Youth Ranking System (6 – 18 years old)

Solid color and stripe belts

Pre-10^th Kyu: Yellow Stripe
10^th Kyu:          Yellow Belt
Pre-9^th Kyu:    Green Stripe
9^th Kyu:            Green Belt
Pre-8^th Kyu:    Blue Stripe
8^th Kyu:            Blue Belt
Pre-7^th Kyu:    Purple Stripe
7^th Kyu:            Purple Belt
Pre-6^th Kyu:    Brown Stripe
6^th Kyu:            Brown Belt
Pre-5^th Kyu:    Black Stripe
5^th Kyu:             Black Belt with White Stripe

The Youth Black Belt Level merges into the adult testing system.

Junior Black Belt Teacher Assistant

The 5^th Kyu Junior Black Belt level empowers students to help assist the instructor in youth classes to teach them leadership skills, as they have learned all the youth foundation techniques from 10^th-5^th Kyu.  They have earned that honor!  Also, advanced youth students are encourage to lead warm-up activities to learn responsibility.

Adult Black Belt System

Kyu System:   5^th Kyu to 1^st Kyu
Dan System:  1^st degree Black Belt to 10^th degree Black Belt