Question to Owners/Instructors (in regards to grading/promotions)

[john botello]

i stripe . My belts and stripes are not given they are earned. You should not concern yourself with this shit just train for the love of it not the need to have an imaginary belt color

+1

[Jeremy Gates]

i stripe . My belts and stripes are not given they are earned. You should not concern yourself with this shit just train for the love of it not the need to have an imaginary belt color

Well said !!

[ZachJ]

IBJJF sets the standards. There are age and time limits for all of the belts. I'm not sure if this is THE reason but, I think it is to stop BJJ from having 12 year old black belts like in karate.

Why, is there a minimum age limit on Blue belt?

My coach just says basically "When you roll at blue belt level, you get promoted to blue belt".

[bobby rivers]

The way it works for me is everytime I win a (credible)tourney I get a stripe. So when im injured I don't really get promoted even if im progressing, but oh well. I think it's a pretty fair, unbiased system considering I use a different system. You def earn it where I'm at.

16 is a good mandatory age. There will always be exceptions, but do your time. I could probably of driven fine when I was 13 or 14. I still wouldnt want my ass on the road.

[rickdawson]

i stripe . My belts and stripes are not given they are earned. You should not concern yourself with this shit just train for the love of it not the need to have an imaginary belt color

I am all about just training and enjoying the process. I know that a lot of schools have different philosophies and wanted to get different input on grading.

[Eddie Bravo]

I don't give stripes but allow affiliates to do so. If my students actually wore their belts then stripes would make sense, but to me, just the belts alone are good enough.

I promote based on consistency, knowledge of the system, loyalty and who you are submitting and who is submitting you. Just train hard and try to learn as much as possible and the promotions will come eventually

[Alder Hampel]

I stripe now, I have a place on the shirts where we fill in black boxes. It helps me keep track of students progress.

[Brent Smith]

I stripe now, I have a place on the shirts where we fill in black boxes. It helps me keep track of students progress.

That's an interesting idea

[Sam Sales]

I stripe now, I have a place on the shirts where we fill in black boxes. It helps me keep track of students progress.

Very cool Alder. When I eventually start my own school I will stripe in no-gi. Will probably actually go with stars or military style stripes though.

[brent_littell]

Promotion had to do with the individual and their abilities