Originally Posted by cronin

Just curious...and excuse my ignorance and naivete, I recently got into BJJ several months now and loving it. My academy's having belt promotions this coming Sunday. My instructor had mentioned, however, anyone attending the promotions needs to pay a 'registration' fee of $100. Keep in mind, this will be held at the academy, not some reception hall, there will be refreshments, but not something to warrant $100 per head price. Also, these promotions for this particular school occur only once a year.

Anyway, just curious to see what other BJJ schools are doing w/r/t belt promotions, as I'm sure each academy is different, but I wonder if this is out of place--are there fees involved and are they also once a year?