Many practitioners stop right at blue belt b/c their initial reason for learning BJJ was self-defense in the real world. Once you are 2+ years in and have a blue belt, you are more than capable of defending yourself and have obtained what your initial goal was for joining in the first place. Anything higher is simply you honing those skills and edges that you’ve already learned. ✊🏾
@@BrMg01 after 2 years of ground if you really want self defence its better to practice your striking and that type of shit cause you are more than decent in the ground
Got my blue belt two years ago. Had a little break, due to life but came back shortly and have been training consistently for around a year and I'm loving it. Just learning about concepts, learning from different people, perspectives. It truly is a great journey.
Honest answer to this is because in bjj you have two choices; train at a small no name school with a majority of white belts and a huge turnover rate because the price is right until you eventually get bored or annoyed with always being the most advanced student and you feel like you arent improving so you quit or you train at a big name school that charges $200+ a month to join a cult and train under a professor that after a year still calls you buddy because he doesnt know your name since you dont compete. Took me quite a few schools before i found one with a good price and a professor that makes an effort to get to know the students as more than just a monthly transaction. A lot of people quit because it begins to feel like a chore to go to class instead of going to train with a good group of friends
Got my blue belt in 2021. I started training BJJ all the way back in 2008 and had a 7 year gap unfortunately (work,life). But when I finally got my blue belt, I knew I couldn’t stop. Currently I’m a 4 stripe purple belt. I can’t imagine not doing this anymore. The level of fulfillment is unmatched.
Blue belt was my only goal. Due to injuries and other life events, it took forever. I finally got it. I kept going. I have three stripes on it now. For me, quitting isn’t an option. At my current rate of progression, I may have my black belt by the time I’m sixty-if nothing happens to interrupt progress again.
I couldn't take a break, my blue belt was defective, I didn't have any super powers, and sometimes white belts could still crush me So now I work on fixing the belt a little bit every class until it works right...
That’s what’s scaring me. Seeing white belts who don’t train Gi much and they’re monsters. I’m worried of competing and matching up against one of those guys.
Interestingly, I had one goal: sign up for a year and put in the time. Then I'd make the decision to see if I liked it enough to keep going. As it turns out, BJJ is a hoot. Don't know where it ends, but I'll keep trucking as long as I keep enjoying it. Even the beatings ;)
Watching blue vs purple and rolling with them, Purple generally is a lot better. There's an artistic quality that starts to come in. To win and do it with a certain elegance seems a worthy aim. I do see some of these guys getting injuries though and while some minor ones are maybe ok, I don't want to be like the guy getting his judo black belt after 20 years and 3 knee surgeries in 18 months. If self defence capability is the aim and you destroy yourself to get it, it seems to be self cancelling.
For me (current blue), it's because I'm simply not interested enough in certain aspects of bjj, namely the the guard and bottom game. I love grappling as a whole and i like taking what i like from each grappling art eg leg takedowns from wrestling, throws from judo, and subs from bjj. I don't see myself getting to purple because to be at that level I'm gonna need at least a decent understanding and ability to use/defend against all the different intricate guards.
You should have at least like one or two guards that you're comfortable with, otherwise you're extremely limited in the ways in which you can get up, ie you can only wrestle up. If you understand one or two guards, you have multiple options.
Mostly injuries, I've been training for 5 years and already had a shoulder surgery recently torned ligaments on my wrist and waiting to for surgery date
Agreed . The thing here after blue belt your just learning how to beat other Jujitsu players in my opinion . Thats my goal . Im 56 yrs old and Im going to a Carlson Gracie Jujitsu gym . I really went there for the kickboxing . I did not want the Gi aspect but my coach said if you dont you can't advance . I said thats fine I rather have the knowledge . I'm not gonna do tournament's. I like striking arts better . So after one year I'm going to an MMA gym its the closet to street fighting . Plus Im a student of Brian Grey . Iron Palm training I actually harden my whole hands . I like breaking 1 inch patio blocks by punching and palming concreate blocks . I dont train for defense, but I train for offense. That works for me .
