Unifying all JJ belt systems

[Tom Carbone]

I don't care at all about belts, except for the fact that it's your ticket to competing at higher levels. .

How so? I cant think of any tournament ive been to that wouldn't let you compete at a higher level if you wanted to. They only seem to care people sandbagging.

[Aaron Gustaveson]

How so? I cant think of any tournament ive been to that wouldn't let you compete at a higher level if you wanted to. They only seem to care people sandbagging.

I was thinking that as well.. My coach has said that if we need it to compete there's an old blue belt on the grappling dummy.

He got his purple under Rigan Machado, so I guess he could promote people if he wanted to/if they were wanting rank? Sorry I dont know much about ranks in bjj, a blue belt can give someone else a blue belt? Or a purple can award up to blue? Hows that work?

[bobby rivers]

I was thinking that as well.. My coach has said that if we need it to compete there's an old blue belt on the grappling dummy.

He got his purple under Rigan Machado, so I guess he could promote people if he wanted to/if they were wanting rank? Sorry I dont know much about ranks in bjj, a blue belt can give someone else a blue belt? Or a purple can award up to blue? Hows that work?

Yeah, I borrowed belts before I was official. Some tournies won't let you compete above or below your rank. So I cheated.

[Gray]

What about at Gracie Nationals? I'm a purple in the gi, but I compete at advanced and have over five years of training. Do I go by my belt or do I go by normal category?

[Aaron Gustaveson]

Yeah, I borrowed belts before I was official. Some tournies won't let you compete above or below your rank. So I cheated.

its honor system? how do they check your rank?

[Aaron Gustaveson]

at 5 years experience, in no-gi for Gracie Nationals, you would enter BROWN/ADVANCED

http://gracieworlds.com/belt-weight-divisions/

[Gray]

Yeah, but it's also divided by belt

[Aaron Gustaveson]

its brown OR 5-7 years, either one can qualify you for the category.

[Justin W.]

How so? I cant think of any tournament ive been to that wouldn't let you compete at a higher level if you wanted to. They only seem to care people sandbagging.

No one cares about what nogi people enter because nogi is usually divided by novice, intermediate, advanced and they go by years of training, not so much belts but they do care about Gi. It's just disrespectful to enter as a higher belt. I've had to compete against a lower belt before and it's horrible. Nothing to gain, everything to lose. I've also heard lots of situations where the higher belts have denied the lower belts from competing with them.

[Chris "Beowulf" Burchell]

This thread made my head hurt