Why White Belt To Blue Belt Is A Gigantic Change in BJJ
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- čas přidán 19. 07. 2020
- What is the difference from White Belt to Blue Belt and Brown Belt to Black Belt. That's the question for today's Q&A video. It's an interesting one too. Because each belt / level of skill seems to have a certain pattern to it.
Going from White Belt to Blue Belt is one of the biggest shifts in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. You go from knowing nothing to having a foundation of knowledge. If it was a language it would be like not knowing a language to being able to speak.
Brown Belt to Black Belt is usually a bit more subtle. In my experience with BJJ people's game at this point is set. It's just in need of a bit of refinement and this is usually what you see at this level. Think of it as sanding out a piece of woodwork to get it a smooth finish.
Hopefully the video gives you some ideas to chew on for your own BJJ.
-Chewy
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White to blue was when I found out how bad I actually was. Higher belts stopped taking it easy on me, and I didn’t know they had been...
@Greg Lurik thats what you think untill you get the blue
I got promoted to blue yesterday, and I realized this in my first roll as a blue belt after…higher blue belts put the hurt on me in new ways…bruh….😓😓😓
@Greg Lurik I thought that too when I was a white belt… 😓
@Greg Lurik you think you can. You’ll see once you become a blue belt. It’s a whole other level.
The first time I rolled with a purple belt that’s basically what he told me would happen lol
Blue to purple for me (still blue) is the hardest b/c you understand enough to know you know nothing in jiujitsu.
Trilobite8jesus just became a blue and it’s funny to think we’re not even scratching the surface 😂
I have been blue for about 6 months. I totally agree.
Amen
I just got promoted to blue belt a month ago...I feel like an 8 stripe white belt.
Bro I got my blue belt and started getting my butt kicked by white belts
@@JohnGalt916 oh its for sureeee a bigger target bro, felt it the class after i got mine, i then proceeded to only wear my belt for the first round of sparring, after that, fug it
coolerintext lmao, yup me too.
@@JohnGalt916 Your blue belt is defective. Ask your instructor for another one.
@Greg Lurik have you been training consistently?
when i walked into my first class i saw the blue belts and thought to myself "man those guys are so advanced, it's gonna be impossible for me to ever get there"....i just got promoted to blue belt after about 2 years of training and all i know is i don't know anything lol. the intensity of rolls with the higher belts has picked up subsantially. i enjoy it but man it makes ya realize how much you have to learn still.
I'm a white belt and my professor told me the withe belt to blue belt transition is the one you learn the most!
Makes sense since you know basically nothing when you start lol
we gonna get there mate , me too white , but don't you worry ! SOON ! WE CAN SING IM BLUE ! DABEDI DABEDA
I'm part of the white belt brigade, there is much to learn. Keep at it guys !
@D. Jiu-Jitsu congrate mate , one day i ll join your club
@D. Jiu-Jitsu czcams.com/channels/BUo6dgGR82QOfidtpNRQww.html
cardio ,cardio , cardio , my game went off the roof , i can roll for an hour now , iron wolf + BJJ = The Terminator
Like the analogy, the white belt learning the language is like ‘I understand the name of the choke that I just tapped to now’, it’s all progress. Learning to speak is where you start building your game.
Please talk about the "after black blelt" for us new black belts... Man, it's like starting all over again 🤣
Our headcoach is 3 stripe brown and he taps all the other browns and ive seen him tap whites his size. But he always says its not about the belt which i dont understand being a 1 stripe white. I dont know why he's not black belt but he doesn't seem to worried al all. I am just learning not to focus on the 2nd stripe and enjoying everyclass my goal is to train 3-4 × aweek every week consistently
Curious about that comment "starting all over again", I always thought that by the time you get to black belt you are effectively just practicing and/or learning techniques off CZcams. I mean most gyms don't have a specialist "black belt" class so wouldn't you be in the class with all the purple/brown belts and just going back over what you already learned in that class when you were a purple/brown belt? Obviously, you will no doubt get better at the techniques as you go over them again.
I have to agree. I'm a year in and I feel like I've learned more in this last year than my entire time at brown belt.
