BJJ: Path to Purple Belt 

I appreciate your comment, and am certainly glad you found it beneficial!

What is a "late promoted blue belt"... not picking, just not familiar with the phrase

@@NXG_HQ My coach is known for not promoting anyone in any form of a system. He’s a fighter and he thinks since we don’t train 2 times a day 6 days a week like he did in Rio, means we are worthless and don’t deserve to be promoted on the more common schedule. I rolled with 4 black belts in an open mat and all of them said I was a upper level blue belt. I was a white belt then for 5 year until 1 month ago.

@@pabloamericano4930 I better understand what you mean now. Perhaps this is a great thing though as following this method you will always be solid at what ever rank you hold. I know students train for a variety of reasons, and different Professors have their ideas on promotion so I am no one to question someone else. If you believe your training is solid, and the environment is one in which you will grow then you have found a good gym to call home!

Awesome brother - keep us knowing how you are progressing and if there are any other topics you would like to discuss!

Appreciate the love

Appreciate the sub my friend. Working on the video quality so if you have any topics for me to touch on feel free to give me a shout!

I always have a hard time keeping posture broken down from my closed guard. Any tips on that would be awesome!

@@DsqaureD0495 Absolutely - Gi or NOGI? Also, follow us over on tic-tok as it is a great platform for short technique videos.

I do a lot of gi but either one is fine for me!

We all have our peaks, plateaus and even some ruts along the way. I'm still subjected to this reality as well. I think the longer you train, the more you recognize the growth that comes on the back end so you don't dwell as hard on the lows (but we all deal with this as part of the process). My biggest encouragement is of course to keep showing up, but I also encourage you to research some new material, spend some time working different areas of your game and use the variance to spice up your game. When the time is right, you will see the elevation in your progress!

@@NXG_HQ thanks for the words of advice. I appreciate it

@@Jiu-JitsuJourney257 Appreciate the comment and support my friend

Great Suggestion - I will say that it becomes quite difficult to speak on stripes in general. Each Instructor has their own vision for stripes, with some gyms not even using stripes beyond white belt. Honestly, I am a four stripe Brown Belt (and full time coach) and this is the only belt that I have every had with all four stripes. In my experience, the consensus from one academy to the next is generally similar regarding belts, but stripes are quite subjective. Definitely appreciate the suggestion though, and hope you'll provide additional ideas for content as well!

As a coach, I do not at all find it disrespectful. Of course, I only speak for myself, but I feel this is a solid question to ask. Most of the time the student is asking what the coach wants to see and towards what goals the student should be aiming. A coach should be thrilled to help guide that progress (which will then lead you towards the next belt). The belt is just a marker of that progress so if we as coaches use it as a marker for the students, I dont really understand why it is such a taboo inquiry coming from the student.