Test Criteria
The Kyu ranks are considered to be junior students in general and are referred to as Mudansha. Click on a rank for detailed testing procedures.
6th Kyu - Rokkyu (yellow belt)
5th Kyu - Gokyu (blue belt)
4th Kyu - Yonkyu (1st purple belt)
3rd Kyu - Sankyu (2nd purple belt)
2nd Kyu - Nikyu (1st brown belt)
1st Kyu - Ikkyu (2nd brown belt)
Black belt ranks are referred to as Dan ranking. Dan ranks are considered senior students and are referred to as Yudansha.
1st Dan - Shodan (1st degree black belt)
2nd Dan - Nidan (2nd degree black belt)
3rd Dan - Sandan (3rd degree black belt)
4th Dan - Yodan (4th degree black belt)
5th Dan - Godan (5th degree black belt)
All the way to 10th dan.