@@bobgraham1791 "Curious about that comment "starting all over again""
There's a couple of things here. First, the black belt is a statement by your instructor that you have achieved mastery over jiujitsu. That isn't to say that your jiujitsu is perfect or unbeatable, just that have a level of competency that is high enough that you can be your own "instructor." Again, I'm not saying that means that you don't listen to, or seek out the insights of other black belts--only that you are now an "adult" and have the skills necessary to further your jiujitsu independently (and go out and spread what you know, etc).
Second, there is also a way in which blackbelts are a long way from being a whitebelt. There are black belts that think they remember what it was like to be brand new, but really don't. This feeds into what I was saying before: the freedom that comes along with the belt is overwhelming because you are now seen as a master yourself so you now have a whole new chaotic world to grapple with (literally) and figure out how to navigate through. However, the difference is that now the black belt has this scaffolding that a white belt doesn't have, and is a tad bit disingenuous. Additionally, I think there is a bit of pride masquerading as humility along with that statement (a bit like Socrates: "the only thing that I know is that I know nothing" kinda thing).
Not saying that all black belts who say that are being disingenuous. I'm just saying that there are some legitimate and some illegitimate reasons why "black belt is starting over" is a popular sentiment.
@@bobgraham1791 You are right, to an extent. Things are different after black, maybe not so much in technique, but you start to really dig into them realizing that there is much more to the techniques (you thought, you knew).
In the first jujitsu gym I went to, the guy that was teaching us, didn't really know what he was doing and his "system" was that every time a new member joined the gym, the new guys before that "earned" a new belt, it seemed weird at the time but I didn't argue because, I had never attended any martial arts classes before, while there I was basically given a purple belt, then the guy had to stop teaching, ( I later found out that he was a fraud and didn't know jujitsu at all really and was told he would be arrested if he didn't stop teaching ) and I had to go to a new gym, when I got there the instructor asked what belt I was before as it had attended the first session in casual clothes, I told him purple belt and he said okay, and placed me with some purple belts and said, just get comfortable with each other, pretty much immediately, I was getting passed and swepped and the other guy I was training with was clearly going light, like really obviously, he wasn't being a dick or anything but he said okay, listen, I don't think you're a purple, I'm not sure what's gone on there but I need to tell my sensei to ensure, no one gets hurt and he can decide what to do, so I spoke with the sensei and told him who I trained with and he knew the guy and the situation, which he enlightened me to, from there he said, okay, come and roll with me and we rolled and he basically let me do what I wanted and occasionally he would throw in a pass or submission to gauge my ability and he said, okay you're probably only just at blue belt at best, just shy of white belt really and it annoyed me and didn't go back for a while and it took seeing my sensei in public and him convincing me to go back for me to step back in the gym out of embarrassment, now I am actually a purple belt and I now appreciate how long it takes and the real skill level, I'm not full on, I only go once a week oppose to people that go 3 or 4 times a week and it took me nearly 5 years to get where I am now but because I have earned it, it feels so much better and it shows when I roll with someone new or if I attend a different gym, I'm really glad the guy I started with got busted, otherwise within a year with that guy I would be thinking that I'm a black belt and could destroy a gracie, the situation humbled me and opened my eyes, you need to be dedicated and really take in the knowledge
Long post
Sounds like a pyramid scheme approach. Nice.
@@treydrobinson basically, you literally required no skill to progress because the instructor didn't even know what he was doing
Great progress 👏
@@ronhali3164 thanks, I'm brown belt know, still going strong with my journey
What a great perspective on belt rankings. Thanks for sharing!!!
I've been a Blue Belt with 2 stripes for well over 5 years, and prior to that a white of around 6/7 years. I gave up worrying about getting promoted long ago and just tried to learn as much as possible from wherever and whoever I could. Sometimes I feel like I've taken huge strides forward, and there's times I feel like I've taken many more steps back. I can't train consistently because of kids, work and life, but when I do, it's fun. When it stops being fun, then I'll stop :-)
Wtf that long.. how inconsistent are you
@@LegendJ0e4 at the beginning, completely obsessed. Nowadays, not at all... there's more things to life than training... and the colour of your belt.
@@myk2 congratulations on getting purple
@@LegendJ0e4 everyone has their own journey.
