How to tie a karate belt
Find the middle of the belt. Place it several fingers below your belly button.
Tightly wrap both ends around you. Each end goes behind you and comes out the other side. The belt should lay flat on your body at all points. This means that, over your spine, the two ends run side-by-side
Take the ends in front and lay them on top of the middle part of the belt, which is already there.
In the middle, you have to lay one end down first. Lay the right end on the middle part, and let the excess hang slightly
Lay the left end over the right and middle parts. Let the excess hang slightly.
Wrap the left end down, under, and up inside all the other parts of the belt. Tighten if needed. The left end should now be sticking diagonally up and to your right, and the right end still sticking diagonally down and to your left.
To tie the knot, bend the left (upper right) end down and to the left of the right (lower left) end. Then bend the right end up and over the left end, and thread it through the loop made by the left end.
Tighten by pulling the ends. The left end should be sticking left and the right end should be sticking right, and the knot should appear somewhat bilaterally symmetric.
Adjust the belt to ride on your hips, and you've got it!
Hope this helps.
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