Promotions in BJJ are performance-based. In other words, in order to get your blue belt, you have to be able to "hang" with the other blue belts on the mat, during sparring. Some clubs have required techniques or actual belt tests, others don't. In my case I was told by my instructor at the end of a class to bring a blue belt to my next session.
Some clubs have a stripe system as well.
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