Belts

Belt Colour	Grade
White	Ungraded
White with Red Stripe	10th Kyu
Red	9th Kyu
Red with White Stripe	9th Kyu Tag
Orange	8th Kyu
Orange with White Stripe	8th Kyu Tag
Yellow	7th Kyu
Yellow with White Stripe	7th Kyu Tag
Green	6th Kyu
Green with White Stripe	6th Kyu Tag
Purple	5th Kyu
Blue	5th Kyu Tag
Purple with White Stripe	4th Kyu
Brown	3rd Kyu
Brown	2nd Kyu
Brown with White Stripe	1st Kyu
Black	Shodan 1st Dan
Black	Nidan 2nd Dan

Counting

1. Ichi (sometimes shortened to Ich or Eech in class)
2. Ni (pronounced Nee)
3. San
4. Shi
5. Go
6. Roku (sometimes shortened Ro in class)
7. Shichi (sometimes shortened to Seech/Sheech in class)
8. Hachi (sometimes shortened to Hach in class)
9. Kyuu
10. Juu

Notice, Four and Seven also have alternatives in Japanese – 4 = Yon and 7 – Nana.