WTF is an Adult Green Belt in BJJ ?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- In today's video I answer a question from Josh who is an adult Green Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Now some of you may be a little confused since Green Belts in Jiu-jitsu are usually saved for teenagers and kids (which I'll explain).
But with that, he's getting ready for a BJJ competition, and he wants to know what to compete since there are no adult Green Belt divisions.
So in this video I share some ideas from my own experience as a former adult Green Belt back in 2004 when I was a newer student in BJJ.
I also tell a story about a stinky white belt. Not a person white belt. . . my actual belt.
Enjoy the video and thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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We just have stripes on our belts.
Seems simple enough
The tape stripe system just seems easier and more efficient. Explains seeing green belts around at competitions tho. That said, I have a similar story with some gloves when I boxed 😆
You should always keep a whitebelt handy no matter your belt. That way you can wave it at people from your car window yelling "respectch the beltchie!"
Hespeeetch ittt
As a Brazillian, I find this to be too funny and true.🤣😂. Our accent does sound like that . 🤣😂
As long as there's two stripes on it 🔥
@GregLurik Official 3 stripe, 3 years for me 🤣 not very consistent though due to being a nurse and constantly being exposed to Covid. Don't want to bring that to the mats.
An adult green is a tradition used by BJJ coaches that also have a background in Judo. These academies tend to emphasize takedowns more and usually do not give out stripes.
This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I thought that's what the stripes were?
I like the green belt idea. There's such a big difference between a brand new white belt and someone that's been training six or seven months.
I think it's dumb af. So are stripes
That’s what stripes are for lol
I will take it White and Black only. I dont like it Blue, Purple or Brown. So imagine if a 10 years Whitebelt vs 1 year Whitebelt in tournaments. Must be fun to watch. We will see a lot of popping
@@m5a1stuart83 a ten year white belt?
@@wtfimcrying Kodokan only knows Black and White only. Some people dont want to go to Black faster. My friend was in Brownbelt for about 14 years, and only then he get his Blackbelt. After about 20 years into Judo.
I loved that story. Sometimes it's fun to take a break and just tell a humorous story. I'm all smiles after listening to that.
i was recently promoted to green belt, as an adult i was pretty torn as i know its not officially recognized in competition. makes me feel better knowing chewy was a green belt once. guess ill just try to get good enough for the blue one now
I ran into a green belt cross training in Florida. I thought the concept was very cool.
Me too! Unchained mma. Awesome place!
My gym does the same
If only there was a different and proven way... Like... I don't know... Stripes? I know, crazy idea ;)
My gym does same thing, my coach's teacher is richardo liborio and that's where he got that idea from also American top team if im not mistaken.
I'm an adult green belt 3 stripe. It becomes so awkward traveling to other gyms. You end up explaining the situation to everyone. Our big tournament here is AGF. They allow green belts to compete at white/blue.
The green belt is back from the very old days back of gracie bjj...our proof from brazil is also doing the green belt thing. It comes in our gym after the 4th strip.
For the next time... isopropyl alcohol. Before you try all of the other weird crazy stuff, anyway. 😂😂
I was an adult green belt, I would tell people I was a four stripe white belt. The belt ranking history is not as straight forward as everyone assumes.
Butt my one major issue with belts is that it almost implies that once you receive the belt ,that part of your training is over or something and alot of people rarely ever go back and do any of the training they did to get the belt, and training never ends. You are never done, so no real need for the belts lol
Chewy…you made me laugh out of my seat with the post of video
Ribero associations use this for adults
Great video! Brings me memories... Here in Brazil, at the 90ties, we had the green belt. I my self was a green belt that was promoted by Jucão, a top notch blackbelt from here that lives in the US now. In fact at that time was very difficult to get the blue and the green was common. Now a days they still exists here as you say as tap in the back, but they are not so common...
Thumbsup!
