
Originally Posted by
Josh Smith
Dude, there are 10th Planet affiliates with actively running school that are blue belts and they're Legit! Brandon McCaghren & Jon Helton are two of them... Everyone's entitled to their opinion but these guys put in their time to earn their rank so they should get compensated to help others earn theirs... Just my humble opinion.
I think you're missing my overall point. If they are an affiliate with traceable lineage I can make my own choices. However, if someone like redcloud lies about his lineage...I mean, dude is instructing people, and we have no idea what belt rank he is. With Brandon and John I can go up to them and they would say "hey big dude, I'm a Eddie Bravo blue belt". And I'm straight. If Eddie backs the schol I am cool. However, if some guy were a blue belt and just opened up a BJJ academy I would have to monitor the class.
I really was just making the point that a purple or black belt usually allows an expectation of the ability to teach. Not crapping on blue belts running schools. Sorry for seeming like a dick