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07-02-2009, 09:08 PM
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07-02-2009, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SpooNer
As I said Rodd is a state title holder in Pankration and has competed in and trained a number of fighters for Pankration and MMA fights he is no Ari. I agree not having an official BJJ belt is not ideal but Luke Beston has been up conducted a seminar and given Rodd the thumbs up even promoting our GYM + upcoming seminars on his own website.
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Don't sweat it, spooner.
You are gonna be training in Luke Beston affiliate program and pretty much gonna belong to the Gracie JJ.
Does Luke makes his affiliate his own patch (  or the Gracie patch ?
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07-02-2009, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by lechien
For an Orange MMA belt, I like the list of techniques to demonstrate.
Who is making the list of techniques to demonstrate for blue belt?
Also, in BJJ it is not about demonstrating techiques.
It is about knowing techniques and applying them on a daily basis on the mats under the supervision of a BB.
Then one day, the BB will ask to sit the exam.
The exam itself is just a formality.
Some instructors actually just throw a belt at you at the end of the training.
I doubt that your blue belt would ever be the same as a BJJ blue.
I am not saying it is lower or higher.
It is just a different systems.
Meanwhile, good luck on your exam.
And congrats on your club becoming affiliated to Luke Beston (Royler Gracie BB).
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As far as I know we are following the Beston Syllabus.
Our yellow may be similar too a 1st stripe white.
As I am not sure what is required for a 1 strip or two stripe in BJJ. I can tell you at the moment my ground work is all about holding and transition between postions and being relaxed. To last 4 5min rounds i will have to be relaxed.
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07-02-2009, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SpooNer
As far as I know we are following the Beston Syllabus.
Our yellow may be similar too a 1st stripe white.
As I am not sure what is required for a 1 strip or two stripe in BJJ. I can tell you at the moment my ground work is all about holding and transition between postions and being relaxed. To last 4 5min rounds i will have to be relaxed.
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Nothing is required for stripes in BJJ, I mean you do not have to do an exam.
Yellow and Orange are kid belts in BJJ so I could not tell if there are relevant to your exam.
Our yellow and orange do exam but it is pretty much the same as blue.
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07-02-2009, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SpooNer
As far as I know we are following the Beston Syllabus.
Our yellow may be similar too a 1st stripe white.
As I am not sure what is required for a 1 strip or two stripe in BJJ. I can tell you at the moment my ground work is all about holding and transition between postions and being relaxed. To last 4 5min rounds i will have to be relaxed.
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As he said there is no universal requirements in BJJ for stripes or belts. how often do you test? But like leichen said it can sometimes be a very informal thing. And that said, a bunch of people who all started at the same time testing to get their blue at the same time sounds very mcdojoish to me. But no its not ideal but it definitely will give you a taste of all self defenses. Just make sure to drill alot. I just don't really like the words "equivalent to a BJJ blue"
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07-02-2009, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SpooNer
As far as I know we are following the Beston Syllabus.
Our yellow may be similar too a 1st stripe white.
As I am not sure what is required for a 1 strip or two stripe in BJJ. I can tell you at the moment my ground work is all about holding and transition between postions and being relaxed. To last 4 5min rounds i will have to be relaxed.
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1 stripe in BJJ is a standing neck break, 8 pressure point attacks, and an inward crescent kick.
2 stripe in BJJ is meditating on a bed of nails and thorough knowledge of the Bear Kata.
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07-02-2009, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by awkwardpenguin
As he said there is no universal requirements in BJJ for stripes or belts. how often do you test? But like leichen said it can sometimes be a very informal thing. And that said, a bunch of people who all started at the same time testing to get their blue at the same time sounds very mcdojoish to me. But no its not ideal but it definitely will give you a taste of all self defenses. Just make sure to drill alot. I just don't really like the words "equivalent to a BJJ blue"
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Dam Penguing, you are just going overboard.
You just don't have to BJJ bash anyone and everyone. (this is why we have the Ari and BQ threads for  ).
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07-02-2009, 09:46 PM
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Green Belt
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Originally Posted by Balto
1 stripe in BJJ is a standing neck break, 8 pressure point attacks, and an inward crescent kick.
2 stripe in BJJ is meditating on a bed of nails and thorough knowledge of the Bear Kata.
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Dam! you guys are sandbagging way too hard.
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07-02-2009, 09:50 PM
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Brown Belt
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Originally Posted by lechien
Dam! you guys are sandbagging way too hard.
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3 stripe is The Hunt.
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07-02-2009, 09:59 PM
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Green Belt
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Rule 1: Never ever mention the word stripe or belt to an instructor unless you have a death wish.
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