Testing in 2 hours, wish me luck

[minimagpro]

well im testing with Luiz Palhares at 1:00 today. Wish me luck, ill report when i get back on the seminar and the testing

btw im testing for some stripes on my white, ive decide to wait till late september to go for my blue

 

[infamous mattyd]

best of luck

 

[mmahamzah]

u dnt need diffrent coloured belts too show skill unless ure entering a tournament

 

[Falero]

good luck mate.

 

[John O'Brien]

Testing for stripes..? Meh, seems pointless.

 

[mmahamzah]

Testing for stripes..? Meh, seems pointless.

exactly what i mean

 

[Kyle Johnson]

testing ?...sounds kinda fishy to me, like a karate kata or something. It should'nt take a formated test to increase your rank. Most instructors consider a tournament or simply the amount you learned and can do well as a test. Never heard of a BJJ instructor issueing a test.

 

[jpark4]

testing ?...sounds kinda fishy to me, like a karate kata or something. It should'nt take a formated test to increase your rank. Most instructors consider a tournament or simply the amount you learned and can do well as a test. Never heard of a BJJ instructor issueing a test.

Ditto
-Jon

 

[LCDforMe]

At my gym, they just kind of base it on tournament performance and how you train at the gym. I wouldn't take a formalized test like that...

 

[Jason Pair]

If he doesn't train under Luiz Palhares full-time, but is with an affiliated school I see nothing wrong with a formal test. However I myself never liked formal BJJ test and perfer rank being given due to performance in training and in competition.

Just curious where do you regularly train?

 

[minimagpro]

Well we do testing a certain way and i think that everyone likes it. Luiz has a huge list of techniques for each stripe and belt and its a good way to determine your skill

I got 4 stripes today and I had to know an assload of stuff.

thats just the way we do belt progression and no one complains

 

[phenomfan1529]

good luck dude

 

[ATTfighter]

good luck im up for my green belt on wednesday wish me luck too

 

[Jason Pair]

Who do you train with when Luiz isn't in town? Also which seminar was this?

 

[Gsoares2***]

We only have testing for the kids at our school. The adults just get the belts when they do things right in a real rolling session on a consistant basis.

Good luck though

 

[stryker505]

Well we do testing a certain way and i think that everyone likes it. Luiz has a huge list of techniques for each stripe and belt and its a good way to determine your skill

I got 4 stripes today and I had to know an assload of stuff.

thats just the way we do belt progression and no one complains

Sounds good to me. God luck!!

 

[Oktavius**]

Minimagpro, could you write out a list of the techniques you did for the test? cheers.

 

[TennBJJ]

testing ?...sounds kinda fishy to me, like a karate kata or something. It should'nt take a formated test to increase your rank. Most instructors consider a tournament or simply the amount you learned and can do well as a test. Never heard of a BJJ instructor issueing a test.

Maybe he doesn't train with Luiz full time? If he can't train full time with a black belt(some of us living out in the sticks can't), then there has to be a valid way of testing.

BTW, Luiz is as legit as black belts get. Look up some info on him sometime, he is an amazing teacher and BJJ'er. I have had the honor of being at 6 of his seminars.