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- From: acharya@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: 10th Dan & Badass Karate (belt system)
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 21:04:37 GMT
- Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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- Message-ID: <1e92d5INNivf@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>
- References: <1992Nov14.045400.26626@gagme.chi.il.us> <1992Nov15.190126.206@pages.com>,<BOWERS.92Nov16110409@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov>
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- 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?
-
- mukund
-