Tied Belt Martial Arts Belt Promotion Badge
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A round black belt promotion badge with a stitched belt tied in a square knot across the medal and a gold dan bar. For dojos and martial arts schools.
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Updated 7 November 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio
See it where it lives
Drawn to read at small sizes
A badge is mostly seen small. These are its real sizes on screen.
On a profile
120 px
In a list of badges
64 px
In an email signature
40 px
What is on it
A badge people are proud to show
You write once
The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.
- Badge words
- Black Belt
Filled in for each person
Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.
- The recipient’s name and the award, in the badge’s verified record
- The issue date and a credential ID
- A link anyone can click to verify it
Specifications
Sizes, fonts and colours
Sizes
- Badge
- 470 × 470 px, round · Reads at 120 px on a profile
Colours
- Paper#f5f0e6
- Ink#252320
- Accent#1b1a19
- Second accent#b38b3f
- Muted text#6c665d
Change any colour in the studio.
Design notes
The badge is a rice-paper medal with a dark rim, and a stitched belt crosses its lower half, tied in a flat square knot on the centre line, with both tails hanging past the edge and a gold bar on one tip for the dan. BELT PROMOTION curves over the top, above the school's logo and name, BLACK BELT in calm carved capitals and 1ST DAN between two short gold rules. The belt takes the colour of the rank the school awards, from white to black.
About
Black Belt Badge Template, Tied Belt
A rank badge lets a student carry a new grade beyond the dojo wall. Karate, taekwondo, judo and jiu-jitsu schools, clubs and national federations can issue one after each grading, from a first coloured belt to a 1st Dan black belt, so the student can add it to a profile, a club roster or an instructor application the day the panel signs off.
More wording ideas for martial arts belt promotion certificatesWords that go with it
The email and the post, written for you
Email to send with it
Subject: Congratulations on your new belt, name
Hi name,
Congratulations on your grading. The examiners saw the hours you put in on the mat, and your new rank is well earned.
Your certificate of rank is ready. Open it to see it, download a copy to print and frame next to your others, or share it on LinkedIn so friends and family can celebrate with you.
Keep training, and see you in the dojo.
Your instructors
Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.
Post for the recipient to share
After years of early mornings, sore knees and more kata than I can count, I passed my grading and was promoted to 1st Dan Black Belt. Thank you to my instructors, who never let me settle, and to my training partners, who made every session better. A black belt is a beginning, not an end, so back to the dojo on Monday. #MartialArts #BlackBelt #Karate
Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.
Certificate or badge?
Send both. They do different jobs.
Certificate
- A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
- Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
- Opens to a page anyone can verify
Digital badge
- A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
- Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
- One click shows who earned it and who issued it
How to send it
From template to everyone’s inbox
- 01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
- 02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
- 03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
- 04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.
The badge is a round image on a 470 × 470 px board, drawn to stay readable at 120 px, the size of a profile picture.
Marcellus (title, recipient name), Hanken Grotesk (text, labels). All are Google Fonts, free for personal and commercial use, and you can swap any of them in the studio.
Yes. Every text, colour and drawing is its own layer in the studio. Add your logo in the logo spot; the design keeps its balance with a wide or a square logo.
Each person gets the badge with their own verified record. They add it to LinkedIn or an email signature, and anyone who clicks it sees who earned it and who issued it.
Yes. This design is part of a set: Tied Belt Martial Arts Belt Promotion Certificate and Tied Belt Martial Arts Belt Promotion Certificate, Portrait. Issue them together so the certificate and the badge read as one award for martial arts belt promotion.
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