![]() ![]() There are lots of social media congratulations and thank-you’s to be had. The promotion validates the coach’s teaching ability if they have a room full of higher belts. The student is excited and (temporarily) re-motivated to train. What happens when students are promoted too early? But notice the key point: Higher belts must have the appropriate skill level of Jiu Jitsu for the belt that they wear – regardless of how long it took for them to achieve it. The best Jiu Jitsu players have a good foundation from all positions as well as a unique game they specialize in. There is an expectation that at each belt level, that a student knows the proper actions and reactions for both top and bottom positions. ![]() She not only puts 100% into her class time but is doing the extras outside of class. Compare that to the all-star student – who not only has the athletic background – but takes her training very seriously. As much as the instructor would love for the zombie student to join the ranks of the living, the zombie student has to play his or her part. They don’t put in the mental energy required to build a sufficient skill set that the next belt requires. ![]() They come in, go through motions, and walk out a little sweaty at the end of the day. The fundamental inequality is this : Everyone starts training at a different level and learns at a different rate. The most damning criticism launched against online belt promotion is that you can’t tell how good a person actually is based on a video in a time-in promotion, the instructor knows that the student doesn’t have the skills but promotes them anyway. This is almost as bad as buying your belt online. One day you’ll be a black belt regardless of whether you learned the necessary skills. We call this a ‘time-in’ promotion, meaning that if you train for so many years than you’ll get promoted eventually because you’ve paid your dues and put in the time. The most common reason for early belt promotions is that a student has been training for too long and the instructor wants to keep his paying customer happy. The fact is that early belt promotions actually cause the BJJ community to shrink – despite the good intentions of these early promoting instructors. When you see the typical “New BJJ Belt” post on social media, everyone says “well-deserved” but many are also thinking, “Really? What was that coaching thinking?! Why is that person getting promoted now?!” Don’t instructors know that promoting too soon will only speed up the process of the student quitting prematurely? On the other hand, some belt promotions just don’t make any sense. If a student won a medal at the World Championships, it is hard to argue against moving him to the next rank. Some belt promotions are without a doubt justified. It’s that time of year again, right after the IBJJF World Championships, where Jiu-Jitsu academies around the world are promoting their students to a higher belt rank. We can expect the BJJ community to decrease over time if students are promoted too early ![]()
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