Judo's basis in oriental martial arts has established a hierarchy of a formally stratified
ranking system related to achievement and skill levels.
The Yudansha "dan" grades, Black Belts, are awarded according to the National Rules
(Grading Syllabus), adapted from the Rules of the International Judo Federation, while
the "colour" grades are given by the teachers of a Dojo.
The kyu grade syllabus has been modified to provide a different approach to learning the
various techniques for junior-aged judoka and to standardize the requirements across
Canada. The new syllabus provides for 11 junior kyu levels based upon half-belts (see below). They are meant to provide a physical, visible, acknowledgement of accomplishment and skill advancement. It is also recommended that stripes be used as incentives between the various kyus. For the half-belts the students are required to learn one half of the techniques, as per the Sensei’s choice.
6th Kyu White Belt
(6+th Kyu White-Yellow Belt)
5th Kyu Belt Yellow
(5+th Kyu Yellow-Orange Belt)
4th Kyu Orange
(4+th Kyu Orange-Green Belt)
3rd Kyu Green Belt
(3rd + Kyu Green-Blue Belt)
2nd Kyu Blue Belt
(2nd + Kyu Blue-Brown Belt)
1st Kyu Brown Belt
1st Dan Black Belt
Rokkyu 6th grade white belt
Gokyu 5th grade yellow belt
Yonkyu 4th grade orange belt
Sankyu 3rd grade green belt
Nikyu 2nd grade blue belt
Ikkyu 1st grade brown belt
Shodan 1st grade black belt
Nidan 2nd grade black belt
Sandan 3rd grade black belt
Yondan 4th grade black belt
Godan 5th grade black belt
Rokudan 6th grade black or red and white belt
Shichidan 7th grade black or red and white belt
Hachidan 8th grade black or red and white belt
Kudan 9th grade red or black belt
Judan 10th grade red or black belt
Rokkyu 6th grade white belt
Gokyu 5th grade yellow belt
Yonkyu 4th grade orange belt
Sankyu 3rd grade green belt
Nikyu 2nd grade blue belt
Ikkyu 1st grade brown belt
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