Just got my blue belt. 42 years old, both my sons are in BJJ aged 4 & 9, my 9 year old is all in & loves it, 4 year old warming up…we all go together @ least 2x a week, I don’t see a scenario where I even have a choice to just stop now!😂😂😂😂😂😂
I really only train for fitness, to be more social out of work, and to build a skill over time. Competing doesn't really interest me, so I don't have any delusions about making purple.
Hey Matt. Im 42 years old. I started 2 years ago. Im still 1 stripe white belt, won many gold medals in competition and i feel like giving up cause I see my partners leveling up. What am I doing wrong?
I had a friend who did cadets I'm a Sargent myself but the moment he got his goal wich was corprol he felt less drive to keep going because he met his goal he had nothing to strive for but as for me I want to get as high as I go but yea set your goals as high as you can
I had to stop going To class Sonny was teacher, and i hit my blue belt and the sheer cost combined with the medical costs. Kept me unable since then to return. That combined with neck injuries after a car accident stops me from engaging in Bjj anymore.
Yeah, I don't think it's just Brazilian jujitsu. Different people have different goals in different arts. I would think a ton of people quit after they get their black belt in a lot of martial arts.
Question for all you BJJ practitioners, I'm 50yrs old and obviously work a full time job. I started taking BJJ a month ago, my question is what is a REALISTIC goal in months or years to achieve a Blue belt? Thanks
For me, the true art is to stay at blue belt. Any higher and everyone is gunning for you. I don't need that in a hobby. Being able to improve while still giving the appearance of not learning a thing... true mastery. Set up the traps, just don't snap them shut. Ever.
I wish I could go back into it. But now I'm 46 with 16 screws in my neck and lumbar surgery 2 weeks in plus my spine canal is too abnormally narrow. Surgeon says I'd be lucky jf my spine holds past 70🤷🏻♂️. So blades and guns my best options!!!
What about if you have a teacher that strips you of your stripes and you're a purple belts, but you took off a year. And then after 3 years denies you your third stripe again.
I hated Blue Belt. Easily the worst belt I ever got stuck with. Had it for seven years, it sucks cus u got this big ass target on ur back and ur over here doing ur best to solidify your technique and get critiqued by your coach like crazy. Unfortuantely as an Ultra Heavyweight sometimes people are so fragile or weak or light that they just fly off of u, it's not that I'm using a lot of strength, can we just be real for a second? Some white and blue belts are really weak and small. I understood my technique was the problem, and it took a very long time for me to just get technique down right. When I got to purple huge difference, I got respect, people recognized me for my technique and not my size cus as a blue belt u could be really technical but if ur big man people will use that as an excuse like crazy. My favorite question after beating somebody is "how much do u weigh?..", but yeah now as a Brown Belt I still say Purple is easily the best, u don't got anything to prove to anybody but people still respect you around the gym and competitions are just so much more fun as purple. Competing as a Brown and Blue Belt man feels more like a chore.
A lot of jiu jitsu is good on the mat, and works only on the mat. I went to Fabio Santos Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and many of the guys would get their ass kicked in the street, it doesn't work, one student was killed, stabbed to death trying to do an arm bar in the street. I practiced martial arts, a family style since 1968, and have found certain things in Jiu Jitsu work, but much of it doesn't work in the street! Fact! I have been in fights where people pulled knives, gun, club, Nunchaku sticks, brass knuckles, I fought them all in the street and won, thanks be to God I was able to win, more than 30 fights, and I can tell you that the BerimBolo won't work in the street when you have 5 guys piling on you! I quit jui Jitsu after blue belt realizing it is bull shit!
Not hating but just because you know ju jitsu does not mean you know how to fight. You gonna lay on your back every time you get into a fight? Don’t be dumb , that shit only works against people who let it work
@@chicoxbeankb9740actually, one of the big reasons people quit at blue belt is because they’re good enough to absolutely dogwalk 95 percent of people in a fight once they get there. pushing past there will only matter if you like it or want to compete
@@aPerfectcircle23 Those are great secondary benefits for sure. Many adults get into BJJ because their kids are in it. Once the kid hits a certain age, BJJ ends, and the adult no longer attends classes. People can learn wrestling, judo, karate, or some other martial art that doesn't require a 10+ year commitment.