Your knowledge in bjj is amazing!!
Hey I just wanted yo say I was on the verge of quitting BJJ and I watched your videos and it gave me that passion again
This video and analogy is brilliant so looking forward to getting back on the mats!! X
Loving the new edits, chewy stepping that game up!
Thank you for the explanation Chewy. OSS.🤙
Oh damn, that language analogy changed my life! Thanks Coach!
You're welcome!
It's funny that you use this language analogy because I'm watching your videos and applying some of the tips to my language learning.
Thank you for the explanation of the belt rankings.
Would love to hear your thoughts on after black belt. And even your thoughts from black to red if possible?
He can only give his thoughts from Black to Red if he gets there, but yes, I agree. I definitely want to see a vid on after black.
Black to red? Get older haha. But I can do one on black belt.
@@Chewjitsu would love that.
if you just give your speculations on red belts that would be cool as well. Love your videos!
Definitely interested in after black 👍
@anonymous Because Koreans are the greatest warriors in the world, no one can beat them, not even Chuck Norris.
I would love to see a video compilation of someone going from white to black.
Roy dean got a couple of videos on that kind of thing but he focuses on individual moves as they change thru the belt level
i doubt they promote from white straight to black. maybe only if your last name is gracie
4:00, my coach always says something just like that. He likes the reference ‘ white - black belt is like learning to ride a bike. First you start off with training wheels, once the black comes the training wheels come off. Now you can ride a bike. Do wheelies, no handers. ‘ would love to see a video explaining the difference / learning gap after black belt.
I’m a blue belt but then COVID happened so I’ll be coming back as a white belt 😂
Same lol. I got promoted right before quarantine.
@@asAbsolute same here
Me too this was my year, I just started at Gracie Barra HQ in Irvine 3 stripe white belt
Can you believe i started bjj altogether only 2 weeks before covid happened? Ive been hanging out to get back into it for 6+ months now
Bro I’ve been a white belt since 2016. Come to terms I’ll stay one for another 4.
That was a really informative analysis! No wonder I’m still a white belt! Lol! I would like to hear the “after black belt” transition. Will you have the same transformation even if you don’t compete at a black belt level or is competition a part of that?
I'm now 3 stripe white belt and I can see alot of improvement from last year. Still not ready for blue. I am more than happy to sit on my white belt for the next year our grading are in December. So this coming year I will compete more and stay consistent developing my game.
Started as a white belt pre Covid so I'll be going back as a clear-belt!
Just got my blue belt on friday. Definitely feel like I'm walking into a new world.
Got mine last Saturday 😂. We’re in it together man.
After how many months guys did you get your blue belt ?
@@TheFivezerofive I got mine in 11 Months
Lovely video Chewy! I would love to see a video on blue to purple transition or or brown to black :)
I second that as a 2 stripe blue - the details on blue to purple would be very helpful...
The writing the book analogy is brilliant
Great video. My Sensei always say you know Jiu-Jitsu but you don’t know Jiu-Jitsu. Great video. Very helpful in understanding the journey to black belt.
As a writer and newly minted blue belt, I love this analogy.
Glad it made sense.
Ok so, I’m a 4 stripe white belt, and I’ve been my 4th stripe for almost a year now, what can I do the improve my technique. I know you said to not worry about getting your blue belt, but I always want to get better, so if you have any tips I can learn so that I expand my knowledge. Love the vids!!
Wonderful explanation 😊
Really great perspective
love your content as always! I would love to see blue-purple and purple-brown. I was recently promoted to purple and feel an immense pressure as honestly I still feel like a half-decent blue belt most days.
Linux Brave brown here. Blue to purple feels like you don’t deserve it, but it’s around purple your guard starts developing to a point where you can hold off a lot of people even if you eventually get tapped by a higher belt. “Dark” purple you start feeling like you can explain concepts better and you begin to understand the goals of a guard player and passer. Things become more simple in the sense you know how to trouble shoot, but you need more mat time to clean things up. Brown, I’m just trying to fill up as much gaps as I can. You begin to feel like when you’re losing it’s because you don’t beat people to the punch on something if you just practiced a little more. You watch CZcams differently than you did when you were a blue.
