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  2. Dan (rank) - Wikipedia

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    Dan. The dan (段) ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial arts organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system. Used as a ranking system to quantify skill level in a specific domain, it was originally used at a Go school during the Edo period. [ 1 ]

  3. Rank in judo - Wikipedia

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    Tenth dan. Red or Black. jūdan (十段) Eleventh dan Twelfth dan and higher*. White or Red or Black. juichidan (十一段)junidan (十二段) Practitioners of Judo (柔道家, Jūdōka) are ranked according to their skill and knowledge, and, for high ranking dan grades, their contribution to the art. Their rank is indicated by the colour of ...

  4. Black belt (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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    In judo and some forms of karate, a sixth dan will wear a red-and-white belt. The red-and-white belt is often reserved only for ceremonial occasions, and a regular black belt is still worn during training. At 9th or 10th dan some schools award red. In some schools of jujutsu, the shihan rank and higher wear purple belts. These other colors are ...

  5. Kyū - Wikipedia

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    The Dan ranking system starts after 1st kyū. Essentially, the kyū is the number of steps before reaching mastery whereas the dan gives steps into mastery. Pre-1st kyū and pre-2nd kyū are used in examinations of languages, because it is often hard to pass the examinations at 1st and 2nd kyū .

  6. Shintō Musō-ryū - Wikipedia

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    Shintō Musō-ryū, or Shindō Musō-ryū (神道夢想流), a most commonly known by its practice of jōdō, is a traditional school (koryū) of the Japanese martial art of jōjutsu, or the art of wielding the short staff (jō). The technical purpose of the art is to learn how to defeat a swordsman in combat using the jō, with an emphasis on ...

  7. Shodan (rank) - Wikipedia

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    Shodan (初段), literally meaning "beginning degree," is the lowest black belt rank in Japanese martial arts [1] and the game of Go. The 2nd dan is higher than Shodan, but the 1st dan is called Shodan traditionally and not " Ichidan ". This is because the character 初 (sho, alternative pronunciation: hatsu) also means first, new or beginning ...

  8. Bujinkan - Wikipedia

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    The Bujinkan (Japanese: 武神館) is an international martial arts organization [1] based in Japan and headed by Masaaki Hatsumi. The combat system taught by this organization comprises nine separate ryūha, or schools, which are collectively referred to as Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu. [2][3] The Bujinkan is most commonly associated with ninjutsu.

  9. Japanese martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Japanese martial arts. Japanese martial arts refers to the variety of martial arts native to the country of Japan. At least three Japanese terms (budō, bujutsu, and bugei) are used interchangeably with the English phrase Japanese martial arts. The usage of the term budō (武道) to mean martial arts is a modern one: historically the term ...