The student's power and techniques begin to bloom and ripen. Dark Blue Dark blue represents maturity, respect, honor. Our dark blue belt is given to the Cho Dan Bo or black belt candidate. He must now prepare mind and body to attain black belt. Black Black represents mastery, calmness, dignity, sincerity.
Black belt is the final stage of one life cycle and the beginning of the next.
Thus, we see that it is not only the end of one stage but, more importantly, the beginning of a path which leads up through the ranks of the higher black belts to true mastery. The Chinese surgeon, Hua To, developed a series of health exercises based on Chinese medicine and philosophy. From there he traveled to Nanking, to the court of the Liang Dynasty Emperor Wu Ti. However, Ta Mo and Wu Ti differed in their interpretations and understanding of Buddhist doctrine, which led Ta Mo to make a hasty exit from Nanking and the region of Wu Ti's control. From there he proceeded onto Songshan and the famed Shaolin Temple.