Uk kent open: White belt against a yellow belt

[yodsaenkla**]

What does this mean? That both competitor's are in the white belt category yet one chooses to wear a yellow belt for some reason?

Possibly because his school chooses that you climb the ranks through extra belts as a money spinner?

 

[Deleted member 3729]

I don't understand. Kent open (aka english open this year) doesn't make any mention of yellow belts that I can see.

 

[yodsaenkla**]

I know there is no yellow belt category (in any BJJ tournament I know of) yet I remember seeing a guy wearing a yellow belt competing against a guy wearing a white belt I was wondering why this was.

 

[Wrestleben]

Usually a yellow belt is a kids (under 16) belt that you give them after white. No tournament has a yellow belt division, so they would just compete with white belts.

 

[Afrofeet]

for scoring?

 

[Deleted member 3729]

I know there is no yellow belt category (in any BJJ tournament I know of) yet I remember seeing a guy wearing a yellow belt competing against a guy wearing a white belt I was wondering why this was.

Green and yellow belt is sometimes use to differentiate competitors.

 

[Amiro]

its in case two of you are wearing the same colour gi.
one wears a yellow belt.
so you know who the points are going to.

 

[FlameBoy]

The Kent Open is my competition.

It is run by Carlson Gracie Revolution Team, the first year we ran the competition for 450 competitors in 1, YES, 1 day. Last year we had a more relaxed atmosphere and did just under that number in 2 days.

This year we are again running the event over 2 days, it has changed it name to the English Open. Info and registration hereHOME - 2010 English BJJ Open

Without seeing the fight that we are talking about, I cannot give a definitive answer, however there are 2 possible reasons.

a) We did use non standard (hrizontal stripes/not vertical), green and yellow belts for those same colour gi scenarios. maybe an orange Judo belt found it way into the bag? it is primarily a massive judo centre after all

or

b) It was a juveniles match where a white belt, was fighting a graded yet still juvenile competitor.

We do have juvenile competitors at the comps, ranging from 6 or 7 upto under 18s.

Hope this helps!

OSSSSSSSSSS!

 

[mrpopenfresh]

Maybe it's a dirty white belt?

 

[Amiro]

sick i didnt think thered be many carlson london on here

im signing up for the comp on monday!

 

[DSGhST07]

Maybe he was a judo guy? Why does it really matter, as long as he's not wearing blue your fine.

 

[MMA_Fan]

When under 16 kids compete the belt color doesn't matter. You will see white, yellow, orange, and green all compete together.

 

[yodsaenkla**]

The Kent Open is my competition.

It is run by Carlson Gracie Revolution Team, the first year we ran the competition for 450 competitors in 1, YES, 1 day. Last year we had a more relaxed atmosphere and did just under that number in 2 days.

This year we are again running the event over 2 days, it has changed it name to the English Open. Info and registration hereHOME - 2010 English BJJ Open

Without seeing the fight that we are talking about, I cannot give a definitive answer, however there are 2 possible reasons.

a) We did use non standard (hrizontal stripes/not vertical), green and yellow belts for those same colour gi scenarios. maybe an orange Judo belt found it way into the bag? it is primarily a massive judo centre after all

or

b) It was a juveniles match where a white belt, was fighting a graded yet still juvenile competitor.

We do have juvenile competitors at the comps, ranging from 6 or 7 upto under 18s.

Hope this helps!

OSSSSSSSSSS!

Ok thanks that makes sense and thanks to the other guy's that answered.

 

[giscanada]

Lots of times, I would be a white belt in judo and fight any coloured belts.