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Black Belt (martial Arts)
In Modern history of East Asian martial arts, East Asian martial arts, the black belt is associated with expertise, but may indicate only competence, depending on the martial art. The use of colored belts is a relatively recent invention dating from the 1880s. Origin The systematic use of belt colour to denote rank was first used in Japan by Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo in the 1880s. Previously, Japanese martial arts, Japanese Koryu instructors tended to provide rank certificates only. Initially the wide obi was used. As practitioners trained in a kimono, only white belt, white and black obi were used. This kind of ranking is less common in arts that do not claim a far Eastern origin, though it is used in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. Relative rank Rank and belts are not equivalent between arts, styles, or even within some organisations. In some arts, a black belt may be awarded in three years or even less, while in others it takes dedicated training of ten years or ...
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Modern History Of East Asian Martial Arts
East Asia, the region dominated by Chinese, Japanese and Korean culture, was greatly transformed following its contact with the West in the 19th century. This defining period can be considered as the start of the modern period of East Asian history, and also happens to be the time of origin of most schools of martial arts of East Asian origin practiced today. New approaches and ideas about martial arts were created that are distinctly different from the previous history of martial arts, especially under the influence of nascent nationalism in the region, which took the respective traditions of martial arts as being part of the nation's heritage to be polished and standardized into a pure form and showcased to the rest of the world. As a result, the modern martial arts of China and Japan are for the most part a product of the nationalist governments in power during the 1920s and 1930s, in the case of Korea developed under Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese occupation and cast in te ...
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Rhee TKD Black Belts
Rhee may refer to: * Rhee, Netherlands * River Rhee, a tributary of the River Cam, in Cambridgeshire, England People * A common Korean surname, Lee, which is also commonly transliterated as Rhee or Yi. In Korea, the name is written using the hanja Li 李. * Several people bearing the Korean surname, as noted at List of people with the Korean family name Lee Given name * Rhee Timbang, Filipino cleric and 13th Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church Surname * Margaret Rhee, American feminist poet * Michelle Rhee (born 1969), American educator and former Chancellor of the District of Columbia school system * Peter M. Rhee (born 1961), American physician and US Navy veteran * Phillip Rhee (born 1960), South Korean-American actor and martial-arts master * Syngman Rhee (1875–1965), South Korean President See also * Master Rhee (other) * Rhee Brothers (other) * * Re (other) * Ree (other) * Rhees (other) Rhees may ...
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Martial Arts Terminology
Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman and Celtiberian poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Ancient Rome, Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these poems he satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. He wrote a total of 1,561 epigrams, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. Martial has been called the greatest Latin epigrammatist, and is considered the creator of the modern epigram. He also coined the term plagiarism. Early life Knowledge of his origins and early life are derived almost entirely from his works, which can be more or less dated according to the well-known events to which they refer. In Book X of his ''Epigrams'', composed between 95 and 98, he mentions celebrating his fift ...
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Belts (clothing)
Belt or The Belt may refer to: Apparel * Belt (clothing), a leather or fabric band worn around the waist * Championship belt, a type of trophy used primarily in combat sports * Colored belts, such as a Black belt (martial arts), black belt or Red belt (martial arts), red belt, worn by martial arts practitioners to signify rank in the kyū ranking system Geology * Orogenic belt * Greenstone belt * A large-scale linear or curved array or belt of igneous rocks (e.g. Transscandinavian Igneous Belt) * A large-scale linear or curved array of mineral deposits (e.g. Bolivian tin belt) * Paired metamorphic belts Mechanical and vehicular * Belt (mechanical), a looped strip of material used to link multiple rotating shafts * Conveyor belt, a device for transporting goods along a fixed track * Belt manlift, a device for moving people between floors in a building or grain elevator. * Seat belt, a safety device in automobiles and on the plane * Timing belt (camshaft), Timing belt, part of an i ...
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Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by Internet Archive, an American nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. Launched for public access in 2001, the service allows users to go "back in time" to see how websites looked in the past. Founders Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat developed the Wayback Machine to provide "universal access to all knowledge" by preserving archived copies of defunct web pages. The Wayback Machine's earliest archives go back at least to 1995, and by the end of 2009, more than 38.2 billion webpages had been saved. As of November 2024, the Wayback Machine has archived more than 916 billion web pages and well over 100 petabytes of data. History The Internet Archive has been archiving cached web pages since at least 1995. One of the earliest known pages was archived on May 8, 1995. Internet Archive founders Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat launched the Wayback Machine in San Francisco, California ...
