Warning: Keiko Raca Belt (pics)

[TrumpetDan]

a week and a half ago my friend and I promoted one of my students to purple belt. I ordered a belt with no particular preference on brand.

The below picture is the result of a week and a half of training and is self explanitory:

 

[Mad Sweeps]

that literally cannot happen with just use...

 

[loyalyolayal]

or he must be rolling like a monster? or rolling with a monster who loves to bite belts..? idk.

 

[Nozza]

Have you signed up any moths recently?

 

[JesseLoren]

Are you training with police dogs?

 

[HateCake]

Maybe it's a sign that you should promote him to brown?

 

[swirldog]

His rolling partners need to trim their nails.

 

[Balto]

Now he won't have to drag his belt behind his car to make it look tough.

 

[Tesseract]

Is that Beneil?

 

[loyalyolayal]

His rolling partners need to trim their nails.

or wear a mouthpiece.

 

[Ice 9 Cobra]

That belt wears in quite nicely

 

[UpaLoompa]

Is anyone going to believe this?

 

[zomoplata]

Looks like his dog got ahold of it.

 

[Knock Out Ned]

Killer Bee product placement.

 

[ElKarlo]

Now he won't have to drag his belt behind his car to make it look tough.

Hey! Don't let out trade secrets!

 

[bjjaz]

I would put this in the gear and equipment forum and I seriously doubt this is the norm with these belts.

 

[bjjaz]

Is that Beneil?

Yes that is him.

 

[Tesseract]

Yes that is him.

Thanks. He's definitely retired from competing in the Gi and concentrating on MMA right?

 

[TrumpetDan]

that literally cannot happen with just use...

I contributed to ripping it by showing DLR guard with a belt grip. I was gripping firmly, but nothing crazy (the major shredding in the picture was done by me). I also ripped more of it while filming a double underhook technique so I can provide video evidence if needed. The video will be in another thread I started about analyzing worlds. Most of the damage - which I witnessed as well - was training DLR guard with belt grip with a berimbolo savvy purple belt.

I contacted our supplier and they said they have also had a number of complaints with the belt and something about them not having a typically included layer of the belt to make it light weight (I dont claim to know much about belt design - so dont ask me what this exactly means). It is probably made worse by the fact that purple belts dont sell as quickly as white/blue and was in its packaging for a longer period.

Take my experiences for what its worth.


edit:

Is anyone going to believe this?

As somebody who wears a blank gi, blank belt and has no sponsors, what would I have to gain by making such a false claim? Much of the reason I choose to do those things is so people can take me at my word when things like this happen.

 

[Vitamin C]

Lol this thread