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How would you all feel if BJJ/Judo just did away with belts altogether and functioned like wrestling?
Edit: Not saying anything is wrong with it.
This is not a bjj/judo bash thread, so please forgo your knee jerk defensive reaction and try to imagine a world without the complexities of numerous belts, and no longer equating belt color with a certain level of competency, but rather let the mat do the talking.
No more promotion politics, no more sand bagging.
Again, not a bash thread, it's a discussion thread.
Taking that into consideration, try to imagine it from a neutral perspective and discuss without misplaced defensiveness.
So the question is NOT whether you think it should happen or not, or whether you agree or disagree with a belt system, but rather,
1) what IMPACT would it make on the respective sports.
2) would the impact be negative or positive, in a practical sense (smoothly run tourneys with no sandbagging and no politics).
3) why?
.
Edit: Not saying anything is wrong with it.
This is not a bjj/judo bash thread, so please forgo your knee jerk defensive reaction and try to imagine a world without the complexities of numerous belts, and no longer equating belt color with a certain level of competency, but rather let the mat do the talking.
No more promotion politics, no more sand bagging.
Again, not a bash thread, it's a discussion thread.
Taking that into consideration, try to imagine it from a neutral perspective and discuss without misplaced defensiveness.
So the question is NOT whether you think it should happen or not, or whether you agree or disagree with a belt system, but rather,
1) what IMPACT would it make on the respective sports.
2) would the impact be negative or positive, in a practical sense (smoothly run tourneys with no sandbagging and no politics).
3) why?
.
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