This right here. One of my old instructors was Brazilian, from Brazil and he also used green belts between white and blue. It just meant that you were better (maybe not better, but less spassy) than a brand new white belt, but not quite a blue belt. I kinda liked the concept myself. In comp we would compete as white belts though, or at least I did at the time.
@@jasaro74 Adult Yellow Belts (between white and blue) are a real thing that actually exists in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
We have a greenbelt in my affiliation and my school. It’s basically the equivalent of a two or three stripe white belt and generally takes about six months to achieve. After greenbelt you will need about 130 hours of mat time plus 98 techniques to achieve blue.
Rafael Lovato Jr, former world champ, uses green & yellow belts for in between. He’s the only one I’ve seen it
I just switched from an mma style gym to Lovatos this Monday. Seeing a green belt confused me, but Lovato bjj is as legit as you can get in Oklahoma.
There are no Adult yellows in Lavoto/six blades, but yes we do use Greens. Still technically counts as a white belt. I think it comes from Six Blades and Sensei Xande.
I trained under him a long time ago and can confirm thats the way it was then. I was wondering if he still did that!
@@charlesr951 there used to be at Lovato's. I can confirm because I was given a yellow, green, and blue belt by Lovato back in the day. However, I stopped training there when I moved away around 2013.
@@overrideFunction That makes sense. I'm not sure when he changed it. Anyway it's good to see so many Lovato guys in the comments. I hope you found another good place to train.
I will be competing in a Newbreed BJJ tournament/fight this December 3rd. Apparently, their rules go like this: an adult green belt(like myself) will have to compete in the same division as blue belts. This actually caused me to be bumped up a level in no-gi too(beginner-intermediate). This will be my first competition. I always train hard in my gym(American Top Team: Team Lima). I am looking forward to this.
Good luck bro! Smash
That is my goal.
And thank you so much!
You got this my boy. I’ve seen a green belt take 1st in a blue belt bracket only to become a blue belt moments later 😂
You got this!
That story was hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
Q: What is an Adult greenbelt?
A: Adult greenbelts are food.
I see a few green belts at competitions. My understanding it was for kids and not adults. I know at Carlson-Gracie you cannot get a blue belt till your 16 that’s why they have multiple color belts for kids. I think it’s for motivation our Sensei tells the kids every 28 classes they get a stripe but belt promotions are at his discretion. I just got my blue belt at 2 1/2 years and another adult student who has three years and shows up consistently and is still a white belt so Sensei watches carefully to see if students are ready to be promoted. I feel good that I picked the right school because he’s not just handing out belts.
Didn’t they just have stripes to differentiate how was the good white belts?
Yes
Curmudgeon. Good word hahaha
The story in a nutshel. My belt wasn't green but it definitely smelled like it were.
Thanks for the advice brotha! Great idea bringing the white belt just in case. Just like you said, my coach suggested I compete at white belt this time and go for blue belt next time. Looking forward to getting after it!
keep it around but wash it before
Yes man let’s get after it! My coach told me one time only cowards roll down. I’d go blue if I were you. Maybe even purple if you can fly it depending on the tournament.
@@chicken50_487 bro what
Hahah what the f is a green belt 😅😅😅
I feel like white and black belts should be the only ones with stripes. White stripes help gauge how dangerous the person may be. Black stripes help track the journey of a master who’s achieved his black belt and has no next belt to look forward to.
Interesting! My gym does what we call a phase belt that's half blue half white that represents the same thing
This always seemed like a good idea the difference between a day one guy and 1+ years of training is massive
@@BobBob-il2ku thats supposed to be the reason for stripes
Mine does the same thing and I'm a phase belt lol
Back before stripes were invented, and yes a white belt will turn green if you don't wash it, but if you wear it, it might kill the whole class.. my first instructor told me to never wash your belt because it was bad luck, its just crazy..
chewy how should i be weightlifting to improve my jiu jitsu?
