Rising Through the Ranks
![A man and a young woman stand beside each other wearing martial arts uniforms. She wears a black belt with a red stripe and he wears an all-black belt.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/sooke-women_femmes-sooke/wp-content/uploads/sites/118/2020/02/SRHS7325-Aimee-McIntosh-receiving-her-Jr.-black-belt-from-Jim-Beckett-2004.jpg)
Photograph, 2004
Courtesy of Aimee McIntosh
One’s rank in karate is represented by different coloured belts. A black belt is the highest level one can reach.
Photograph, 2004
Courtesy of Aimee McIntosh
One’s rank in karate is represented by different coloured belts. A black belt is the highest level one can reach.