@@dannyquang4221 cheers for that! yeah I've made it my goal for the next two years to go from a blue-belt level guard to something that's decent. It seems to be a universal thing that purple belts develop killer guards; that's my memory of most purple belts I rolled with, felt like rolling with an octopus.
Linux Brave if you’re interested on starting somewhere, start with collar sleeve guard. It’s a great starting point. If you have questions, feel free to shoot me a message. I like talking about how to develop guards for a white to a “light” purple perspective. It helped me a lot.
It's like that in every skill - the biggest amount of progress is made at the very start, and then it begins to be smaller and take longer
Life is like an inverted X-Guard, complicated yet elegant
A language of the body is a great way to describe it
That was awesome 👏 - makes me want to be a brown belt...oh, yeah, got to get to purple first 😝
Chewy, please elaborate on you thoughts after achieving black belt. I'm very curious about what you think.
"Differeence"
- Titlecard
I was once told that as a Japanese Jujutsu and Jodoka shodan (black belt) I would be a blue belt, I still started as a white belt, my coach asked me what I knew and where I trained. I told him what dojo/ Gym I trained at, he then said he liked my humility and I was where I needed to be. So, I feel like I can relate to you thinking that you were a blue belt!
I would think it would be the other way around.....
I can’t wait to become the First Native American Woman BJJ Black Belt!! Thanks for your videos 🤍
I am interested in the shift that takes place during the black belt
Very well said. Now I understand. I can get caught up on videos and what I can do to be a better white belt. But really I should just focus on what I am taught. But its like candy. Maybe I should try this or that. Any suggestions? Guys. Or just wait.
Interesting video
got promoted to Blue in Dec 2020, was totally surprised . Now the purple and brown belts are like ok now it's on once we can roll again (cant due to covid in Ontario right now) I know I will get smashed but I dont care, Im like, bring it on !
@chewjitsu please elaborate on the next big discovery/breakthrough after black belt for us “new” black belts. I’ve had a few during my first year at black belt. But I’m very curious as to what you mean.
Brown belts are just low-key black belts...
Hi, some time ago my coach mentioned "breathing exercises" in training. Could you dive into this a little?
Hi, I really want to try BJJ but the thing I'm most worried about is it messing up my ears (cauliflower ears) and I don't really want to wear headgear and I feel like people could pull on it. I was wondering if you have had a problem with getting cauli ears or if a lot of people you know who do BJJ have it.
Question I went too my first bjj session Saturday which was amazing loved it, I go bruises surprise will this faze out the bruises??
Damn I was rewatching this video and I think I accidentally deleted my comment instead of editing? 😳 this really aged well though. So many golden nuggets of value
“Even if you think you know the language, you don’t.” This cracked me up because it’s so true.
Tips on breaking thru the barrier from blue to purple? Not interested in the belt but the ability. I want to be able to roll with purples and not get crushed. Blue belt blues for almost 2 years now 😢
Got my blue belt today!!!
Hell I just got my purple belt about 3 months ago and I still don't feel like I'm there. Didn't feel like it when I got my blue belt either. But I've learned to become comfortable with that feeling
You shoud start record your own podcast about jiu jitsu!
I already have a podcast. . . The Chewjitsu Podcast. . .
@@Chewjitsu My bad. I'm gonna check the content immediately :)
Saul Goodman haha no worries homie. Just giving ya shit. Hope you enjoy it.
I was the exact same way coming into jiu jitsu haha I was the biggest MMA fan you would ever meet. I watched every UFC card front to back. I watched a ton of PRIDE fights as well along with other promotions. I thought I knew a decent amount. I thought I was going to clear the gym out. I just got beat up bad. Getting my ass kicked by this girl half my size was just a big wtf moment.
I feel as though this could be said about anything. Whenever you first learn something the bulk of what you learn will happen early on. Like a 6 month guy isn't anywhere near the skill of a 3 year guy even though there's only a 2.5 year difference. Only in rare cases would you find 6 month guys beating 3yr guys. But a 17.5 year guy can't dominate a 15yr guy. Or he can it depends on the guy. The line begins to thin out a few years in. Like it's very possible for an 8yr guy to beat up a 15yr guy even though there's a 7yr gap in experience. My instructor can defeat this other guy I train with who has been training 4-5yrs longer than him. Because after a certain period of time the line thins out.
demn i was 3 stripe white belt at the beginning of this year, now im going back to zero, just keeping my body and flexibility in shape just to be able to come back when the gym opens back.