Focus on compound movemnt
and stretch! the stronger you get, the tighter your muscles are. dudes I train with are jacked, but some of their hips/shoulders are so tight they can’t to more dynamic movements too well and get tapped very quickly on muscle manipulations.
Absolutely. Mostly rows, overhead press, deadlifts, farmers walks, and kettlebell swings or Bulgarian bag swings if you have one.
The smelly belt had me 🤣
Dude talking about mixing smells 😂. It’s like having lavender spray in the toilet, it doesn’t get rid of the poo smell it just creates a new lavender + poo abomination.
Welp. That white belt was a green cloud belt it sounds 😆
Amazing story - wish I could smell that to truly appreciate it
"Green Belt!?" As in Moldy, and Super Funky? That damn Sub-Tropical area. Nothing stays clean and dry for long.
Thank you for explaining the "green" belt ... had never heard of it before your video. Appreciate all of your videos
Always enjoy a good story. The stinking belt had me laughing. Reminding me of when I ate at el rancherito then out for live music. Epic night. I got cussed at, threatened, emptied the bar and made a legend among my peers.
You purchased a new white belt after that I hope ?... I personally had two blue belts and two purple belts that I rotated ... Just got my Brown last week (about 8 years of training now, white to blue was about 3 years) nit sure if I will buy a 2nd Brown Belt
Belt story is hilarious! I have a training partner of mine in judo that works in construction, some how his white belt came into contact with something, and became stained by and encrusted with rust flakes, we also tried hard to get the stains out, to no avail. He still continued to wear it, and would receive many judgemental looks, lol.
Your white belt was also a green belt. Only four the wrong reasons though...
I train BJJ and JJJ. My JJJ belt system is white yellow green brown (then 3 stripes) black.
No excuse for a nasty belt. I keep a spare in my bag in case I forget to put my primary back in my bag after washing it. I hope the days of people not wanting to wash away the "super powers" of their belt are over and people are washing them.
There's no such thing as an adult green belt. It's a fake belt in BJJ. Leave it for the kids. Teachers sometimes are desperate to keep their students paying the monthly fee and start to disrespect the art.
😅 I like my Audible badges. At least my Mt. Everest ones.
I started BJJ six months ago and I used to go to the morning classes, there were three green belts in that class. When they competed two of them competed at blue belt and the other competed at white.
The ones that competed at blue are actual blue belts now.
There is a local gym here giving out orange and red belts to jiu jitsu adults. I think they are just scamming extra test dollars though.
Drying the belt between washings made it impossible to succeed.
Wash that shit !!! 😂 horrilble im getting nauseous just listening 🤢
Chew: "Here's a nasty story for you.."
Me: * turns off video
Why didn't you go buy another belt? And keep that stinky one at the hotel 😂🤣😂🤣
white or black - rainbow colored belts are ghey - it used to be - when your belt was so old and filthy that is was dark grey - after ten years - then you got black...
The real question is are green belts allowed to jump guard? Lol
How do I get my 3 year old in it to do class with the other kids especially when he might have autism
thanks for the great content, So I am new to grappling and found my grip is getting broke pretty easy especially if the opponet is larger or super sweaty. What can I do to improve this? Second question, when learning grappling a lot of times the instructor will say do this then this then this then this and its hard to remember all the individual steps any advice?
Is it GI or no GI?
@@avdrrew no gi
record and ask him to use your phone to record the instructional part so you can watch back at anytime
In my experience in no gi I look for under hooks or sometimes wizards. Bigger guys do pretty well grabbing my wrists but that shit doesn't work for me.
Straight body locking is usually a pretty good option, and who doesn't like a hug.
It will all be positionally dependent. I wouldn't try grabbing too much besides arm drags, ankles and the back of the neck. Those will all be quick movements though. Not holds.
