Don't rush it man. Unfortunatley you will not be ready for a promotion after 12 classesMaybe after 100.
agreed, promotions take a long time and are few and far between in BJJ...you want to make sure you earned and deserve every one of them.Originally Posted by Benu
Don't rush it man. Unfortunatley you will not be ready for a promotion after 12 classes
Just because people have more stripes or a higher belt doesn't mean S*** in bjj. If your grappeling skills are there then who the hell cares. I am stuck at a one stripe white and have been since january and I have also trained at least 2 times per week at minimum, but mostly 3 times weekly. Should I be a 2 stripe??? Maybe, but it doesn't matter because everyone I roll with knows where I am at and what I can and can't do. The belt system only tells people at the gym where your grappeling skills should be at, and wouldn't you want to surprise them by being better then what your belts says. Avenged has a good point with the statement that you want to be they guy who is long overdue for a promotion.
Also, do you need to goto grading to get stripes for your belt? If you are going for your blue, it will take a LOT longer to get. The reason it takes a long time to get your blue is because you need to get a good knowledge of the basics and there are a lot of basics. Most schools wait months to show some of the same basic moves over again because there are so many. Once you get a base knowledge then you need to learn to roll. Learning to roll is different for everyone because you have to get your cardio up, learn to not muscle through things, learn to establish, maintain and escape positions, etc... There is a LOT to learn in bjj. It takes a long time to learn because you have to train your body to react and move in ways that are often totally unfamiliar. That is the reason it takes so long to advance in the bjj belt system. Dont get discouraged though! If you really want to divote your time to getting better, then there is nothing wrong with that. At the very least, you have better bjj because of the intense training you want to do and there is nothing wrong with that.
If you want tips on sparring (aka "rolling" in bjj) then look through some the threads in other sections on the site. dsquared has made some get threads on side controll and submissions. Just know that asking for such general advice is often ignored because there is too much to say about it. Pick some area of bjj (like you guard) and focus on improving that part of your game. Good luck and welcome to the forums.
Yes, very good points from Rufio.
I rather keep my guys at white belt a little bit extra than give them "easy" belts. Maybe this is because of the fact that I hung around as a white belt for 3 years (not training very regulary for a year there in between). But I think it's better to get a feeling of accomplishment when you get your new belt, rather than feel that you don't deserve it.
Just keep on training hard and you will be promoted when the time is right
some of us take over 3 years!!
to get our blue belts!
haha, Dan you are an exception tho man...You were blue belt level long before that Belt ever got tied around your waist.
Which should be the goal! (it still sucks though)
I was talking to Don last night about you guys getting your purples!
haha, oh ya? What did he have to say?
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