Black Belt
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Black Belt may refer to:
- Black belt (martial arts)Black belt (martial arts)In martial arts, the black belt is a way to describe a graduate of a field where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is commonly the highest belt color used and denotes a degree of competence. It is often associated with a teaching grade though...
, an indication of attainment of a high rank of skill in martial arts- Black Belt MagazineBlack Belt MagazineBlack Belt is an American magazine covering martial arts and combat sports founded in 1961 by Mitoshi Uyehara. During the early years of the publication, Uyehara was a hands-on owner and publisher...
, a magazine covering martial arts news, technique, and notable individuals
- Black Belt Magazine
- Black Belt (U.S. region)Black Belt (U.S. region)The Black Belt is a region of the Southern United States. Although the term originally described the prairies and dark soil of central Alabama and northeast Mississippi, it has long been used to describe a broad agricultural region in the American South characterized by a history of plantation...
, a geographic and socio-political region of the United States of America - Black Belt (region of Alabama)Black Belt (region of Alabama)The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama, and part of the larger Black Belt Region of the Southern United States, which stretches from Texas to Maryland. The term originally referred to the region underlain by a thin layer of rich, black topsoil developed atop the chalk of the Selma...
, a geographic and socio-political region of Alabama - Black Belt (region of Chicago)Black Belt (region of Chicago)The history of African Americans in Chicago dates back to Jean Baptiste Point du Sable’s trading activities in the 1780s. Du Sable is the city's founder. Fugitive slaves and freedmen established the city’s first black community in the 1840s...
, a historical region in Chicago, Illinois, in the South Side area - Black Belt JonesBlack Belt JonesBlack Belt Jones is a 1974 American Blaxploitation action film. The main musical theme was performed by the funk guitarist Dennis Coffey. The film was featured as number 38 on the documentary The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made.-Plot:...
, a 1974 action film - Black Belt (film)Black Belt (film)Black Belt, known as Kuro-obi in Japan, is a 2007 film directed by Shunichi Nagasaki. It focuses mainly on the martial art of Karate, insofar that it doesn't contain any of the usual exaggerations of the genre...
, a 2007 film also known as Kuro-obi - Black Belt (video game)Black Belt (video game)Black Belt is a 1986 beat 'em up game released for the Sega Master System. It is a localization of the Japanese Mark III game, , based on the manga and anime series of the same name . The international version was stripped of the Hokuto no Ken license, forcing graphic alterations to the game...
, game for Sega Master System based on the anime Fist of the North Star - Tight your black belt hard!, a popular Japanese judo manga
- Black Belt (8-bit Theatre), a character in the webcomic 8-bit Theatre
- Black Belt Systems, the publisher of WinImagesWinImagesBlack Belt Systems WinImages is a bitmap graphics editor and special effects applicator that supports both automation of editing tasks and animation of effects. WinImages is a MDI application which runs under Windows 95 and later versions of Microsoft Windows....
software - Six Sigma Black Belt, a certification level for Six Sigma quality management
- "Black Belt", the development code name for the Sega Dreamcast