The Story of the Belt
A long time ago, when a student started to study the Martial Arts, a rope
was given to them instead of a belt. After they had studied for a long time,
they took a test. If they passed, the student then received a belt, a white
belt. The student always kept this white belt. There were no yellow, orange,
green, blue, purple or brown belts like there are today. Since the student
always wore the white belt, it began to get dirty. The longer the student
studied, the dirtier the belt became. After years of studying and learning
about the martial arts, the student's belt became so dirty, it looked black.
This is how the black belt came to represent a student who has studied and
worked hard in martial arts.