You will never be back to zero. Promise.
@@Chewjitsu Oss
I'm a new black belt, I would love to hear your thoughts on the subject. I'm still trying to figure my next step... any advice would be amazing. Thanks
Just train hard and never be satisfied with your game. 😎
It took me 11 years to get my blue belt!
Im a 1 stripe white 👍
Haha typo in the title screen!
Interestingly, I've heard famous black belts say the biggest is "white to blue" "blue to purple" "purple to brown" and no one has said brown to black
"AOL Instant Messenger"
Ah yes, the good old days.
Showing our age a bit huh?
@@Chewjitsu Indeed.
How is blue to purple? And what's after black that is a big shift?
3:38 can you cover this shift?
regular black belt to world champ, is probably a bigger difference than from white to black?
I’m a 2 stripe white belt I’ve been doing jiujitsu 4 years straight 5 days a week so I know quite a bit and that’s being cocky I really do Ive got triangle down pat bow and arrow down pat leg locks toe hold wrist locks calf slicers hella amount of gi chokes and the reason I’m still a 2 stripe is cause I couldn’t really afford to go to the siminars the ones I got was the ones that came to my training facility and I really wanna get my blue belt so I was wondering if I go straight from 2 stripe to a blue belt
Not being cocky😂
My old instructor told me it would take 2 years to earn my white belt he was a black belt and eveytime we rolled he ragged dolled me eveytime submitted me every 30 seconds and I never trained before I changed schools is that how its supposed to be when a white rolls with a black belt ? I haven't rolled with my new instructor yet
I’m more concerned about getting from Blue to purple. I feel like more people struggle there compared to white to blue. You learn 5-7 submissions a couple sweeps and 1-2 take downs you basically have you’re blue belt in 6 months- 1.5 years. I had my blue belt within 1 year and my coach at the time said that I could have had it within 6 months but he didn’t want to promote me to quickly. I know most things a purple belt knows I just can’t go into auto pilot mode and just flow like a purple belt can. Thats what’s stopping me from getting purple belt. I’ve been stuck at blue for 5 years and I have left and come back to jiu Jitsu multiple times because I get very frustrated. I constantly see people progressing past me.
Are you getting frustrated because your teammates get promoted ahead of you? What's causing your frustration?
Adam Equihua I’m getting frustrated from that yes. Also frustrated why I can’t flow from submission to submission. I see so many people who I’ve tapped progressing yet I’m stuck at blue belt third tip. I personally know people that can just get flow right away. Yet I progressed so fast from white to blue belt. I’ve heard from others that from Blue to purple is the hardest. Blue you know a fair bit but can’t flow well. Purple you know basically the same thing, but can flow way better and go into auto pilot. Where you don’t even think you just do. Submissions are quicker escapes are quicker because it’s muscle memory and they just do. It’s as if as soon as they think they have already moved. For me it’s like think then do. It’s like there 1-2 steps ahead all the time. It’s frustrating because I used to tap these guys out ffs.
Have you talked to your professor? Like what things does he think you need to work on to progress?
Adam Equihua he just says it will happen when it happens when I’m ready. He just said focus on learning and getting better.
The Pig Man Lives look up solutions to spots you get stuck in while rolling. Then drill drill drill.
what is the other shift after black belt?!?!?!
Got a question for you. I just started training Bjj a month ago and have been going three times a week but my professor wants me to go 5 times a week which is hard for me due to the rest of my life. Most people in gym do seem to train 5 days a week that just won’t work for me. How do I handle this???
That's a lot to ask. I go 2-3 times per week and personally would be nervous to to go more than that and risk getting burnt out.
Not everyone’s goals are the same, not everyone’s lifestyles are the same. Work on being better than yourself not your team mates. Oas
Do what you can. Don’t burn yourself out. 3 times a week is plenty to improve. 5 times is better but not crucial by any means. Know your priorities and stick to them
Find another gym, if you can.
