how many black belts?

[Justin]

I am trying to tell someone that black belts are not handed out like candy in BJJ like they are in many other arts could someone please tell me about how many BJJ black belts are in america and about how many in the whole world - i am thinkiing only about 100 or so in america but i dont know for sure and i dont want to give anyone some bad info - please help me out - thanks

justin morris

https://www.thirdheaven.com

[GinSueDog]

Are you talking about American blackbelts or just the total number of BJJ blackbelts currently teaching here in the US?-ED

[Justin]

how many black belts?

the total would be great - now im thinking it must be way more than a hundred cuz of all the guys that have moved to america from brazil but yeah an estimated total would be great


justin

[Karlinhos]

well, another factor is that a lot of the black belts will come to america to visit for an extended period (6 mo. or so), not necessarily move here for good. (ex. royler gracie)

BB that have actually MOVED here i'd guess are WAY less than 100. actually, now that i think about it, even if you include the "visitors", it's still probably less than 100. and i'm talking about legitimate black belts, guys whose promotional "lineage" you can trace.

[GinSueDog]

Well I would think there are about 40 to 50 American blackbelts and maybe 100 Brazilian blackbelts here. There are at least 30 or so in So Cal alone.-ED

[SweepEm]

you can go to:

https://www.BJJ.org

although I don't think it's been updated lately, you can go count the black belts there, figure out which ones are here and get a count.

[Justin]

thanks

guys thanks for the info it helped me out a lot

justin