Female. After 911 That was it. I'm not in the Military. But the man I married was. That's where we met, the dojo.. My match. So... the walk of the Samurai. Bushido. 🏯⛩️💪🈴
Many practitioners stop right at blue belt b/c their initial reason for learning BJJ was self-defense in the real world. Once you are 2+ years in and have a blue belt, you are more than capable of defending yourself and have obtained what your initial goal was for joining in the first place. Anything higher is simply you honing those skills and edges that you’ve already learned. ✊🏾
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U need to keep sharpening the tools man or you will loose it…. Keep practicing, oss 🇧🇷
@@BrMg01 after 2 years of ground if you really want self defence its better to practice your striking and that type of shit cause you are more than decent in the ground
It’s a perishable skill. You need to keep going even if you reduce your training time.
Well put
Got my blue belt two years ago. Had a little break, due to life but came back shortly and have been training consistently for around a year and I'm loving it. Just learning about concepts, learning from different people, perspectives. It truly is a great journey.
Honest answer to this is because in bjj you have two choices; train at a small no name school with a majority of white belts and a huge turnover rate because the price is right until you eventually get bored or annoyed with always being the most advanced student and you feel like you arent improving so you quit or you train at a big name school that charges $200+ a month to join a cult and train under a professor that after a year still calls you buddy because he doesnt know your name since you dont compete. Took me quite a few schools before i found one with a good price and a professor that makes an effort to get to know the students as more than just a monthly transaction. A lot of people quit because it begins to feel like a chore to go to class instead of going to train with a good group of friends
Nobody forces u to do anything there is no cult lol just a lifestyle u just seem to have bad experiences and jiu jitsu doesn't suit u
@@aPerfectcircle23 enjoy your cult buddy, coach will learn your name one day 🙏🏻
@@aPerfectcircle23 Sounds like something somebody in in a cult would say.
@@etlonjonh lol my gym is small lol what do u do sit on the couch lol keep it moving my guy
Mlo you got it bro.
I just got my blue belt a few weeks ago, and theres not a chance in hell I'm stopping now.
Oss
Amen brother keep pushing!
respect
When I got my blue it was the first time I felt a huge target 🎯 on my back 😂😂😂😂
You aint lyin lol got mine 6 months ago and now im a target for everyone lol
@@wbf91 You get used to it and it makes you better…I was blue for almost 5 years…time of tons of development.
@FR-ty5vn oh it has definitely made me better no doubt.
@@wbf91 No doubt, good 👍🏼 work!
@@FR-ty5vnit def exposes the holes in your game. Which is great
Got my blue belt in 2021. I started training BJJ all the way back in 2008 and had a 7 year gap unfortunately (work,life). But when I finally got my blue belt, I knew I couldn’t stop. Currently I’m a 4 stripe purple belt. I can’t imagine not doing this anymore. The level of fulfillment is unmatched.
Blue belt was my only goal. Due to injuries and other life events, it took forever. I finally got it. I kept going. I have three stripes on it now. For me, quitting isn’t an option. At my current rate of progression, I may have my black belt by the time I’m sixty-if nothing happens to interrupt progress again.
thank you i needed to hear this , i want to keep going
I never chased belts but I trained for 22 years. Had to stop due to chronic injuries.
I couldn't take a break, my blue belt was defective, I didn't have any super powers, and sometimes white belts could still crush me
So now I work on fixing the belt a little bit every class until it works right...
That’s what’s scaring me. Seeing white belts who don’t train Gi much and they’re monsters. I’m worried of competing and matching up against one of those guys.
Its the game, I got armbared off an opponent I was dominating and my coach was watching 😂
@@Paul-gl5knI got north south choked by a monster white belt after dominating him most of the roll. Back to videos about north/south defense 😆
Interestingly, I had one goal: sign up for a year and put in the time. Then I'd make the decision to see if I liked it enough to keep going.
As it turns out, BJJ is a hoot. Don't know where it ends, but I'll keep trucking as long as I keep enjoying it. Even the beatings ;)
It doesnt end
do you think 1 or 2 x 3 hour sessions a week is okay for a beginner?
Do as many as you feel like doing. As a beginner you probably feel tired and sore after one time many days.
