Demotions are fine to me, if you want to train with an instructor, it's there house, there rules, just no need to make an example of him online IMOIt's crazy huh they've infiltrated us!, he is your student now, that's all that matters
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Demotions are fine to me, if you want to train with an instructor, it's there house, there rules, just no need to make an example of him online IMOIt's crazy huh they've infiltrated us!, he is your student now, that's all that matters
I have never been into set criteria for BJJ, but my point kind earlier is its very subjective of course, I can't watch the vid, but it sounds like the instructor said he is a "tough purple", depending on instructors or whoever, there isn't much difference between a "tough purple" and a new Brown, so was this really needed to be filmed and put out there?
Seems like an overreaction to just take a shot at another school at the expense of a student that is yours now
I feel you Rob. What you say makes sense. I just see the other facet of this.
If I were an instructor, if one of the students that I built up to purple leaves and comes back as a brown, but his skills aren't up to par with the new browns in my school? I'd demote him too.
It's kind of like building a house. Say I start on a house and build it to like 75% completion. For whatever reason, the home owner requests a different contractor to finish. The new contractors build it up to 85%. The homeowner then asks me to come back and finish. But the extra 10% that the other contractors added on sucks and it's not built up to my standard. This is my name ultimately going on the 100% complete house. No one cares about the 10% of work that another contractor did. So I would tear away anything that the other contractors put up and build it the way I know I can build it. Does that make sense?
As far as filming it and putting it out there; I feel like it's not a bad thing if this instructor feels very connected to BJJ as a worldwide culture and not just a local scene. He's provoking a discussion. He's calling out a problem that he sees in BJJ which is quick attendance based promotions and not skill based promotions. I think it's a good discussion to have.
In theory, if Rafa did the same thing, and called out Ryron for it, I don't think too many would have a problem with it. Most likely because we respect Rafa's opinion on what a good brown belt should be. But because this guy is a "no name," people are more doubtful of his intentions. And I get it. But I also respect his stance and his actions.
In theory it sounds good. At least for blue. But in the long run I think it would hinder creativity. And even if we did have certain criteria, that still wouldn't guarantee equal quality. Using my building analogy, not all builders are created equal. Even if they're building the same exact house, one guy is always going to have a higher standard than the next.
I don't have a problem with demotions, if you go and train at a new school, you should accept whatever rank the instructor says you are, nothing wrong with that
I'm just commenting on recording it and putting it online, there really wasn't any benefit of that, especially for his new student
Oh it wasn't for a new student though. It was for a student he built up to purple and came back a weak brown. I benefited from it. And I'm sure his student is eager to get back to brown, so his student will benefit too.