2 on 1 grips are king for me in no gi. I have flimsy injured wrists so I can't just keep a hold of someone else's wrist 1 on 1. But Kimura style grips if you can get them are super effective at being able to control your opponents arms so you can set up sweeps or submissions. Hope it helps
I can relate to the "curmugeoness"... You just need to learn how to sweeten it. 😉
Lol I think the thought behind the Audible audiobook badges is similar to how people argue that stripes are a way to keep jiu jitsu students interested. Like you said a little pat on the back.
😄🤣Funny story!! It actually reminded me of incident that happen in our unit back when I was in service..so I know what you mean about the funk🤢😄.We went on a field training exercise which was like camping 🏕 without the luxuries. Guys in my unit spend a solid week in field doing activities like diving in rivers, crawling on dirt, running ,sweating ect. Well by the end of the week our uniforms which we barley change smelled awful but since we were around each other I guess we got accustomed to each other stinky smell. When we went back to our Units Barracks that Sunday (End of Ex) night a few guys were too tired and exhausted to change bath. So they went straight to bed😷..next morning when we formed up to go to breakfast their were a few guy who hadn't even bath nor change their uniform. So our supervisors/Sgt passed our group and was shocked and disgusted 🤢by our smell.Some of these guys tried to cover the smell by spraying AXE and Cologne which obviously didn't work..The Sgt basically said that we smell like we all just had a passionate night with a Bigfoot..and gave us a spew about how Suga & Onions don't mix 😄 nor matter how sweet sugar is it will never mask the taste and smell of onions when sprinkled on. The Sgt.basically made everyone(even those that were cleaned up) go back to bathe and change..we wasn't going anywhere near the dining facility with our smell as one if them said..So I get where you coming from with your story chewy😁 it was😄 👍...love the videos.
#tyfys
together with the thumbnail i thought that a white belt was so dirty to appear green 😂
Quit lying you were trying to cheat with that stinky belt and they wouldn’t let you lol
Funny you should upload this today, someone at my gym was promoted to green belt last night and I had no idea it was even a thing
I’m dying dude!😂😂😂 Great story!
Sounds like your white belt became a green belt on its own
Bro anyone else notice Chewy getting low key yoked?
His traps are HUGE
@@drauc u wanna what else is huge
this sounds like the "Corporal" of BJJ hahah
Kind of similar to Pedro Sauer’s blue bar?
You always give great advice, but that story was amazing. Had me laughing at my desk. 🤣
That story had me cracking up. LOL! Funny! It sure gives Chewy a human touch.
Just tell us what a green belt is, we don’t need a story
I’m under the lovato system and it goes: white, white with stripes, yellow, orange, green, then blue.
I was in the tramway giggling at that story fr this is hilarious
I fought at the classic in 2008
Never use deodorant to kill a bad smell, *never*
Other competitions I will be a white belt since others don’t recognize green as you previously mentioned. My masters and I talked. I want to keep smashing . I lost my first tournament but I don’t quit. I am ATT team Lima 😃😃😃😃
Dojo Rule 1 IMO: Don't stink.
Sorry for the OT post, but I really need some feedback from you guys. I'm the whitest belt which ever whited. Today we had a drill: me on side control, an older striped blue belt under me, his goal was to escape. I lift weights, I've got some strength. I kept him pinned down, even though I felt like I was dying in the end. Other advanced belts were giving him pointers during the whole thing - not to me though. Later I overheard him saying to his buddies I'm a spaz. I feel pretty down now - I don't wanna quit but goddamn, I felt so alone. Some (honest!) feedback would be great to have.
Don't me too hard on yourself, most people are spazs when they start and higher belts complain a lot if a lower belt is able to compete with them. Just focus on the techniques, keep showing up and you'll be fine.
Don’t feel discouraged. I don’t know anything about you but I’m sure you are right where you are supposed to be at your level of experience. You’ll do things now and for the next 6-12 months that you’ll look back on and laugh about in the future…especially when you see people doing the same things.