Get yourself another sport as well, otherwise when u start getting negative which yourself cause u feel u hit a platuea in bjj it's nice to focus on something else and come back with a different angle after couple of days doing something else.
Look up
“Roy Dean makes is a purple belt”
Roy has killer content btw
It's a little bit like math: arithmetic is the ABC's, algebra is writing sentences, and calculus and above is writing papers. The stronger your foundation the better your advanced skills will be. Learn the basics and never hurry a move. Pay attention to every little detail because they matter.
When there is new video first press the like button and then keep watching the video
I got my Blue Belt today. Took me 2 years of hard work.
Blue to Purple is a big gap too in skills and stamina !
I come from a wrestling background. I’ve been a white belt for a year and a half, and just switched gyms, so I have to start all over again. Kinda sucks :/
white zero stripes vs 1 stripe, is similar to brown vs black! (?)
The minute i got the blue belt the brown and black belts that used to go easy on my put it on me big time now...blue is what white belts want to sub the most and higher belts what to practice new shit on you
I feel like I still babble and struggle to make sentences lol
So thats the diffreence
Hey, who is the dude in the photo behind you on the bicycle?
Me when I was a fat kid growing up
What about purple belt ?
One time and only once I submitted black belt. He's submitted me 1000 times. Next time I rolled with him he set me up for the spider web and got me. I haven't submitted him since. Ugh
I'm 19 years old , workout alot , powerlifting and bodybuilding consistently for about 3 years , implementing more cardio and bodyweight exercises in my training since I wanna do jiu jitsu, would being bigger and heavier make me worse or give me a disadvantage ? 5'7 183 ish
Bro just start training, you’ll figure out what you need as time goes on. We can talk all day about what may help your game training/conditioning wise, but you will not know specifically what YOU need till you start doing BJJ.
@@davidvergel1533 appreciate the insight👍can't wait to start
Definitly will not be a disadvantage. Your strength will be an advantage if anything. The only thing that will probably be hurt by your thick muscular frame is your triangle chokes. But I wouldn't worry about that, just show up.
@@chris0714ful sounds good to me strenght is my thing 😎good ole test eq and anadrol coming boys 😎😅😎😅😅😎😅😎😅😎😅😎😅😎😅😎
Keep training it will come together on its own
Covid made me 4 year white belt
I've been a white belt 10 years. I probably only trained for 6 of those years. I dont think I will ever get it. I'm definitely at the "defend against a similar sized untrained opponent". Well past that. So Idk what the hold up is. Probably my inconsistency.
Wow. You might want to ask your professor what you need to do. I know some gyms regard discussion of promotion as a forbidden topic, but it isn't that way at mine. They have a pretty clear roadmap to promotion and are always willing to discuss and advise. The blackbelts at my school also roll with everyone so they have a good idea of where you are and they also observe us rolling with each other, so they know what you can do with your peers. If you're regularly submitting the blue belts in your school and showing some skill when you roll with your professor and the higher belts then you're probably setting yourself up for success. Just a few thoughts. I hope they're useful.
Diffreence
diffreeeeeeence
I got my bluebelt in mars :)
im white belt , one year of training
they struggle to tap me now
im not so easy no more , some blue avoid roll with me in front of everyone .. is that normal ?
stay humble buddy
a lot of people are probably playing their B game, trying new stuff
competition is a good way to test yourself against someone that has little concern for your safety
lot to learn hey !!
Baby Brown here I feel like I don't deserve it.
Now the question is what are the A B C, s ? What is the system that shows clearly and simply an Alphabet that will unify everyone in the field? Because every gym comes with its own theory
It's a Martial Art. And like art there are some ideas but there is no such thing as a paint in the lines, by the numbers, no thinking required thing.
The typo in the title card drives me insane
😂 why?
@@Chewjitsu dude, i love your content so much but I just noticed it on this vid just now before class plus how old it is and it’s ruined my night.
I’m going to send in a question just so Chewy calls me brother lol.
Sounds good. . . brother.
jesus the like to dislike ratio says it all
Wisebakkah
forever whitebelt nogi sandbagger club!