This sounds more like it.
700 hours to blue belt at least!
2000 to purple AT LEAST
I'd say that black belt would take anywhere from 3000 to 10000 mat hours, depending on how skillful you are and how many comps you win.
after about 6 years of rolling and being a 3 stripe purple... 4 classes x week average, 2 hrs per class average, so about 8 hrs per week x 52 weeks = 416 per year average, x 6 years = 2496, so about 2500 hours so far for a purple. Could've been much much more obviously.
Didn't Helio believe in 10,000 hours to be considered for a BB?
Hmm, I would say, my figures are around this:
100 hours to blue belt
400 hours total to purple belt
1000 hours total to brown belt
not including competitions and seminars.
Fuck... Ive gotta look at the way im learning then, by that logic i should be at least purple..
I have included teaching hours as well, half that from purple to brown was teaching.
Is that BJJ Black Belt and World Championship in 3 years that BJ Penn did still even possible?
I'm impressed you guys are able to estimate your own running totals with any kind of confidence. I've been doing some manner of grappling since 2001, but my consistancy has been so up & down over that time that I really have no idea at all how many hours I've logged in at this point.
I'm impressed you guys are able to estimate your own running totals with any kind of confidence. I've been doing some manner of grappling since 2001, but my consistancy has been so up & down over that time that I really have no idea at all how many hours I've logged in at this point.
How are you not dead?
That leaves you less than 5 hours of free time a day not including time to shower, cook, clean, travel to and from the gym and work, get ready for training, get ready for work etc which basically means you have no free time (i've included 8 hours sleep in there)