12/28/2017 0 Comments An Urban LegendA common misconception about martial arts long ago is that students started off with their new white belts, and as time progressed, their belts would become darker with blood and dirt until it became black. So the amount of training and the strength of their training eventually led to their "black" belt: a sign that they had mastered the art form. This legend is untrue, in fact there is no evidence as to the truth behind this legend. The reality was that the ranks and color of the belt purposely progressed from white to darker colors, and eventually black because countries in which different forms of martial arts were being created such as Japan were not able to afford different colored belts for each rank, so the white belt was progressively dyed a darker color to signify a higher rank. The general order of the belts became: white, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, brown, black.
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