white to brown it really depends on the dojo, I believe that only the black belt ranks have a actual regulated test.|||www.judoinfo.com/obi.htm