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Blue Belt?

If you are looking for a place to get a blue belt, and not a place to train because you like gi jiu jitsu, I suggest you stop looking and keep training no gi.
 
TS- if your only goal is to get belted by an instructor and then leave him, you are going to piss him/her off. Instructors usually don't want to belt a guy just to have him bolt. Part of getting promoted by someone isn't just showing skills, its also showing loyalty to his school. This might make it a little harder to get promoted by a legit bb.

But i think someone mentioned earlier, you could just get some random purple to promote. Sounds like you don't really care who gives it to you as long as its legit. Besides the purple may become a legit bb someday and you could go back after your mma career focus on gi to get to purple, brown, and black.

I understand your desire to wear the rank you deserve, but don't take advantage of an instructor. Our instructor was pressured to promote a couple guys from an affiliate school recently. The guys were definitely legit on the ground. They were ameteur mma fighters but they only wanted rank to bolster their resumes. These guys bounce around from gym to gym cross training all over town and showed no loyalty. He chose not to but it was a tough decision for him. We all backed him for it and now he's happy with his decision. In fact he's mentioned a few times that he would've regretted it for a long time.
 
RobbieH02879 said:
Who cares what "everyone" thinks? As long as he can back his skills up that's all that matters...
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Then what purpose does the belt serve? Imo I think it would be better to get through a school especially if its for bolstering his credentials in order to get good fights. I don't think the gracie academy online course is gonna make him get better fights or be more respected. So in that sense it is important what a promoter thinks.
 
closequarters said:
TS- if your only goal is to get belted by an instructor and then leave him, you are going to piss him/her off. Instructors usually don't want to belt a guy just to have him bolt. Part of getting promoted by someone isn't just showing skills, its also showing loyalty to his school. This might make it a little harder to get promoted by a legit bb.

But i think someone mentioned earlier, you could just get some random purple to promote. Sounds like you don't really care who gives it to you as long as its legit. Besides the purple may become a legit bb someday and you could go back after your mma career focus on gi to get to purple, brown, and black.

I understand your desire to wear the rank you deserve, but don't take advantage of an instructor. Our instructor was pressured to promote a couple guys from an affiliate school recently. The guys were definitely legit on the ground. They were ameteur mma fighters but they only wanted rank to bolster their resumes. These guys bounce around from gym to gym cross training all over town and showed no loyalty. He chose not to but it was a tough decision for him. We all backed him for it and now he's happy with his decision. In fact he's mentioned a few times that he would've regretted it for a long time.
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Get a purple to promote? I wouldn't except a promotion from anyone that wasn't a BB. My opinion is if you want to be ranked in jiu-jitsu do the test at your current school if you like training there.
 
Estebanantonio said:
Get a purple to promote? I wouldn't except a promotion from anyone that wasn't a BB. My opinion is if you want to be ranked in jiu-jitsu do the test at your current school if you like training there.
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For real. I wouldn't accept a promotion from a purple. The IBJJF states that promotions can only come from blacks or a brown if there are no blacks in the area.
 
Why do you want your blue belt? I'm just curious.

The easiest thing to do is to show up in your white belt at whatever school you choose. If you are that good the instructor should recognize it and approach you about it.
This is not going to happen when you show up. You will have to put in some time.

The main question will be, who do you represent at tournaments, etc?
This is a big deal and I have been faced with this. Because of my schedule and other things I have to train where is most convenient and best for me. That means that I am stuck between 2-3 schools.

I ll be training at a school for the next 3-4 months and they will be the ones that are improving my game. Their teachers answer my specific questions, etc. I do pay the dues and am good friends with everybody, but I end up signing up under my old schools name at tournaments. That is kind of strange and most people might take offense to that.

Good luck with that. If yo don't need a belt, just go and train.
 
It is a wierd thread. For me, a belt is the symbol of the bond between the student and a teacher. People are goung around saying that he is so and so.

Fighting MMA and then wanting to get anyone to give a belt is just weird.
 
JiuJitsuZombi3 said:
About the 2 1/2 years thing... Yeah man, it pissed me off. Myself and a few others who go/went there felt the same way, and just didn't like showing up to the testing dates (not only that, but it costed students $75 per stripe... but thats a whole other story)

I know a black belt from Brazil who I consider to be a friend. I'm close with a few of his students, so I am going to go into his school next week. I obviously can't ask for a blue belt, so any suggestions how to approach that matter, that I'd be training there so I can eventually get awarded one?
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Do you have any interest in competing in BJJ tournaments? If so, you can ask your black belt friend to promote you to blue so you could compete in the blue belt division.
 
