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Subject: Re: Belt rankings, promotions, etc. Author: whitfield [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:36:51 10/12/05 Wed In reply to: Steve Loftin 's message, "Belt rankings, promotions, etc." on 08:40:07 10/12/05 Wed ""Earns", "legitimate", "reputable", etc.--they're all relative and subjective terms, which is the crux of the problem. Who cares? Why does it matter to you if someone says they are a black belt, and they received that belt from someone *you* deem disreputable or illegitimate?" it matters because the general public can't tell the difference between a solid blue belt and a black belt. so what happens if somebody goes to a school with a blue belt that wears a black belt and the instruction they receive is incorrect and that person ends up getting hurt? well then it makes the whole art look bad now doesnt it? how would you feel if you went to the store to buy a sprite and what you got was an inferior product that was half sprite and half seltzer water? you can't tell any difference by looking at it, you won't know until you taste it. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Belt rankings, promotions, etc. Author: tapuout247 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:16:23 10/12/05 Wed Belt Ranking in BJJ is most often based on the Gi work. Atheltics will beat Age and sometimes even experience, without the gi the majority of the time, but the Gi levels things out in my opinion. I have been told that BJJ belts in Brazil are alot like TKD belts here in America. When bjj first came to the country the best instructors and students came. Guys my criterion for purple belt was the first one I ever trained with, Matt freaking Serra, live up to that standard of purple belt and you will be a blue belt forever. Belts matter in running a school, they don't matter on the street. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]