At least 3 classes a week but really depends on what your goals are. Self defense, weight loss, pro grappler, mma fighter etc.
Damn. Now i feel bad. Stopped after blue due to work. More time now as im more senior but im almost 40. Not sure i should go for purple this late!
Bad excuse. Go for it.
I started at 40, now 43 blue belt and going towards my purple, get back in there lad
Never stop bro
dont go for the belt go for jiu jitsu...
Go back as a hobbiest
Watching blue vs purple and rolling with them, Purple generally is a lot better. There's an artistic quality that starts to come in. To win and do it with a certain elegance seems a worthy aim. I do see some of these guys getting injuries though and while some minor ones are maybe ok, I don't want to be like the guy getting his judo black belt after 20 years and 3 knee surgeries in 18 months. If self defence capability is the aim and you destroy yourself to get it, it seems to be self cancelling.
Not all purple belts are artistic. Over here, most purples are athletic strongmen with farm strength, and a one ton heavy pinning game.
@@tededo True I have rolled with quite a few of those.
For me (current blue), it's because I'm simply not interested enough in certain aspects of bjj, namely the the guard and bottom game. I love grappling as a whole and i like taking what i like from each grappling art eg leg takedowns from wrestling, throws from judo, and subs from bjj. I don't see myself getting to purple because to be at that level I'm gonna need at least a decent understanding and ability to use/defend against all the different intricate guards.
Nothing wrong with being a Jiu-jitsu hobbiest
You should have at least like one or two guards that you're comfortable with, otherwise you're extremely limited in the ways in which you can get up, ie you can only wrestle up. If you understand one or two guards, you have multiple options.
Mostly injuries, I've been training for 5 years and already had a shoulder surgery recently torned ligaments on my wrist and waiting to for surgery date
Agreed . The thing here after blue belt your just learning how to beat other Jujitsu players in my opinion . Thats my goal . Im 56 yrs old and Im going to a Carlson Gracie Jujitsu gym . I really went there for the kickboxing . I did not want the Gi aspect but my coach said if you dont you can't advance . I said thats fine I rather have the knowledge . I'm not gonna do tournament's. I like striking arts better . So after one year I'm going to an MMA gym its the closet to street fighting . Plus Im a student of Brian Grey . Iron Palm training I actually harden my whole hands . I like breaking 1 inch patio blocks by punching and palming concreate blocks . I dont train for defense, but I train for offense. That works for me .
Some people are too fixated with belts . My goal at 65 is just to be able to do this as long as I can. Been three years so far, five days a week.
Just got my blue belt. 42 years old, both my sons are in BJJ aged 4 & 9, my 9 year old is all in & loves it, 4 year old warming up…we all go together @ least 2x a week, I don’t see a scenario where I even have a choice to just stop now!😂😂😂😂😂😂
I really only train for fitness, to be more social out of work, and to build a skill over time. Competing doesn't really interest me, so I don't have any delusions about making purple.
Hey Matt.
Im 42 years old.
I started 2 years ago.
Im still 1 stripe white belt, won many gold medals in competition and i feel like giving up cause I see my partners leveling up.
What am I doing wrong?
I had a friend who did cadets I'm a Sargent myself but the moment he got his goal wich was corprol he felt less drive to keep going because he met his goal he had nothing to strive for but as for me I want to get as high as I go but yea set your goals as high as you can
Lmfao then there are the rare exceptions such as myself that didn’t want their black belt. Oh well maybe I get my wish in another life 🤣
Once i get my blue belt I'm gonna go into mma
I think purple is the most important belt, it seperates the wheat from the chaff
I had to stop going To class Sonny was teacher, and i hit my blue belt and the sheer cost combined with the medical costs. Kept me unable since then to return. That combined with neck injuries after a car accident stops me from engaging in Bjj anymore.
Yeah, I don't think it's just Brazilian jujitsu. Different people have different goals in different arts. I would think a ton of people quit after they get their black belt in a lot of martial arts.
The last point is it. For most blue belt is sufficient for what they wanted to learn JJ for
Question for all you BJJ practitioners, I'm 50yrs old and obviously work a full time job.
