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Ok I just started taking BJJ and my instructor is a brown belt. I thuoght you had to be a black belt to teach martial arts. Why does it take so long to get a black belt?
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Re: Black belt in BJJ????
Well maybe the belt system in BJJ is different from most other martial arts?Originally posted by freefaller21
Ok I just started taking BJJ and my instructor is a brown belt. I thuoght you had to be a black belt to teach martial arts. Why does it take so long to get a black belt?
Maybe a BJJ brown belt is equivilent to a....oh..... I dunno... say a 2nd degree black belt in another art. -
Martial art rankings for reputable schools/styles takes a lot of work and time. In BJJ and other reputable MAs you will earn your belt; in other styles you simply pay for it.
If you are an MA prodigy and win MMA tournaments left and right, you might earn a BB in BJJ in 4 years. Through regular instruction and grappling 2-3x per week, maybe 8-10 years.Last edited by Tom Yum; 07-03-2003, 05:27 PM.Comment
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Re: Black belt in BJJ????
It doesn't take that long at all, in a crap art. In a good art, it takes time to get that good. Just be the best that you can be and, eventually, you will get there if you stick at it.Originally posted by freefaller21
Ok I just started taking BJJ and my instructor is a brown belt. I thuoght you had to be a black belt to teach martial arts. Why does it take so long to get a black belt?Comment
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I would say a blue belt in BJJ is like a black belt in other crap kwon do arts. Except a black belt in crap kwon do would still get his ass kicked by a blue belt bjj guy.
If you're learning from a brown belt, and you're not overpaying, consider yourself lucky.Comment
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Yeah I'm taking BJJ and JKD and I'm only paying $55 a month, I think its a great price. Some other places I looked into wanted to charge me out the ass. It seems like a really good school too, great atmosphere, great instuctors.Originally posted by MrPoopy
I would say a blue belt in BJJ is like a black belt in other crap kwon do arts. Except a black belt in crap kwon do would still get his ass kicked by a blue belt bjj guy.
If you're learning from a brown belt, and you're not overpaying, consider yourself lucky.Comment
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Who is your BJJ instructor affiliated with or who did he get his brown belt under?Comment
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Im not quite sure, next time I'm in I'll ask him.Originally posted by MrPoopy
Who is your BJJ instructor affiliated with or who did he get his brown belt under?Comment
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OK, my instructor got his brown belt under Professor Sylvio Behring, he has also trained with Rickson and Renzo Gracie.
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I would say a blue belt in BJJ could definately dismantle black belts from just about any other art. It does take a very long time in BJJ to get a black belt (most places around 10yrs.). My teacher has been doing BJJ most of his life and he has a 2nd black he recieved while living in Brazil and then trained with Rickson when he came to the states and he currently has a purple belt with their school.Comment
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My main instructor is a blue belt in BJJ, but his instructor and my part-time instructor is Carlos Rollyson, 5th degree black belt and fast as ****. But my instructor my only be a blue belt, he's a black belt in other MA's.Comment
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I started fighting Balck Belts as a Blue Belt. I am currently a Purple Belt & have over 75 students that are purple belts & below. I think if you can learn more from some one than anywhere else & you like the training go for it. A good blue belt should be able to beat any Tae Kwon Do 1 stripe Black Belt, same with Judo Black Belts & many others.Comment
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My BJJ instructor is only a purple belt...trains under Carlson Gracie.Comment
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GRACIEAUSTIN, you mean you actually found some TKD BB that would fight? What exactly happened?Comment
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GRACIEAUSTIN . . . where are you?
Sorry to change the subject, but where in Austin are you, GRACIEAUSTIN? I'm going to UT next year, and I want to continue BJJ. Are you near UT, or do you know someone who is?Comment
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