I'm a white belt and I've been told I'm spazzing. Didn't put my off at all. I took it as constructive criticism as the people in my gym are always looking to help each other get better
Outmuscling and keeping a guy in side control doesn't make a spaz. Now, maybe other stuff you does, just not what you're describing here.
Generally I give coaching to guys for two reasons, either I coach the person I perceive as the underdog, or I'm working with someone on specific things (usually someone prepping for a comp). Or I heckle, definitely enjoy heckling but I would never do to someone I don't know well. In this case it suggests that he SHOULD have been able to escape and couldn't, therefore prompting his friends to coach.
All that said, it's hard to give a solid read based on the limited info. I would suggest working to make it clear that you're seeking to learn not just goon stuff. "Hey, I felt like I was holding you down purely through brute strength and definitely couldn't progress. What would have made my positioning better and/or set me up to progress forwards?" Assuming that they're actually good dudes and this isn't some toxic clique crap.
Sounds like a classic case of butt hurt. Make sure you never let him up (you'll become buds)& you listen to those free pointers too. ...blessings!
That's a really funny story man! Enjoyed it :D
A green belt is a actually a blue belt
This had me cracking up🤣
An adult that has a bjj green belt, probably trained bjj throughout childhood and received it as a teenager. Thats the last colored belt a kid/teenager can get before getting a blue belt as an adult. A green belt probably has close to over 10 years of training bjj. Competing against a white, blue and probably even a purple belt would be extremely unfair, as the green belt should be very high level bjj. I have a nephew who earned his green belt from Jean Jacques years ago, is now an adult collegiate wrestler, and he mops up brown belts...Look up the young lady Sasha the Shark, I think shes an orange belt and she destroyed an adult white belt in competition...
Chewy and The Stankbelt.
the badge/pat on the back rant is 'gamifying', 'social proofing', or 'nudging' in design. it's to get you to do more. just like belt promotions :)
I trained in the ‘90s up until around 2002 and it took years to get belts lol, and there were only white, blue, purple, brown and black.
A green belt is a upper level white belt who's not yet ready for blue belt but is better than the most white belts, its essentially like a 3-4 stripe white belt. Could have just Said that then told the story
At most gyms I've been to, green belt is the highest belt you can get as a juvenile...so it's kinda like an kid black belt. When you turn 16 and are eligible for a blue belt, you switch from green to blue (sometimes white If appropriate). I don't think a 16 yr old white belt is equivilent to a 15 yr old green belt (black belt) in knowledge . So to even out the rub, we sometimes go straight to blue for 15>16 yr old green belts. We did, however, have a white belt with a blue stripe down the middle to serve the same purpose your coach was going for. I suppose now days everyone uses stripes to denote particular belt levels. When I started we didn't even do stripes or other colors. The only stripes I ever got were on my black belt.
If you ever see a teenager wearing a Green Belt watching out because they've probably had a lot of grappling experience.
The color green is pretty cool 💚
Isn't that what stripes are for?
OMG, that story is hilarious! Only the oldest of old school cats remember the significance of the Arnold’s back in the day.
Plus, wouldn’t it be at your gym as well? In other words, wouldn’t it be that green is one of the required colors?
If you had kept it on during the competition you probably would have gotten the fastest Tap in BJJ history!
Hilarious story😂
If you’re ever capuchin between what skill bracket to do
Do the higher one
You’ll Learn more and feel better if you win that higher skill bracket
... this side of the Mississippi!!
Thank you for clarifying white/green belt confusion don’t forget to wash your belts!!!
Im pretty sure Ive wittnessed a singlet version of this before. that is NASTY
Wow! You painted a perfect picture Chewy, feel like I can smell it while hearing the story.
Hey chew just got a quick question I’ve been training for two years and am still only a white belt 1 stripe and and I feel like it’s because I’m not able to train consistently and a lot of the time I am only training once a week am I wasting my time?
I guarantee the Axe smelled worse than the mold 🤣🤣
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