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Stefan (Shikai - "Rust & Shatter") wrote: Jam17692 wrote: Stefan (Shikai - "Rust & Shatter") wrote: Jam17692 wrote: 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.

Yeah, I realize there's a jungle of different belt systems out there, I merely assumed that Salindy was referring to black as the widely accepted master-level in many western martial arts schools. (not just in north America) :) karate isn't a western martial art

I was referring to the geographical aspect; where the various martial-arts are practiced today, not from where they originate. it actually isn't accepted as master-level it's just that most martial arts add additional strips or marks to one end belt when you go up another rank, people who are unfamiliar with the ranking system see a someone teaching they look at the color of the belt not how many strips are on one end and assume that black means master.