| Students Rank | Color | Remarks | Min. Training |
| 10 kyu | White Belt | Beginner | |
| 9b kyu | |||
| 9 kyu | |||
| 8b kyu | Yellow Belt | Intermediate | 3 months |
| 8 kyu | |||
| 7b kyu | Orange Belt | 6 months | |
| 7 kyu | |||
| 6b kyu | Green Belt | 9 months | |
| 6 kyu | |||
| 5b kyu | Purple Belt | 12 months | |
| 5 kyu | |||
| 4b kyu | Advanced | 15 months | |
| 4 kyu | |||
| 3b kyu | Brown Belt | 18 months | |
| 3 kyu | |||
| 2b kyu | 24 months | ||
| 2 kyu | |||
| 1b kyu | 27 months | ||
| 1 kyu | |||
| 1st Dan | Black Belt | Shodan | 36 months |
| 2nd Dan | Nidan | 1 yrs. after Shodan | |
| 3rd Dan | Sandan | 2 yrs. after Nidan | |
| 4th Dan | Yondan | 3 yrs. after Sandan | |
| 5th Dan | Godan | 3 yrs. after Yondan | |
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