10-Year Black Belt Journey
The journey to a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers a memorable experience for each student. Belt prizes awarded at Ralph Gracie BJJ in San Jose are entirely dependent on the instructors' discretion; however, the elements which determine the award are in the hands of the students.
The path up to BJJ black belt is the most challenging in any martial arts graduation system, both in terms of time and the required concentration. Belts with black belts "professors" may also be advanced to different coral belts.
The average journey is 10 years, with most of the part completed in between 8 and 12 years. BJJ pros and elite athletes could graduate from the belt system in just 4 years in rare instances.
However, today the minimum time for each belt makes the required journey 6.5 years. There are other students with no enthusiasm for promoting their belts who want to roll around with friends and be physically and mentally healthy. Whatever your goals and skills, the color belts can be an opportunity to monitor our progress in learning the art of belt promotion.
All students start as white belts regardless of their previous experience or age of their students. The kids move from the kid belt system of graduation to an adult belt graduation system at the age of 16. Black belts are awarded to those aged 19 and older belts are eligible for further promotions as part of the graduation system for black belts.
Kids Belt Graduation System
All students begin as white belts with no color, regardless of their experience. We award a variety of ranks to juveniles to encourage your students. The belts comprise a white belt, gray belt, orange belt, yellow belt, and then green belt.
Color belts have three levels: solid, white and black. Stripes are a series of promotions within the belts, and students can receive a maximum of 4 stripes on an individual color belt, with the 5th one will be the creation of a new belt. However, stripes are a bit flexible and cannot be used; for instance, students with only one or just 2 stripes can be elevated to a new belt but without 4 stripes.
Each belt is a minimum age of at least 4 years old to wear the grey belt, at least 7 years old to wear a yellow belt, at minimum 10 years old for orange belts, or at least 13 years old for the green belt. At 16, kids can be advanced to the adult belt-graduation system regardless of whether they have not yet completed the process with a black or green belt.
Adult Belt Graduation System
The adult belt system is less condensed; consequently, promotions are more frequent than in the kid's belt system. In the event of a 10-year course, students average 2.5 years for each rank, which is equivalent to a stripe-related promotion every six months.
The time spent on the blue belt is typically longer and may be balanced with brown or purple belts.
The minimum age requirements remain for adult belts. You must be 16 years old to belt purple or blue belts, at least 18 years old for brown belts and at a minimum 19 years old for black belts.
Black Belt Graduation System
The system for black belts continues to be used by professors of martial arts. Six stripe awards are awarded at the black belt level. Only a handful of professors can be upgraded to the black/red belt and the Grand Master rank in red belts. Only founders have gone beyond the 9th stripe and into the 10 stripes in the coral belt.
This is the highest point in the food chain. This comprises Carlos Gracie, Sr., his brother Helio and his three children, Gastao Gracie, Jorge (George) Gracie and Oswaldo Gracie.
How Can I Get Promoted in BJJ?
This blog post's main point is to list the three most important aspects a student can control to advance. They are not the only criteria to ensure promotion, as each professor, student and institution may have its unique requirements in their requirements. However, they are essential elements that should be considered and considered extensively at RGSJ. Furthermore, the process is more than just an exercise in identifying what you need to complete, as explained in our blog article "https://martialartsinstructions.blogspot.com/2022/07/10-things-everyone-should-know-before-start-practicing-jiu-jitsu.html " Let's Go!
#1 Mat Time
Mat time is a result of practicing BJJ frequently and regularly. There is no substitute for the pure amount of time you spend on the mat throughout the process, regardless of your athletic ability or other martial arts combat knowledge.
Consider an infant in 1st grade who tests at the 8th level of reading. At some level, the child in 1st grade cannot progress because there is no "life experience" to grasp what they are reading, regardless of processing ability.
We are focusing on "net" mat time since mat time can be considered the "raw" duration of the training time and could comprise time off the mat for injuries and other factors. On the other side of the spectrum, it is possible that"net" mat times can be more significant than "net" mat duration and may, in some cases, be more important than the "raw" net amount of time.
For instance, a severe athlete may be able to advance faster within the same time frame through training three times every day, 5 days per week in an intense manner.
The best weekly training is usually about 3x or at minimum 2x. If you train once a week or less, students could slow down because they are not capable of building by integrating new learning with the lessons they have learned in the past that are no longer relevant.
Additionally, students' physical fitness is not optimized. Inconsistent mat time can also derail progress. However, remember that training six times per week or more could be detrimental due to insufficient rest and may cause injuries from excessive training.
#2 Mat Skills
Mat time is an essential element of learning mat abilities. In the end, our mat abilities distinguish us from our previous counterparts and others. Mat skills may include the results of head-to-head sparring games against fellow students and our performance against those with the higher and lower ranks.
The ability to recognize positions and techniques is essential. Transitions and fluidity when scrambling show the ability to think. Furthermore, practice drills across the mat and partner drills focus on evaluating the skills.
However, students should not just be focused on showing "dominance" in mat skills. For instance, a belt that submits purple belts is not likely to be promoted ahead of a blue belt since white belts present it. No worth in the purple belt submits an aspiring white belt 10 times in one roll.
However, there is plenty of worth in the purple belt exploring their capabilities and limits by trying more challenging methods on lower belts in the offensive position and placing themselves in danger of close submissions to test escapes they are on defense.
#3 Mat Stewardship
Mat Stewardship is a way to reward all the intangible and indirect elements of BJJ. What is your definition of yourself in BJJ? BJJ community or in your BJJ dojo. Do you consider yourself the "mat rat," being the first one in class and then the last practicing to the point that the gates are closed? The RGSJ student who wrote the "So You'd Like to Be a Blue Belt" blog post discusses the proper role in an academy.
A valuable job is to be the ambassador in welcoming new members socially and teaching basic skills for survival in the early years. Another way to be involved is to wholly and sincerely dive in and wash the mats after practicing. This shows appreciation for the school and helps other students. Other roles include the management of off-the-mat socials and off-the-mat physical exercises, and various other unique elements that you contribute to the dojo and BJJ academy.
The mat jerk can be described as one example of mat stewardship stifling progress The self-centered purple belt who preys on the new white belts with no mutual learning -- causing injuries to other students due to unintentional training B students with a C effort, etc.
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