![]() All a student needs to do is attend a specific number of classes per week on average, for a specific period of time (for blue belt it’s usually 12 months), and they are automatically queued to receive their belt at the next grading. Some of the big-name academies use an automated grading system. On the other hand, I believe you need to do more than just ‘show up’. I’m not one of those sadistic instructors who think that you need to have trained for 14 years, licked the dojo mats after each session and won 26 MMA matches before you’re ready to receive your blue belt. When you wear the blue belt you are no longer, in the words of Kurt Osiander, ‘a retard’. The blue belt is a major milestone on the jiu-jitsu path and represents a solid understanding of the art. Nic is an instructor at Subconscious Jiu Jitsu. This article was written by Nicolas Gregoriades, who is a 3rd degree Jiu-Jitsu black Belt under Roger Gracie.
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