I don't understand why people don't think getting a blue belt you deserve is important. In competition around here, you can't leg lock or wrist lock at all in white belt. When you're a blue belt, you can use some leg locks and I believe wrist locks are allowed at that point too.

My suggestion, train once or twice a week at a BJJ school that does 1:30 classes, inform the instructor of your situation, and keep training gi afterwards too. People that don't train with a Gi don't realize it helps a lot with no gi aswell.
 
GKY said:
I don't understand why people don't think getting a blue belt you deserve is important. In competition around here, you can't leg lock or wrist lock at all in white belt. When you're a blue belt, you can use some leg locks and I believe wrist locks are allowed at that point too.

My suggestion, train once or twice a week at a BJJ school that does 1:30 classes, inform the instructor of your situation, and keep training gi afterwards too. People that don't train with a Gi don't realize it helps a lot with no gi aswell.
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Because TS already fighting MMA.
 
Estebanantonio said:
Get a purple to promote? I wouldn't except a promotion from anyone that wasn't a BB. My opinion is if you want to be ranked in jiu-jitsu do the test at your current school if you like training there.
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I think thats the problem, his school is no gi only and they don't have a belt system.

There are tons of schools out there being ran by purples and browns. They either promote students themselves or if they are an affiliate school have their students get belted at seminars. In the latter situation, its still up to the instructor you're under directly despite who hands you the belt.

Fizzee Water said:
For real. I wouldn't accept a promotion from a purple. The IBJJF states that promotions can only come from blacks or a brown if there are no blacks in the area.
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I thought that any instructor can promote up to one level below their own. I guess I was wrong.
 
closequarters said:
I think thats the problem, his school is no gi only and they don't have a belt system.

There are tons of schools out there being ran by purples and browns. They either promote students themselves or if they are an affiliate school have their students get belted at seminars. In the latter situation, its still up to the instructor you're under directly despite who hands you the belt.



I thought that any instructor can promote up to one level below their own. I guess I was wrong.
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Less than black belts promoting? I think that is how details of techniques are being lost. But whatever, I could really care less how some one else gets promoted. Maybe some less qualified guy's will show up the next tournament I compete in and I take home the gold:icon_chee Just kid'n. My opinion doesn't really matter but since we are on the subject.
 
Well you already roll like a blue belt...you don't compete in Gi, so unless classes are segregated in that you're not allowed to attend w/e classes or learn whatever until you get a blue belt (I know some schools may be like that), not having a blue belt isn't that big of a deal
 
JiuJitsuZombi3 said:
Hey guys. Wanna get some opinions/advice.

I started my BJJ training (about 2x a week) in November of 2006. I left my BJJ school in May of 09, still as a white belt.

The last year and a half there I barely brought my gi in, I focused more in no gi, especially the fact that I am a wrestler.

That being said, I left to a better team that focuses more on MMA/Wrestling. I now have an MMA record of 2-0, one by RNC, the other by Arm Triangle. (Since I started with my new team, I have been training 5-6 days a week, no breaks except for barely a week after each fight)

Anyways... Now that you have a grasp on my training, thoughts. I want to get a blue belt, I left as a white belt from my old place, and didnt like the way they were given belts, which was literally "testing" for them, where you had to know a "curriculum." Everybody would cram the night before just like a HS exam, and forget everything as soon as they took the test.

How do I go about getting a blue? The problem is, I do not wanna leave my team that Im at right now, and since Im fighting, I dont have the time to take a few months off from them to train at another all gi-bjj place.
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Where did you start training?

Do they have a Myspace?😏
 
Honesty, I wouldn't even worry about belts. If you can tap them then you're at least at blue belt level.
 
JiuJitsuZombi3 said:
Hey guys. Wanna get some opinions/advice.

I started my BJJ training (about 2x a week) in November of 2006. I left my BJJ school in May of 09, still as a white belt.

The last year and a half there I barely brought my gi in, I focused more in no gi, especially the fact that I am a wrestler.

That being said, I left to a better team that focuses more on MMA/Wrestling. I now have an MMA record of 2-0, one by RNC, the other by Arm Triangle. (Since I started with my new team, I have been training 5-6 days a week, no breaks except for barely a week after each fight)

Anyways... Now that you have a grasp on my training, thoughts. I want to get a blue belt, I left as a white belt from my old place, and didnt like the way they were given belts, which was literally "testing" for them, where you had to know a "curriculum." Everybody would cram the night before just like a HS exam, and forget everything as soon as they took the test.

How do I go about getting a blue? The problem is, I do not wanna leave my team that Im at right now, and since Im fighting, I dont have the time to take a few months off from them to train at another all gi-bjj place.
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Does your current gym offer gi classes?
 
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