How Jiu-Jitsu Belts Are Earned

[@jnorris3738]

I’m at like 250 classes and a 3 stripe white 👀

[@Mdi456]

Then your coach is different or your s*it

[@markasmaclean420]

This is why people need to rein at other schools and schools need to visit each other to roll occasionally.
If a white belt is competing with and sometimes tapping blue belts it’s time for them to be given a blue belt.
If a blue belt consistently has trouble with or gets tapped by lower belts or fresh blue belts then talk them about staying there for a while or dropping rank.
The only real way to see what belt someone should be is either you are a high level black belt whom can tell by watching someone - or you see them compete with a certain belt level well and others not so well.

[@cadkls]

Thing is though, in this example, if white belts are tapping blues, does that mean the whites are good and need to be promoted, or does it mean the blues are bad and need to be held back longer?
There needs to be some objective measurable standard like mastery over a particular set of techniques, positions, combos etc

[@letshuman8985]

@@cadklsThat’s why I find belts and colors to be arbitrary. It’s not as if belts magically enhance one’s abilities.

[@cadkls]

@@letshuman8985 I wouldn't say they're entirely arbitrary, they represent mastery over part of a martial art, and can denote skill if done correctly, i.e not handing out belts like TKD does every 18 seconds but also not handing them out based on subjective performance against other belts.

[@markasmaclean420]

@@cadkls you ask a very open ended questions. There are too many unknown variables to answer correctly.
What I said remains true; if you’re high level you c na literally see if someone needs to be given a higher ranking or not. However I am of the mind no one needs anything especially a rank to tell them what they already know lol