The 7 grading belts following kyu grades. The seven black belts. Considered advanced/expert grades.
Together with Kyu, the playing strength ranking scale, Master
Japanese term for anyone who has achieved the rank of Black Belt or above. This term is not exclusive to the Martial Arts, but is used in many sports and Games.
Master level. Higher numbers are better. See Figure 4.
degree, grade or rank indication
Black Belt Standard (1st - 12th)
graduate. `Dan grades' are black-belt grades
Black belt grade Makiwara Punching board
learning rank beyond black belt
blackbelt rank. 1-6: prefixes:{ sho-, ni-, san-, yon-, go-, roku
as spelt level/Black belt grade
A black belt ranking such as shodan, nidan, etc. [Lit. level].[Back
Rank or degree of a black belt. Ranks lower than the black belt are called Kyu-degrees.
Degree ranking for Black Belt
Category used to describe the rank of advanced practitioners of budo.
The Korean word for degree, usually used as a suffix with a number prefix to indicate a practitioner's rank, as in shodan. First dan is the lowest degree and 10th dan is the highest.