ro1em0de1
Yurple Belt
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ok heres my dilemma, ive been grappling for goin on 7 years now(3 yrs hs wrestling, 2 yrs at team quest, 1 year independent, and a year training/teaching sub grappling at xtreme couture) however ive only been training in the gi (independently) for just over a year.
ive competed in about 8 gi tournaments since feb. 2007(6 in the the white belt division, and 2 recently in the blue belt division) and done well in all of the tournys. now heres my problem i dont currently train under a black belt or even a blue belt for that matter and i badly would like to obtain a ranking without just giving it to myself like the other instructors told me to do. now im a guy who works 40+ hrs a week and teach 3 days out of the week leaving me no time to find another gym with a black belt to train under.
so i guess my question for you guys is...is there any way to obtain rank without being a member of a school like thru seminars or anything of that sort?
it sucks teaching a class about jiujitsu while technically only having the rank of a white belt, shit even a couple of stripes would suffice...
ive competed in about 8 gi tournaments since feb. 2007(6 in the the white belt division, and 2 recently in the blue belt division) and done well in all of the tournys. now heres my problem i dont currently train under a black belt or even a blue belt for that matter and i badly would like to obtain a ranking without just giving it to myself like the other instructors told me to do. now im a guy who works 40+ hrs a week and teach 3 days out of the week leaving me no time to find another gym with a black belt to train under.
so i guess my question for you guys is...is there any way to obtain rank without being a member of a school like thru seminars or anything of that sort?
it sucks teaching a class about jiujitsu while technically only having the rank of a white belt, shit even a couple of stripes would suffice...