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![]() | 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? |
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![]() | $100 for a promotion? I don't know about that. In my opinion, you are already paying a good amount to take lessons and train...promotions should be included as you improve. At my school, promotions are very informal. My teacher will probably give you a hint when you're coming close to a promotion. Once the person gets promoted, he'll announce it at the end of class that day. Then the promoted student will either be given the new belt or have to get one soon (not sure which). |
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![]() | Yeah that sounds strange, mostly guys get promoted at the begining of class or during a seminar. If its seminar that day, then it makes sense. Are guys moving up belt ranks or just stripes on the 100dollar day? IF you want to buy a black belt, go see Carlson Gracie sr,, he hands them out to the highest bidder, after all, Vitor Belfort jumped from purple to black just like that ! |
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![]() | id leave that school immediately. thats pretty not cool, especially since there isnt even a seminar. sounds like a big mcdojo move. my instructor doesnt make us pay for promotions. he awards them to students free of charge when he feels they deserve them. |
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![]() | Well... Now hold on a second. Now that the BJJ wave has subsided, instructors are looking for more lucrative ways to maintain their business. Some gyms have moved to BJJ/MMA or offer other styles to keep students interested. Others charge you for belt testing, much like mcdojos. The Rickson Gracie Association charges for belt and stripe testing (I was in it at one time), eliminating the old adage that one "becomes the belt." Nope, today you pay for the belt... |
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I would like to think that instructors would want to teach you becasue they love passing on their knowledge and would want to see you get better and progress through trhe belts, cos it means they are a good instructors. By charging they are making it puerly commercial. Oh and if they are not good enough to attract and keep students without having to make extra by charging, then what are they doing running an academy?
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![]() | This does not sound like a legitimate school. plain and simple.
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Sorry, I didn't mention it is Master Francisco Mansor's (9th Deg. RED under Helio Gracie) school. The lineage alone should have some legitimacy and draw for prospective students.. Now, does that still justify a fee? | |
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Its a wrong way to raise money for the school. Seminar would be better. So if you are a white belt for 16 months and tapping out blue belts and you dont go to this, you dont a blue belt, ever, till the next "belt promotion day" My friend got his purple a few months ago, the instructor tossed it to him after class, when he was done rolling, he ya go. Then all the students lined up and flipped him. When u advance a belt, many schools have the other students flip the student or take him down, we do, his school does and so I assume otheres do | |
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Its a wrong way to raise money for the school. Seminar would be better. So if you are a white belt for 16 months and tapping out blue belts and you dont go to this, you dont get a blue belt, ever, till the next "belt promotion day" My friend got his purple a few months ago, the instructor tossed it to him after class, when he was done rolling, he ya go. Then all the students lined up and flipped him. When u advance a belt, many schools have the other students flip the student or take him down, we do, his school does and so I assume otheres do | |
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