Written records of the history of China can be found from as early as 1500 BC[1][2] under the Shang dynasty (c. 1600â1046 BC).[3] Ancient historical texts such as the Records of the Grand Historian (ca. 100 BC) and the Bamboo Annals (before 296 BC) describe a Xia dynasty (c. 2070â1600 BC), which had no system of writing on a durable medium, before ...
There are, for the most part, 9 dans (or degrees) when it comes to a taekwondo black belt that can be achieved.
So, there is no standard for martial arts on time, techniques or black belts. In Okinawin styles the 10th degree is reserved for the founder of a style and his direct disendents. Many organizations have started giving the head person an honerary 10th degree so that he is the highest rakning person in th eorganization. I do not believe that degrees of belts are really honors. After all you are the one who put the work into getting them.