jdb@qubix.UUCP (Jeff Bulf) (10/12/84)
> If anyone could tell me what red, blue, and yellow represent, I'd greatly > appreciate it. Thanx. I don't what the Tae Kwan Do folk mean by red yellow etc, but the origin of the traditional Japanese White/Brown/Black system is historical and interesting. Before the regular system of ranks, a karateka simply never washed his belt after he began training. A brown belt reflected an intermediate time in training, and black showed long enough for (presumed) mastry of the art. There are even those who see a full circle in the phenomenon of a really well worn belt turning white again from wearing right through the outer layers of material. -- Dr Memory ...{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!qubix!jdb