Seminars___Gradings

HKC (OBI) BELT SYSTEM

GRADE	BELT (OBI)
9th KYU	Yellow Belt	White Stripe
8th KYU	Yellow Belt	White Stripe Green Tag
7th KYU	Yellow Belt
6th KYU	Green Belt	White Stripe (under 8)
5th KYU	Green Belt	1 Purple Tag
5th KYU	Green Belt	2 Purple Tags
4th KYU	Purple Belt
4th KYU	Purple Belt	1 Brown Tag
3rd KYU	Brown belt	White Stripe (under 8)
	Brown belt	1 White tag
		2 White tags
		3 White tags
		4 White tags
2nd KYU	Brown belt	1 Red tag
		2 Red tags
		3 Red tags
		4 Red tags
1st KYU	Brown belt	1 Black tag
		2 Black tags
		3 Black tags
		4 Black tags
Shodan- Ho 1st DAN 2nd DAN 3rd Dan 4th dan	Black belt (Kuro) Black belt	White Stripe 1 bar
Shodan- Ho 1st DAN 2nd DAN 3rd Dan 4th dan	Black belt Black belt Black belt	2 bars 3 bars 4 bars

White	10th Kyu	*Minimum usually* 3 months and 12 lessons to 9th Kyu**
Purple	9th Kyu	*Minimum usually* 3 months and 12 lessons to 8th Kyu**
Purple	8th Kyu	*Minimum usually* 3 months and 12 lessons to 7th Kyu**
Purple	7th Kyu	*Minimum usually* 3 months and 16 lessons to 6th Kyu**
Green	6th Kyu	*Minimum usually* 6 months and 20 lessons to 5th Kyu**
Green	5th Kyu	*Minimum usually* 6 months and 24 lessons to 4th Kyu**
Green	4th Kyu	*Minimum usually* 6 months and 30 lessons to 3rd Kyu**
Brown / White Stripe	3rd Kyu	*Minimum usually* 6 months and 48 lessons to 2nd Kyu**
Brown/ Red Stripe	2nd Kyu	*Minimum usually* 6 months and 48 lessons to 1st Kyu**
Brown/ Black Stripe	1st Kyu	*Minimum usually* 6 months and 72 lessons to 1st Dan**

Goju Ryu Katas (forms)

Gekisai dai ichi
(Attack & Smash I)
Geki means to “attack” and Sai means to “Smash” and as a compound Dai Ichi means “the first” or “number one”

Gekisai dai ni
(Attack & Smash I)
Geki means to “attack” and Sai means to “Smash” and as a compound Dai Ni means “the second” or “number two”

Sanchin
(Three Battles)
San means “three” and chin means “battle” (mind, body & spirit)

Tensho
(Rotating Palms)
Ten means “turning” or “shifting” and Sho means “palm”

Saifa
(Smash & Destroy)
Sai means “smash” or “break” and Fa means “tear” or “destroy”

Seiyunchin
(To Control and Pull in Battle)
Sei means “to control”, Yun means “to pull” and Chin means “to do battle”

Sanseiru
(36 hands)
San means “three”, Sei means “ten” and Ru means “six”

Shisochin
(Four Direction Battle)
Shi means “four”, So means “direction” and Chin means “battle”

Sepai
(18 Hands)
Sei means “ten” and Pai means “eight”

Seisan
(13 Hands)
Sei means “ten” and San means “three”

Kururunfa
(control for a long time and suddenly defeat)
Ku means “a long time”, Ru means “keep in place” or “stop from moving”, Run means “suddenly” and Fa means “destroy” or “tear”

Suparinpei
(108 hands)
Su means “one”, Pa means “hundred”, Rin means “zero”, and Pei means “eight