Black belt/Instructor..how much time?

[stav]

How long does it typically take in years (or months if u are part of a Mac dojo) to atain a black belt in your dojo or the status of Instructor in your gym if there are no belt systems like in Wrestling etc or a similar level of profficency.

What is also typically a "right" amount of time that a person should train in order to develop the neccessary experience to teach the skills they have learnt.

I do Freestyle Karate and Kickboxing in Melb Australia. It typicaly takes approx 5 years of consistant training 2-3 times a week to obtain a Black belt at my Dojo.

What is considered normal and what is considered to fast?? I know a mate of mine got his Black belt at a diffrent Dojo in just 2 years and i thought that was pretty fast.

 

[minimagpro]

umm in mine it prolly take about 15 years.

1.5 for blue
3 for purple
5 for brown
5 for black

thats about the basic way right there, but that is training 4x per week and competing atleast once every 5 months

 

[Gsoares2***]

8 years is the general average for bjj black belts.

 

[Gavin LeFever]

when you can tap everyone you roll with at will, then you can worry about belts.

 

[alexgncw]

i believe its around 10 years of consistently training 3x/week & competing on regular basis (offcourse that depends on the person) ... i'm refering to bjj by the way, i took karate when i was 11 and had i felt the need to waste time there i could've gotten my black belt in 2 years tops hell i could beat some of the black belts there after about 4 months of training so it really depends on the style as far as being an instructor i don't think there's anytime limit for that i mean some blue belts are instructors

 

[dutchmasterj3]

I'd say a real Gracie Jiu Jitsu black belt would take over 7-8 years of training at least 2-3 times a week.

 

[johil d'o]

Probably closer to 10 years for most Gracie-sanctioned BJJ black belts. Some less, some more. But training 4x per week for let's say 1.5 hours or so each time.

Accordingly, I'd estimate somewhere in the neighborhood of:

3,120 mat hours.

Yikes!!! I've only managed to put in about 450 hours in 3 years.

 

[Bubble Boy]

The fastest to judo black belt I've ever met was a guy who got his in 3 years with zero tournament experience. He wrestled high school, then 4 years wrestling at a small college. At the age of 35 he took up judo and had his belt in 3 years. He competed in the Arizona State Judo tournament (his first ever tourney) shortly after recieving his black belt and won.

4 to 10 years for a judo black belt seems in the ball park to me.

 

[stav]

The fastest to judo black belt I've ever met was a guy who got his in 3 years with zero tournament experience. He wrestled high school, then 4 years wrestling at a small college. At the age of 35 he took up judo and had his belt in 3 years. He competed in the Arizona State Judo tournament (his first ever tourney) shortly after recieving his black belt and won.

4 to 10 years for a judo black belt seems in the ball park to me.

Chuck Norris got his in 3 years and was unherd of at the time in his style and to be honest but his results in tournaments spoke for them selves........but not everyone is Chuck

 

[Big Red]

If your training 3 x per week I'd guess it would take you maybe:

2 yrs for Blue
2/3 yrs for Purple
3 yrs for Brown
3/4 yrs for Black

So that'd total to about 10- 12 yrs. This is estimated from hearing people talk at clubs. Obviously, more you train, the quicker you'll pick things up.

 

[Hamit Aktas]

That depends on sooooooooom many different things.
Where you train. How often you train. Who you train with. Who your instructor is. How you are as a person. If you are a fast learner. If you are a good teacher. How you do in competitions.

 

[Coach Couzo]

How Much Time?
Depending on your computer speed and where you live, about 1 to 5 buisness days.

Instructor?
Go to www.centuryfitness.com with a credit card and shell out $12.99 (US).
Cheaper than lessons!

 

[Rico11643]

I got my black belt in Joe Son Do in about 15 min

 

[VampireMonk]

a guy at my school
took 5 yrs to get his blue, he can beat a lot of blue belts, purple belts
tough as nails, but wrong attitude.

hell if I was the instructor I think I would have kicked him out.

same school this other guy got his black belt in 5 yrs.

It took me a lil over 1 and a half to get my blue here.
and I had one of the most consistant attendants and I had been training a few years
before hand on and off.

 

[jjmuaythaiguy]

I am thinking 9 or 10 more years for me so 12 years of training for bjj under Relson Gracie. I tkae classes 4 times a week and compete as often as I can. We'll see how it goes.

 

[VampireMonk]

I think 10+ years is average, the guy who got it in 5, trains everyday never gets injured,
never skips class, and is a rare case.
I've heard of many instructors around here who got to brown, frustrated they didnt promote
so went to another school and got their black belts.