Philosophy of Colors and Belts

Belts and Colors

The story goes that after World War II Japan and Korea had few resources so an inexpensive and effective way to differentiate levels and maintain the status given to martial arts was dyed belts.
At first the white belt was dyed in each grade advancement and increasingly darker colors dealt to black, with the order; white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown and black.
Similarly philosophical history shows us a more poetic forms being the following one:

White: Home (represents the seed under the snow) A student white belt
is a beginner in search of knowledge, the beginning of the cycle of life. A blank page to be written.

Yellow: Ascending force (represents the first rays of sun shining on the seed) A yellow belt is the recipient of the first ray of knowledge to open his mind to the teachings and inside a superior force.

Naranjo: Force established (representing the sun shining on the seed and heating the earth as a sign of growth) Orange belt is the student who begins to feel his body in harmony with the art, the mind is open and understood. His inner strength is already stable.

Green: Growth (represents the sprouting of the seed into the sun) Here the student begins to grow in art, strengthens your body, it is a cycle of energy in abundance.

Blue: Stability and Fluidity (represents the plant toward the sky and fluidity of air) Blue belt enjoys technical and physical strength, sets the sky as its limit and is fluent in its ascent.

Brown Belt: Maturation (represents the fruits, harvest) is an advanced student with knowledge of the power of their techniques, understand the fruits of work done. He knows that the road has just begun and is preparing to make the trip.

Black: dark, empty. (Beyond the sun) The black belt seeks a deeper understanding of art knowledge, sees the light in the darkness beyond the sun from vacuum and teaches new seeds to grow and mature, knowing that some seeds will continue the endless cycle life.
The colors can also be represented symbolically with the seasons, the elements, animals ... and every representation increases our heritage of Martial Arts.

Jorge Sanz Saez