Tonight was a great training night, and at the end of our nightly advanced class, I was striped up by Coach Orlando.
For those that train know that advancement through the Jiu-Jitsu ranks is very different from any other martial art. It takes a lot of hard work, motivation, and not just physical or technical growth, but mental growth.
There isn’t a set rule book as to how you advance, you just go get your mat time in, learn, and apply what you learn. Your Jiu-Jitsu game improves, and over time you advance.
I don’t have expectations to advance on a given time scale, it comes with time, and everyone’s journey is different. I do have expectations of learning, and getting better as a mat player. What advancement shows me personally is that I am doing just that. However, if I put all the expectation discussions aside for a second, I will say it’s a treat when you are recognized for your hard work and improvement. It certainly doesn’t suck 🙂
I am very excited about earning my 4th stripe, but more importantly, I can’t wait to get back on the mat to get in more work!
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Hi Congrats on earning your 4th stripe man. Thats an awesome achievment and I beleive that puts you in a much very rare bracket of people who have continued past the point that many others have long before quit.
I am commenting to ask if you mind me using your picture as an illustration attachment on my own BJJ blog post? I’m writing a quick post about some people sandbagging themselves at the end of their white belt stage in order to attain tournament wins against other “white belts”.
Anyway, if you would prefer I don’t use it, please let me know and I’ll try and find something else.
If you don’t mind, it will be on my blog site rippedtees.com
Good luck on your Jiujitsu journey and hope you make it all the way.
Thanks for the note, Leonn!
Please feel free to use my picture, I don’t mind at all.
Have a great one and best of luck!!