I started taking BJJ a month ago, my question is what is a REALISTIC goal in months or years to achieve a Blue belt?
Thanks
Anywhere from 6 months to 2 years
@@dirtygeazer9266 Appreciate it. Thx for the info
For me, the true art is to stay at blue belt. Any higher and everyone is gunning for you. I don't need that in a hobby.
Being able to improve while still giving the appearance of not learning a thing... true mastery. Set up the traps, just don't snap them shut. Ever.
I think the jump from blue to purple is so big and that maybe people get frustrated and quit
White belt for life that way you never stop training
Once i get blue im out
I wish I could go back into it. But now I'm 46 with 16 screws in my neck and lumbar surgery 2 weeks in plus my spine canal is too abnormally narrow. Surgeon says I'd be lucky jf my spine holds past 70🤷🏻♂️. So blades and guns my best options!!!
Who settles just with blue belt? I thought the goal was to reach black belt. At least for me it is...
Makes sense
97 % of the people are righty
Why ?
Because even though they're good enough to progress , their master/ trainer wants to milk them for money just like all the rest.
These schools leech money off you as long as possible before promoting you.
What about if you have a teacher that strips you of your stripes and you're a purple belts, but you took off a year. And then after 3 years denies you your third stripe again.
I hated Blue Belt. Easily the worst belt I ever got stuck with. Had it for seven years, it sucks cus u got this big ass target on ur back and ur over here doing ur best to solidify your technique and get critiqued by your coach like crazy. Unfortuantely as an Ultra Heavyweight sometimes people are so fragile or weak or light that they just fly off of u, it's not that I'm using a lot of strength, can we just be real for a second? Some white and blue belts are really weak and small. I understood my technique was the problem, and it took a very long time for me to just get technique down right. When I got to purple huge difference, I got respect, people recognized me for my technique and not my size cus as a blue belt u could be really technical but if ur big man people will use that as an excuse like crazy. My favorite question after beating somebody is "how much do u weigh?..", but yeah now as a Brown Belt I still say Purple is easily the best, u don't got anything to prove to anybody but people still respect you around the gym and competitions are just so much more fun as purple. Competing as a Brown and Blue Belt man feels more like a chore.
Funny, I quit three weeks ago. Summer time fun
Cause its expensive to keep going to a gym
But you need boxing too.
A lot of jiu jitsu is good on the mat, and works only on the mat. I went to Fabio Santos Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and many of the guys would get their ass kicked in the street, it doesn't work, one student was killed, stabbed to death trying to do an arm bar in the street. I practiced martial arts, a family style since 1968, and have found certain things in Jiu Jitsu work, but much of it doesn't work in the street! Fact! I have been in fights where people pulled knives, gun, club, Nunchaku sticks, brass knuckles, I fought them all in the street and won, thanks be to God I was able to win, more than 30 fights, and I can tell you that the BerimBolo won't work in the street when you have 5 guys piling on you! I quit jui Jitsu after blue belt realizing it is bull shit!
It definitely needs to be supplemental to mma
Not hating but just because you know ju jitsu does not mean you know how to fight. You gonna lay on your back every time you get into a fight? Don’t be dumb , that shit only works against people who let it work
Twice as many limbs to control you. Any decent grappler could pull guard on a random guy and win.
People tend not to want to train 10 years for a black belt that won't do much in the real world.
news flash: majority of people aren’t in there to use it in street fights
@@chicoxbeankb9740actually, one of the big reasons people quit at blue belt is because they’re good enough to absolutely dogwalk 95 percent of people in a fight once they get there. pushing past there will only matter if you like it or want to compete
@@chicoxbeankb9740 OMG for real??
It does a lot in real world learn about good nutrition makes u healthy and fit mental benefit
@@aPerfectcircle23
Those are great secondary benefits for sure.
Many adults get into BJJ because their kids are in it. Once the kid hits a certain age, BJJ ends, and the adult no longer attends classes.
People can learn wrestling, judo, karate, or some other martial art that doesn't require a 10+ year commitment.
ufc reject
Female. After 911 That was it. I'm not in the Military. But the man I married was. That's where we met, the dojo.. My match. So... the walk of the Samurai. Bushido. 🏯⛩️💪🈴