Nice video explanation. Not sure if you realize this but for the adults, you described a timeframe of 6 years to get a black belt. I know how the Gracie Barra system works and I can tell viewers that this is absolutely not the norm for someone to reach black belt in 6 years in Gracie Barra. What he fails to mention is that the time shown on each belt is the MINIMUM time requirement at each individual belt level. Most importantly, attendance is only one factor for belt promotions.
Why your kimonos are so expensive, you force your students to buy that to be uniqe, but your staff is almost 2 times more expensive than fuji or tatami etc. This is just business and not cool.
You’re right about the gi prices. Currently, a new GB adult gi runs $150 as compared to a cheap model of Tatami or Fuji that are currently running $85-100 new. I wish GB would offer lower cost options because it can definitely be very difficult for students to afford not only the registration fee & tuition, but also pay $150 for a school brand uniform. I understand their desire for uniformity, but that can easily be solved by changing the rules to where you just have to have like 2 or 3 GB patches on your gi and it’s gotta be white or blue and sell low cost patches at the front desk.
Idk about other bjj training centers but mine has three or four different classes each with different curriculums. The class I take is called Gracie Jiu-jitsu: Combatives. We learn about 33 different techniques with each class period teaching us two of those techniques (aside from days specifically for reflex development) once we have gone through each class three times and have gone through all the required reflex development days (it take roughly eight months), we are eligible for our combatives belt (this is probably where my training center differs from others.) We test and if we pass we receive the belt. After that we have two options: hold on to the combative belt for seven months and receive the blue belt automatically, or we test again but this time for the blue belt itself. Imo it’s pretty reasonable bc we still have to test for the combatives belt (our gateway to blue) no matter how long we’ve done jiu-jitsu. Though like other places, you still have to be 16 to qualify
@@demon-misery7 According to the IBJJF, there is no minimum required time to be in white belt. It is at the professors discression. Gordon Ryan got his at 3 months.
Nice video explanation. Not sure if you realize this but for the adults, you described a timeframe of 6 years to get a black belt.
I know how the Gracie Barra system works and I can tell viewers that this is absolutely not the norm for someone to reach black belt in 6 years in Gracie Barra.
What he fails to mention is that the time shown on each belt is the MINIMUM time requirement at each individual belt level. Most importantly, attendance is only one factor for belt promotions.
@@paisano316 you are absolutely right
Very good information to keep in mind, especially with children. Thank you so much
Why your kimonos are so expensive, you force your students to buy that to be uniqe, but your staff is almost 2 times more expensive than fuji or tatami etc. This is just business and not cool.
You’re right about the gi prices. Currently, a new GB adult gi runs $150 as compared to a cheap model of Tatami or Fuji that are currently running $85-100 new.
I wish GB would offer lower cost options because it can definitely be very difficult for students to afford not only the registration fee & tuition, but also pay $150 for a school brand uniform.
I understand their desire for uniformity, but that can easily be solved by changing the rules to where you just have to have like 2 or 3 GB patches on your gi and it’s gotta be white or blue and sell low cost patches at the front desk.
This belt system of urs is totally messed up
wow. Why dont you show him how it is done then? This is a reasonable timeline. Im sure you know more than the IBJJF, which has been around since 1967,
Big time lol.
One year to Blue Belt seems a bit short. How good is that blue belt if he or she got it in a year?
Idk about other bjj training centers but mine has three or four different classes each with different curriculums. The class I take is called Gracie Jiu-jitsu: Combatives. We learn about 33 different techniques with each class period teaching us two of those techniques (aside from days specifically for reflex development) once we have gone through each class three times and have gone through all the required reflex development days (it take roughly eight months), we are eligible for our combatives belt (this is probably where my training center differs from others.) We test and if we pass we receive the belt. After that we have two options: hold on to the combative belt for seven months and receive the blue belt automatically, or we test again but this time for the blue belt itself. Imo it’s pretty reasonable bc we still have to test for the combatives belt (our gateway to blue) no matter how long we’ve done jiu-jitsu. Though like other places, you still have to be 16 to qualify
@@demon-misery7 According to the IBJJF, there is no minimum required time to be in white belt. It is at the professors discression. Gordon Ryan got his at 3 months.