Originally Posted by JFG

I've been reading up on other forms of martial arts and I've seen this a bit myself. It seems a lot of schools award students far too often and easily and as a result the black belt means much less then it actually should.

I get the feeling that belts are much harder to earn in BJJ and that it truly means that you are doing well when you progress to the next belt level.

Am I right in my thinking? Or does BJJ often hand belts out like nothing as a way of keeping students interested as well?