Grading

[SpooNer]

I have my grading this weekend thought I would post what we need to demonstrate.

30 x Push ups
30 x sit ups

Shadow boxing
Hands, feet, knees and elbows

3 x 2 min rounds on the thai pads with a 1 min break between rounds

General Knowledge
Front Kick
Round Kick
Thigh Kick
Jab, Straight
Parries, bob and weave

Takedown
Major outer reao (O soto gari)
Sweeping hip (Hari Goshi)
Spring hip (hane goshi)

Defensive Techniques
Jab (evade to double leg takedown)
Straight (evade to back control and takedown)
Front kick (finish with takedown and submission
Defend standing headlock
defend bear hug

Ground
2 arm locks from Mount
2 chokes from mount
2 escapes from mount

2 submissions from back control
2 arm locks from side control
2 escapes from side control

Guard work
2 arm locks from guard
2 sweeps from guard
2 chokes from guard

Sparring
3 x 2 min rounds stand up
4 x 5 min rounds ground

I have been training now for just over 12 months
Our gym is an MMA gym. Our belt system is a little different to BJJ. We start at white then yellow this is the orange grading then green then blue. Once we reach Blue it will be the equivalent of a BJJ blue belt. Our BJJ is being overseen by Luke Beston from Beston Gracie Newcastle Australia. Our trainer Rodd Eaddie trained with Luke for many years and one the NSW state titles in Pankration while training there. He has a black belt in Karate and Kenpo and is currently in the process of receiving a BJJ grading with Luke

What are your thoughts?

 

[lechien]

For which belt are you doing this exam for?

I am confused:
How can you say that your MMA blue belt be equavilent to a BJJ blue?

 

[awkwardpenguin]

So are you learning BJJ from someone with out a grade? I realize this is MMA and not traditional JJ but you can't be having people who just watch or make for that matter (everyones looking at you Ari) youtube video's teach you stuff. I hope your instuctors legit, but that being said even being taught MMA stand up by someone who does karate/kenpo seems a little shady to me.

 

[lechien]

To TS, any chance to train directly at Luke Beston academy instead?

 

[SpooNer]

For which belt are you doing this exam for?

I am confused:
How can you say that your MMA blue belt be equavilent to a BJJ blue?

I am going for Orange.

I guess the idea behind the gym is to get a good grounding in all the assets of self defence. Once we reach blue it will be the equivalent to a bjj blue because we would have demonstrated all the techniques necessary to acquire that belt.

 

[SpunK238]

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[lechien]

I am going for Orange.

I guess the idea behind the gym is to get a good grounding in all the assets of self defence. Once we reach blue it will be the equivalent to a bjj blue because we would have demonstrated all the techniques necessary to acquire that belt.

For an Orange MMA belt, I like the list of techniques to demonstrate.

Who is making the list of techniques to demonstrate for blue belt?

Also, in BJJ it is not about demonstrating techiques.
It is about knowing techniques and applying them on a daily basis on the mats under the supervision of a BB.
Then one day, the BB will ask to sit the exam.
The exam itself is just a formality.
Some instructors actually just throw a belt at you at the end of the training.

I doubt that your blue belt would ever be the same as a BJJ blue.
I am not saying it is lower or higher.
It is just a different systems.

Meanwhile, good luck on your exam.

And congrats on your club becoming affiliated to Luke Beston (Royler Gracie BB).

 

[SpooNer]

So are you learning BJJ from someone with out a grade? I realize this is MMA and not traditional JJ but you can't be having people who just watch or make for that matter (everyones looking at you Ari) youtube video's teach you stuff. I hope your instuctors legit, but that being said even being taught MMA stand up by someone who does karate/kenpo seems a little shady to me.

As I said Rodd is a state title holder in Pankration and has competed in and trained a number of fighters for Pankration and MMA fights he is no Ari. I agree not having an official BJJ belt is not ideal but Luke Beston has been up conducted a seminar and given Rodd the thumbs up even promoting our GYM + upcoming seminars on his own website.

 

[SpooNer]

To TS, any chance to train directly at Luke Beston academy instead?

No I live 4 hours round trip away owning my own business and having a family makes it very hard, we are trying to carpool once a month to get down there, we are hoping to make our first trip in the coming weeks.

 

[lechien]

No I live 4 hours round trip away owning my own business and having a family makes it very hard, we are trying to carpool once a month to get down there, we are hoping to make our first trip in the coming weeks.