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Gracie Jiu-jitsu Ranking System
The Gracie jiu-jitsu ranking system is a method of signifying competency and moral character of a Brazilian jiu-jitsu, jiu-jitsu practitioner, developed by founders Carlos Gracie, Carlos and Hélio Gracie, and utilized by members of the Gracie family. Similar to the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, IBJJF Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system, the Gracie system has a number of key differences. Most notable is the half-color ranks included in the junior level, making for a larger series of ranks for practitioners under the age of 16 years old. Bars and stripes / degrees Having its roots in the Japanese martial art and sport of judo, Gracie/Brazilian jiu-jitsu adopted a similar colored belt system to signify a practitioner's progression within the art. However, to differentiate Brazilian jiu-jitsu from the other disciplines, a solid bar was included on the belt near one of the ends. As a practitioner advances, stripes are awarded and placed at equidistant intervals on the ...
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Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Ranking System
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system signifies a practitioner's increasing level of technical knowledge and practical skill within the art. Colored belts worn as part of the Brazilian jiu-jitsu gi, uniform are awarded to the practitioner. The ranking system shares its origins with the Rank in Judo, judo belt-rank system, but the Brazilian system incorporates some minor differences from Judo such as a division between youths and adults and the issuance of stripes and degrees. Some differences have become synonymous with Brazilian jiu-jitsu, the art, such as a marked informality in promotional criteria, a focus on competitive demonstration of skill, and conservative promotion. History In 1907, Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, introduced the use of belts (''Obi in martial arts, obi'') and Brazilian jiu-jitsu gi, gi (''judogi'') in the martial arts, replacing the practice of training in formal kimono. In 1914, Kanō's pupil Mitsuyo Maeda arrived in Brazil, a journey which led to t ...
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Kyū
is a Japanese language, Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in Japanese tea ceremony, tea ceremony, ikebana, flower arranging, Go (game), Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience. In Mandarin Chinese, the same character is pronounced ''jí'', and the term is used for academic tests. In Korea, the term ''geup'' () is used (also transliterated as ''gup'' or ''kup''). In Vietnamese martial arts, it is known as ''cấp'' (''khớp''). History The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department started a ranking system using ''kyū'' to measure the police officers' ability in Kendo. Grades were from 8th to 1st. In the 1890s, Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, the Greater Japan Martial Virtue Society introduced the ''dan'' and ''kyū'' ranking system to various martial arts in Japan. Martial arts usage In modern Japanese martial arts, ''kyū''-level practitioners hold the ranks below ''dan'' or B ...
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Dan (rank)
The ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial arts organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system. Used as a ranking system to quantify skill level in a specific domain, it was originally used at a Go (game), Go school during the Edo period. It is now also used in most modern Japanese fine and martial arts. Martial arts writer Takao Nakaya claims that this dan system was first applied to martial arts in Japan by Kanō Jigorō (1860–1938), the founder of judo, in 1883, and later introduced to other East Asian countries. In gendai budo, modern Japanese martial arts, holders of dan ranks often wear a black belt (martial arts), black belt; those of higher rank may also wear either red-and-white or Red belt (martial arts), red belts depending on the style. Dan ranks are also given for strategic board games such as Go, Japanese chess (''shōgi''), and renju, as well as for other arts such as the Japanese tea cerem ...
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Shihan
is a Japanese term that is used in many Japanese martial arts as an honorific title for expert or senior instructors. It can be translated as "master instructor". The use of the term is specific to a school or organization, as is the process of becoming a shihan. In aikido, the title ''shihan'' often is granted to teachers when they reach 6th dan. It is sometimes associated with certain rights, such as the right to give out black belt ('' dan'') ranks. However, the title is distinct from the black belt ranking system ( ''dan'i''). See also *Sensei The term "先生", read in Chinese, in Japanese, in Korean, and in Vietnamese, is an honorific used in the Sinosphere. In Japanese, the term literally means "person born before another" or "one who comes before". It is generally used ... References Titles and rank in Japanese martial arts {{Martialart-term-stub ...
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Jujutsu
Jujutsu ( , or ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu (both ), is a Japanese martial art and a system of close combat that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponents. A subset of techniques from certain styles of jujutsu were used to develop many modern martial arts and combat sports, such as judo, aikido, sambo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, ARB, and mixed martial arts. Characteristics " Jū" can be translated as "gentle, soft, supple, flexible, pliable, or yielding", and " jutsu" can be translated as "art or technique". "Jujutsu" thus has the meaning of "yielding-art", as its core philosophy is to manipulate the opponent's force against themself rather than confronting it with one's own force. Jujutsu developed to combat the samurai of feudal Japan as a method for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no form of weapon, or only a short weapon. Because striking against an armored ...
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