What belt rank are you?

[SweepEm]

I'm curious what type of martial artists we have here on the forum and what ranks.

I train with Jiu Jitsu black belt Rey Diogo, the Carlson Gracie team in Los Angeles.

https://www.reydiogo.com

I've trained Kung Fu, boxing, a little Judo and Muay Thai. I'm only training in BJJ and am a purple belt.

[JaredExtreme]

I don't consider my McDojo Brown Belt as an actual accomplishment hehe.

[aseepish]

Purple in American Kenpo (last class was in 1997)
Yellow in Choi Kwang Do (last class was also in 1997)
Rankless in Aikido, Hapkido, BJJ, Wing Chun, MT, Silat/FMA, JKDC, and a multitude of others.

[cbk]

2nd degree black belt in Shotokan Karate
but also have some training in Kickboxing, BJJ and Kali but no rank's in thoses martial arts

[sk12879]

Yellow in TKD (don't say a thing....it's exercise when there's no other standup MA around me....and I could care less about my belt anyway)
White in BJJ. I train under Colin and Kyle Cannon (Carlson Gracie purple belts)

[fullcircle]

2nd Degree in WTF (long story, only thing available where I was), 1st Degree in ITF, 1st Degree in Kyokushin, various colors in Aikido, Judo, Goju Ryu, now training in BJJ and Bushido

[Lizard]

Since I don't wear a belt I'm afraid I can't answer your question.

When it comes to fighting I suppose I am a black belt in my way of fighting. To be a black belt is easy, you just have to be me and fight like me. I'm afraid I no longer agree with the idea of one person trying to fight in the exact same style as another.

[fullcircle]

good answer, I have belts, but don't think they mean a whole hell of a lot.

[Szczepankiewicz]

I guess you could say that:

I'm a part time white belt under Kukuk BJJ (but he doesn't give out belts or ranks of any kind).

I am a part time white belt in Kodokan Judo

I am a brown belt in Kantan Kyo Jujutsu currently training for black.

The only time I wear a belt is to keep the gi closed. And the only time I wear a gi is in Judo.

But I always wear my Dogs of War Rash Guard baby!!!!

[platinum_angel]

white belt - bjj

[Strider]

Brown = Judo
BJJ = no belt

Belts don't mean a whole lot. You can get a belt just by going to a dojo for many years and be shitty as hell and get one. Like some old farts that i know. Or you can go to a MA store and buy one. Like the famous Miyagi said "Black belt from JC Penny 7.99" lol...payce y'all

[highgrindr]

blue in american kenpo, and i also incorporate dim-mak with kenpo..... does it bother you guys as it does me that a lot of blacks belts in schools cant even fight?

[Strider]

hell yes. They come to you acting like they know crap. Which they probably do, but cannot execute in a tournament atmosphere. Or even while were sparring I got a black belt getting thrown, losing his balance and submitting way to easily. Itz just so pathetic. I just wanna take their belt, and biatch slap them wit my brown.lol

[fullcircle]

yup, I was winning tournaments in the black belt division as a green belt, that and I could beat just about every bb in my class at the time, that's when I started realizing that the belt didn't mean a whole hell of a lot. Dedication mostly.

[Great Sage]

I hear ya fullcircle... I did the same at my gym.

The only belts I wear are for keeping my pants up. I know I’ve said that I would like a Black Belt in BJJ, but that seems unlikely now... Now, I don’t think it really matters to me. I don’t learn martial arts for belts. Rather, I take what works for me and move on. I train in my Under Armor and Hunter Vale Tudo shorts with NHB gloves.