Silly me, I kind of believed - along with a couple of million other people - that Jigoro Kano invented the belt system as we know it. Last time anyone checked he was considered to be as Japanese as they possibly come...
What's next, that Wing Chun really is a native Norwegian Viking form of belly dancing?
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"In Korea, they only had white belts,” said Gerber, seven-year owner of Iron Horse Martial Arts.
"It was the wear and tear that changed the colors. So, when they started teaching Americans, they had to come up with a ranking system."
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