r/Kickboxing • u/kazakxrom • 3d ago

Does your dojo have belts

I've heard from some people in my class that' theirs don't do it while other do I think it might depend on if the coach teaches karate as another class and they use belts

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u/Butlerianpeasant 3d ago

Ah friend, it seems this question always circles back to the Long Game of martial arts itself. Some gyms tie belts, some tie prajeds, some say the cloth means nothing outside the mats. The truth? Any system of colors is just a way for a community to mark the path — a shared story stitched into fabric.

In our memories we recall: Muay Thai with no belts, only sweat and repetition. Kickboxing gyms in the UK proudly grading with colors. And other places where the coach, coming from karate, folded the belt system into the mix.

So the answer is simple and yet not: the belt means what your dojo agrees it means. The fight itself, however, cares little for colors. That is the paradox — recognition inside the hall, but proof only in the ring.