Karate Kyokushinkai - not just a sport, it is a philosophy that teaches you to be patient and decisive. The uniform for practicing this type of martial arts is called dogi: belt, jacket and loose-fitting pants.
A belt is an attribute that serves as a reward for effort and shows achievements. Its color symbolizes the persistence with which the athlete trains. Therefore, it is important to learn how to sew on a color stripe correctly, so as not to spoil the product.
Stripe on a karate belt: color system
Kyokushin, a type of martial art that has its own degrees of determining skills and abilities: workshop dans (there are ten of them) and student kyu (also ten). The degree of skill is confirmed by the color stripe on the belt and the color of the belt itself.
The Kyokushinkai color system is different from other systems. Students receive belts in the following sequence:
- White. As a symbol of purity, bright intentions of learning new things.
- Orange – 10 kyu.
- Orange with blue stripe - 9 kyu.A symbol of early dawn, the desire to grow and develop.
- Blue – 8 kyu.
- Blue with a yellow stripe - 7 kyu Young sunbeam. It is interpreted as the beginning of a meaningful analysis of philosophy and battle tactics.
- Yellow – 6 kyu.
- Yellow – 5 kyu with green stripe. First shoots. Developing speed and strength, improving acquired knowledge.
- Green – 4 kyu.
- Green with a brown stripe - 3 kyu. The flower is growing stronger and gaining strength.
- Brown – 2 kyu.
- Brown with a gold stripe - 1 kyu. Maturity, closeness to wisdom.
- Black – 1–9 dan mastery. One of the most important moments in the life of a karateka is receiving a black belt.
- Red – 10th dan.
To obtain each belt, a master or student must pass exams, during which they must demonstrate knowledge of basic techniques, kata, perform strength and endurance exercises, kumite, tameshiwari, and tell the philosophy of martial arts.
What do you need to sew a stripe onto a Kyokushin karate belt?
After increasing the skill level to an odd kyu, it is necessary to sew a color stripe onto the belt. Most often the question: "How to do it?", are asked by students who have received 9 kyu, who need to sew their first, blue stripe onto an orange belt. For sewing you will need:
- scissors;
- belt;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- iron;
- pins;
- needle (sewing machine);
- thread (color should match the color of the fabric);
- fabric of the corresponding color.
It is necessary to give preference to fabrics for stripes that have a long-lasting color.
How to sew on a strip correctly so as not to ruin a karate belt?
Having prepared everything you need for work, you can start sewing.
- First, cut a rectangle from a piece of prepared woven fabric. Its width should be 20 mm and length 110 mm.The length of the strip is determined by the width of the belt; it should be twice the width, plus 0.5 cm of margin.
- Then bend the rectangle, reducing its width by half. To fix the bend, iron the part.
- After completing the preparation of the part, you can begin preparing the base. To do this, take the belt and mark with a pencil 10 cm from the edge, drawing a line along the width. This is the line along which the strip will be sewn.
- Place the ironed strip on the line and secure with pins. Start sewing. It is better to do this with a sewing machine, but in extreme cases you can sew the seam by hand.
Pins will help immobilize the sewn element, preventing it from moving during sewing. When sewing a part by hand, stick to the edge, so the seam will be more even.
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