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Stefan (Shikai - "Rust & Shatter") wrote: Salindy13 wrote: It would be nice to see Orihime show off her Black Belt Karate skills at least once, if that's what Tatsuki's been saying about her. She seems to be only good at repelling attacks, apart from the healing.

According to Tatsuki, Orihime was at the yellow belt level when she and the others went to save Rukia. Orihime mentions this to Uryu in ep42; so basically it was just blind luck that she was able to simultaneously knock out two Shinigami, barehanded.

That said she might have advanced two-three levels since then; training with Tatsuki, but she's no black-belt. ^^

in the english dub it was stated that orihime had a yellow belt in karate, in the original version it was stated she has a black belt in karate. contrary to popular belief(in north America) having a black belt doesn't make you a master martial artist it means you know the basics and are ready for advanced training.