4 hours, dam! I forgot how big Australia is.

 

[anaconda]

wat?

 

[lechien]

As I said Rodd is a state title holder in Pankration and has competed in and trained a number of fighters for Pankration and MMA fights he is no Ari. I agree not having an official BJJ belt is not ideal but Luke Beston has been up conducted a seminar and given Rodd the thumbs up even promoting our GYM + upcoming seminars on his own website.

Don't sweat it, spooner.

You are gonna be training in Luke Beston affiliate program and pretty much gonna belong to the Gracie JJ.

Does Luke makes his affiliate his own patch (

or the Gracie patch ?

 

[SpooNer]

For an Orange MMA belt, I like the list of techniques to demonstrate.

Who is making the list of techniques to demonstrate for blue belt?

Also, in BJJ it is not about demonstrating techiques.
It is about knowing techniques and applying them on a daily basis on the mats under the supervision of a BB.
Then one day, the BB will ask to sit the exam.
The exam itself is just a formality.
Some instructors actually just throw a belt at you at the end of the training.

I doubt that your blue belt would ever be the same as a BJJ blue.
I am not saying it is lower or higher.
It is just a different systems.

Meanwhile, good luck on your exam.

And congrats on your club becoming affiliated to Luke Beston (Royler Gracie BB).

As far as I know we are following the Beston Syllabus.

Our yellow may be similar too a 1st stripe white.
As I am not sure what is required for a 1 strip or two stripe in BJJ. I can tell you at the moment my ground work is all about holding and transition between postions and being relaxed. To last 4 5min rounds i will have to be relaxed.

 

[lechien]

As far as I know we are following the Beston Syllabus.

Our yellow may be similar too a 1st stripe white.
As I am not sure what is required for a 1 strip or two stripe in BJJ. I can tell you at the moment my ground work is all about holding and transition between postions and being relaxed. To last 4 5min rounds i will have to be relaxed.

Nothing is required for stripes in BJJ, I mean you do not have to do an exam.

Yellow and Orange are kid belts in BJJ so I could not tell if there are relevant to your exam.

Our yellow and orange do exam but it is pretty much the same as blue.

 

[awkwardpenguin]

As far as I know we are following the Beston Syllabus.

Our yellow may be similar too a 1st stripe white.
As I am not sure what is required for a 1 strip or two stripe in BJJ. I can tell you at the moment my ground work is all about holding and transition between postions and being relaxed. To last 4 5min rounds i will have to be relaxed.

As he said there is no universal requirements in BJJ for stripes or belts. how often do you test? But like leichen said it can sometimes be a very informal thing. And that said, a bunch of people who all started at the same time testing to get their blue at the same time sounds very mcdojoish to me. But no its not ideal but it definitely will give you a taste of all self defenses. Just make sure to drill alot. I just don't really like the words "equivalent to a BJJ blue"

 

[Balto]

As far as I know we are following the Beston Syllabus.

Our yellow may be similar too a 1st stripe white.
As I am not sure what is required for a 1 strip or two stripe in BJJ. I can tell you at the moment my ground work is all about holding and transition between postions and being relaxed. To last 4 5min rounds i will have to be relaxed.

1 stripe in BJJ is a standing neck break, 8 pressure point attacks, and an inward crescent kick.

2 stripe in BJJ is meditating on a bed of nails and thorough knowledge of the Bear Kata.

 

[lechien]

As he said there is no universal requirements in BJJ for stripes or belts. how often do you test? But like leichen said it can sometimes be a very informal thing. And that said, a bunch of people who all started at the same time testing to get their blue at the same time sounds very mcdojoish to me. But no its not ideal but it definitely will give you a taste of all self defenses. Just make sure to drill alot. I just don't really like the words "equivalent to a BJJ blue"

Dam Penguing, you are just going overboard.

You just don't have to BJJ bash anyone and everyone. (this is why we have the Ari and BQ threads for :icon_cry2).

 

[lechien]

1 stripe in BJJ is a standing neck break, 8 pressure point attacks, and an inward crescent kick.

2 stripe in BJJ is meditating on a bed of nails and thorough knowledge of the Bear Kata.

Dam! you guys are sandbagging way too hard.

 

[Balto]

Dam! you guys are sandbagging way too hard.

3 stripe is The Hunt.

 

[lechien]

Rule 1: Never ever mention the word stripe or belt to an instructor unless you have a death wish.