[Azraelite]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD74C2jIkD0

Roy Dean's academy, Mr. Harris presiding, apparently Roy Dean's first purple belt student.

EDIT: the non resisting opponent part is the technical portion, he should be explaining, as if he was teaching a beginner.

[dirtroller]

that guy already looks like a pretty good purple belt.

[blanko]

interesting... I don't know about showing techniques on a non resistant opponent though. Positional sparring would have been better... but hey.. what works for roy.

[moonmaster3]

nvm

[GuardGame]

that guy looked like a pretty slick purple already..i know a purple belt from roy harris and he is VERY good..competed in the world team trials, A LOT of success in the advanced no gi tournaments and gi..very technical

[judogido]

Excellent. That was great.

Very interesting to see a purple belt grading from the outside and even more interesting to see that there is a requirement to demonstrate a range of techniques (obviously well-drilled techniques) on an unresisting opponent AS WELL AS resisting on other students AND on the instructors.

.. and congrats to the bloke for making his purple..!

[Oktavius]

I hope im that smooth by the time im purple but seemed very focused on no resistance demonstration.

[Ghost Dog]

great video. thanks for the post.

[Balto]

I think it's important to be able to demonstrate techniques in a technical manner on a non-resistant opponent.

The reason? Teaching ability. You have to do it this way (and super slow) when you are teaching a class.

Of course, you also need to be able to pull them off in live drilling and free rolling as well.

I just think it's important to remember that there are a lot of different aspects to BJJ. Competition is one, but there is also self-defense, coaching, and teaching. I think a good purple belt ought to have some skills in all of those.

Belt promotions are based on significantly more than the ability to tap higher ranks at every school I've trained at. Of course, mat performance is a big factor, but it is just one of many factors that goes into the evaluation.

[blindgod]

I can't speak for Roy Dean, but part of becoming a purple belt under Roy Harris is being able to demonstrate all the techniques required for blue belt. This part of the test is, for blue belt, done against an unresisting opponent. I recognize most of the techniques he's doing at the beginning of the video as being part of the technical portion of the blue belt curriculum. I only wish I could do those moves as well as he does.