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- From: mallon@hsi.com (Dan Mallon-Kraft)
- Subject: Re: 10th Dan & Badass Karate (belt system)
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- References: <1992Nov15.190126.206@pages.com> <BOWERS.92Nov16110409@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov> <1e92d5INNivf@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:33:16 GMT
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- In article <1e92d5INNivf@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu> acharya@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU writes:
- <In article <BOWERS.92Nov16110409@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov>, bowers@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Al Bowers) writes:
- <>In article <1992Nov15.190126.206@pages.com> kevin@pages (Kevin Sven Berg) writes:
- <>>In article <1992Nov14.045400.26626@gagme.chi.il.us> phantom@gagme.chi.il.us
- <>>(Leif Ericksen) writes:
- <>>[...snip snip ...]
- <>>> True, the original belt systems was teh dirtier it was the
- <>>> more experience you supposedly had. THUS the tradition that YOU NEVER
- <>>> EVER was your belt.
- <>
- <>>'never wash you belt?
- <>
- <>>This sounds like folklore, and I find it hard to believe arising from a
- <>>society that places great value in bathing and cleanliness.
- <>
- <>It should be noted that the belt system is _not_ Japanese, but is a
- <>transplant from Okinawa, where it originated. In traditional Japanese
- <>styles, your were a student, accomplished, or a master.
- <>
- <>Belt rankings were not prevalent in the Japanese styles until this
- <>century.
- <
- <we need to get this on the FAQ!
- <
- <as far as i know, the belt system was introduced by funakoshi. while on the
- <topic of belts, did kano also use a belt system in judo? steve...bud...anyone?
-
- This is pretty funny! As far as I knew, Kano introduced a ranking system.
- I could be wrong (gasp :-) There is a small discussion of ranking in
- "Kodokan Judo" by J. Kano. I couldn't find anything about an origin of
- ranking in the book, though.
-
- Anyone have any sources that can settle the issue (not that I'm really
- concerned all that much by who founded it).
-