Bjj Belt Exams Fees. Any?

[Luther]

When a legit teacher gives you a black belt in bjj, are you going to pay the confederacao to get your certificate? How much?

Do bjj teachers usually make you pay for belt exams? How much?

(I got my blue without shelling a penny)

 

[Jimmy Cerra]

Don't worry right now.

 

[Greasemonk]

My school doesn't charge a belt or testing fee

 

[jasond]

Our school doesn't test for belts, much less charge for them. You are are promoted based on how well you roll in class, how competitive you are in your division in tournaments, your attendance, etc.

 

[stewie]

what does a belt test consist of at your school? The reason I ask is because at my school there are no belt tests. When you are deemed a blue belt you are given one etc. So no, we have no fees like that.

 

[AnOddParadigm]

All belts are free outside of any material costs of actually buying a belt. However, you are right, there is (unfortunatley) a $500 registration fee for the Black Belt. I don't think we or you need to worry about that yet. But when I do, I would consider it more of a professional certification fee considering the the type of money you can get with a Black... and how much cheaper jiu jitsu classes will become. Who is gonna charge a black belt a mat fee?

 

[masterfighter]

All belts are free outside of any material costs of actually buying a belt. However, you are right, there is (unfortunatley) a $500 registration fee for the Black Belt. I don't think we or you need to worry about that yet. But when I do, I would consider it more of a professional certification fee considering the the type of money you can get with a Black... and how much cheaper jiu jitsu classes will become. Who is gonna charge a black belt a mat fee?

Thats alot of money but i think your right. You could easily make that money back quickly by giving private lessons.

 

[yoder]

i don't fully understand what they would test you on for your belt. is that for the self deffense techniques at the schools that still teach them? i was always under he impression that your performance in class and in tournies were what counted.

 

[AnOddParadigm]

i don't fully understand what they would test you on for your belt. is that for the self deffense techniques at the schools that still teach them? i was always under he impression that your performance in class and in tournies were what counted.

A school that "tests" for belts is automatically questionable. Not an automatic bad sign, but I a big red flag. An instructor should have seen enough of the students performance in class to know where they stand.

 

[krellik]

Seriously I dont do bjj (no gi subgrappler) but if I was at a school that wanted to charge me for getting a new belt I seriously would make it my mission in life to be the bjj white belt that at ease taps purplebelts. Not because of the money but seriously that kind of things cant be anything but bad for the whole sport of grappling.

 

[Foolkiller]

Most places I have trained don't expect you to pay when you are promoted. As long as you pay the club membership fee, you don't have to worry.

If I get my black belt I would pay for my certification to prove I am not some McDojo bullshitter.

 

[wellrounded]

20 dollars for the cost of the belt and the certificate with it

 

[Foppa21]

Mine tests. But I believe it's more of a ceremonial thing. You get invited to test and to score the invite is a lot harder than the test itself.

 

[Kimuralex]

i mean if the charge is like 10 bucks i would pay..since thats how much more belts are. but if the charge was much more i might not even pay since its just something to hold my gi together

 

[CodyLyon]

My BJJ class doesnt have belt tests. In another school it is 40$ for every belt test (including black belt) and you could say that you are going to be a white belt who is going to beat a brown belt, but the higher rank you are the more stuff you get to learn.

 

[Luther]

Well guys, at my academy there aren't really "belt tests". It's more that we do periodic seminars with a 3rd degree bjj brazilian black belt. So he gives a belt when he actually can see and test us (without charging anything). In Italy there are just a handfull of bjj black belts so it's usual to train at distance.


I heard something similar about the $500 fee for the black belt. Is that for the teacher? the CBJJ? the CBJJO?

It's not that I'm worrying right now (Frodo), I just want to know and don't think it's something that should be kept secret.

 

[Ybot]

Cassio promotes about every six months or so, and kinda has a ceremony and just give us our belts if he feels we're ready. He doesn't charge anything, not even for the new belt. He did tell us a story about a guy in Brazil that promoted the same way, that is just giving the belt when he felt they were ready, but then once he promoted his student he would charge them. Cassio said that when it came promotion time there where people praying they weren't gonna be promoted, because they didn't have the money to pay the fee.

 

[mjfan12]

I recently heard about a cool bjj place nearby cheaper than the gracie barra I was thinking of joining. so hopefully I'll start my grappling journey in a month or two. I hope there aren't tests as you guys say, but I don't know.

I had to deal with tkd mcdojos as a kid and with each rank, they got more expensive, 20>30>45>55>75>100, etc and the belt didnt even mean anything because 5 year olds were black belts.


anyways in bjj do you get a certificate or something to prove you are officially at the level you are?

also what happens if you get a blue or something at one place, and then move, your school shuts down, or whatever and you go to another place. would you stay at your rank, or would you have to start over? (I hope to go to grad school in cali or something. tired of cold chicago winters. wanna see the beach and hot cali girls, lol)

it seems as if though the guy at this dojo is a black belt and his brother is a purple belt, so they should know what they're doing, lol.

 

[Zankou]

Ricksons makes you pay for tests -- even if you already have a belt from another BJJ instructor, they won't let you wear it!

I won't pay for that lameness. White belt till I die at Ricksons.

 

[Balto]

I would never pay $500 for a certificate.

If someone didn't want to train with me because I didn't have the certificate, those aren't the kind of students I would want anyway. I would only teach people who are smart enough to realize that it's the quality of the instructor, not the quality of the paper on the wall, that really matters.

Plus, why do I need a certificate to back up my rank? I can back up every rank that I have in every martial art. I back it up on the mat, and it becomes clear real fast exactly why I have that rank.