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Subject: Re: Belt rankings, promotions, etc. Author: Steve Loftin [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 08:55:35 10/15/05 Sat In reply to: Steve Loftin 's message, "Belt rankings, promotions, etc." on 08:40:07 10/12/05 Wed LOL @ Joe....you need a good razor, bro. The BJJ time frame for belts is definitely tough. But, I think that all goes to who your teacher is. There is no doubt that teachers in any art hold some of their students back just to get them competition ready. This goes for BJJ, Sport TKD, whatever. It's just natural that some teachers do this. Take a look at Judo. Most people like to compare the ranks of black belt in BJJ versus the black belt in Judo. But these are definitely not the same. By all accounts that I have heard, the 1st degree black belt in Judo is merely a teaching rank. This shows that the Judoka now "BEGINS" the journey as an advanced practitioner of his art. Whereas in BJJ, the 1st degree black belt would be considered a highly advanced practioner of his art already. That is where the difference lies. Many people who are BJJ black belts today started out teaching as a blue belt and then progressed up the ranks. Because a lot of people did not have ready access to black belt coaches at the time, this was normal. But with Judo, the lowest belt rank I have ever seen teach would be one of the Brown belt levels. It's just a variation of styles within the arts. So you can't really compare things by belt rank. You have to look at it by skill levels. Steve [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Belt rankings, promotions, etc. Author: whitfield [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 03:05:08 10/16/05 Sun in response to ryan's sarcastic comment waaay back up there, yes i do care about people getting injured due to improper teaching practices. i dont care who gets injured in a tkd or karate school or what judo club or shootfighting school. but i am a bjj instructor and i run a bjj school. if somebody goes to a bjj school in new jersey and gets injured because the teacher is a moron, then they move to north carolina, they arent gunna come to my school to learn bjj, they're going to go to the local karate school where they dont ever have to touch anyone. therefore yes i do care about people getting injured while practicing bjj because it effects my business and my livelihood. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]