Subject: Re: TaeKwonDo belt colors Here is a chart that I began compiling over on theDojang of Korean MA belt systems. As you can see, there are MANY different approaches. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Korean Martial Arts Belt Systems ******************************** des School/Org Source --- --------------------------------- ------------------ (A) Korea TKD Association (KTA) Ken Stricker (B) World TKD Federation Affilliated (WTF) Andrew Dorfman (C) International TKD Federation (ITF) John McFee (D) American TKD Association (ATA) John B. Erwin (E) Chung Do Kwan TKD (WTA) Brian McCarthy (F) Deutsche Taekwondo-Union (DTU) Reinhard Schoen (G) Oesterreichischer TKD Verband (ODTV)/ Andreas Hajek European TKD Union (ETU)/WTF (H) Australian Taekwondo Federation Steve Mirams (I) no formal organization Christina McLauchlan (J) ??? Teresa_Schmidt (K) small unaffiliated school Michael Cornelius (L) Moo Sul Kwan/AMASEA Keith Cummins (M) International Tang Soo Do Federation (ITF) Jeannette M. Wing (N) World Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do Federation Dale Gutt (O) TSD MDK US Federation Jennifer Rambridge (P) Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Kevin Newman (not part of the Federation) (Q) Unaffiliated TKD School Jerry Simonowits (R) Unaffiliated TKD School (Older System) Jerry Simonowits (S) Kuk Sool Hapkido David Maxwell (T) Kim's United TKD-Karate Center (Portland, OR) Lucas Aarons (U) Unaffiliated TKD School Anthony Preston GUP LEVEL RANKINGS ================== Org| | |10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Pre-Dan ---+-+-+---+----+----+-----+-----+------+------+------+-----+------+----------- (A)| | | W | Y |Y/G | G |G/BL | BL | BL/R | R | R/K | R/2K | (B)| | | | W | Y | Y/G | G | G/BL | BL | BL/R | R | R/K | (C)| | | W |W/Y | Y | Y/G | G | G/BL | BL | BL/R | R | R/K | (D)| | | | W | O | Y | C | G | P | BL | BR | R |R-K (E)| | | W | W | Y | Y | G | G | P | P | BR | BR | (F)| | | W |W/Y | Y | Y/G | G | G/BL | BL |BL/BR | BR | BR/K | (G)| | | Y | Y | G | G | BL | BL | BR | BR | R | R | (H)| | | W |W/Y | Y | Y/G | G | G/BL | BL | BL/R | R | R/K | (I)| | | W | W | Y | Y | G | G | BL | BL | BR | BR | (J)|W|Y| P | O | G | G/S |G/2S | BL | BL/S | R | R/S | R/2S | (K)| | | W | Y | Y | G | G | BL | BL | BR | BR | R | (L)| | | | | W | Y | O | G | BL | P | BR | R | (M)| | | W | Y | O | O/G | G | G/R | G/2R | R |R/BL |R/2BL |R/3BL R/4BL (N)| | | W |W/R |P/W |P/2W | G/W | G/2W | G/3W | R/W |R/2W | R/3W | (O)| | | W |W/K | O |O/BL | G | G/BL |G/2BL | R |R/BL |R/2BL | (P)| | | | W | O | O/S | G | G/S | G/2S | R | R/S | R/2S | (T)| | | W |W/Y | Y |Y/BL | BL | BL/P | P | P/BR| BR | BR | BR/K (U)| | | W | Y | Y | G | G | P | BL | BL | BR | BR | SCHOOLS THAT VARY FROM "TRADITIONAL" GUP LEVELS =============================================== Org| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ---+-+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+-----+----+----+-----+-----+----+-----+----- (Q)|W|W/Y| Y|Y/O| O| O/G| G|G/BL| BL|BL/P| P| P/R| R|R/BR| BR| BR/K (R)|W|W/Y| Y|Y/G| G|G/BL|BL|BL/R|BL/2R| R|R/BR|R/2BR|R/3BR| BR| BR/K|BR/2K (S)|W| Y|Y/K| G|G/K|G/2K|BL|BL/K|BL/2K| R| R/K| R/2K| BR|BR/K|BR/2K|BR/3K DAN LEVEL RANKINGS ================== Org|Youth| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5+ ---+-----+-----+------+------+------+--------------------------- (A)| R-K | K | K/2S | K/3S | K/4S | Add Stripe (White or gold) (B)| | K | | | | (C)| R-K | K | Dan level Indicated by gold roman numeral at tip of belt (D)| | K | | | | (E)| | K | | | | (F)| | K | | | | (G)| | K | | | | (H)| R-K | K | | | | (I)| | K | | | | (J)| | K | | | | (K)| | K | | | | (L)| | K | | | | (M)| | M | M/2W | M/3W | M/R | (N)| | M/W | M/2W | M/3W | M/R | M/R (O)| | M | M/W | M/2W | M/R | M/R (P)| | M | | | | (Q)| R-K | K | | | | (R)| R-K | K | | | | (S)| | K | | | | (T)| | K | | | | (U)| | K | | | | KEY TO COLORS =============================== / - indicates stripe or tip W - white Y - yellow G - green P - purple BR - brown R - red O - orange C - camoflage BL - blue M - midnight blue K - black R*K - red with 3cm black band R-K - red & black belt S - stripe (undefined color)