WTF is an Adult Green Belt in BJJ ?
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- In today's video I answer a question from Josh who is an adult Green Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Now some of you may be a little confused since Green Belts in Jiu-jitsu are usually saved for teenagers and kids (which I'll explain).
But with that, he's getting ready for a BJJ competition, and he wants to know what to compete since there are no adult Green Belt divisions.
So in this video I share some ideas from my own experience as a former adult Green Belt back in 2004 when I was a newer student in BJJ.
I also tell a story about a stinky white belt. Not a person white belt. . . my actual belt.
Enjoy the video and thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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An adult green is a tradition used by BJJ coaches that also have a background in Judo. These academies tend to emphasize takedowns more and usually do not give out stripes.
This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I like the green belt idea. There's such a big difference between a brand new white belt and someone that's been training six or seven months.
I think it's dumb af. So are stripes
That’s what stripes are for lol
I will take it White and Black only. I dont like it Blue, Purple or Brown. So imagine if a 10 years Whitebelt vs 1 year Whitebelt in tournaments. Must be fun to watch. We will see a lot of popping
@@m5a1stuart83 a ten year white belt?
@@wtfimcrying Kodokan only knows Black and White only. Some people dont want to go to Black faster. My friend was in Brownbelt for about 14 years, and only then he get his Blackbelt. After about 20 years into Judo.
i was recently promoted to green belt, as an adult i was pretty torn as i know its not officially recognized in competition. makes me feel better knowing chewy was a green belt once. guess ill just try to get good enough for the blue one now
The tape stripe system just seems easier and more efficient. Explains seeing green belts around at competitions tho. That said, I have a similar story with some gloves when I boxed 😆
I loved that story. Sometimes it's fun to take a break and just tell a humorous story. I'm all smiles after listening to that.
I ran into a green belt cross training in Florida. I thought the concept was very cool.
Me too! Unchained mma. Awesome place!
My gym does the same
If only there was a different and proven way... Like... I don't know... Stripes? I know, crazy idea ;)
My gym does same thing, my coach's teacher is richardo liborio and that's where he got that idea from also American top team if im not mistaken.
I'm an adult green belt 3 stripe. It becomes so awkward traveling to other gyms. You end up explaining the situation to everyone. Our big tournament here is AGF. They allow green belts to compete at white/blue.
We have a greenbelt in my affiliation and my school. It’s basically the equivalent of a two or three stripe white belt and generally takes about six months to achieve. After greenbelt you will need about 130 hours of mat time plus 98 techniques to achieve blue.
Great video! Brings me memories... Here in Brazil, at the 90ties, we had the green belt. I my self was a green belt that was promoted by Jucão, a top notch blackbelt from here that lives in the US now. In fact at that time was very difficult to get the blue and the green was common. Now a days they still exists here as you say as tap in the back, but they are not so common...
Thumbsup!
This right here. One of my old instructors was Brazilian, from Brazil and he also used green belts between white and blue. It just meant that you were better (maybe not better, but less spassy) than a brand new white belt, but not quite a blue belt. I kinda liked the concept myself. In comp we would compete as white belts though, or at least I did at the time.
@@jasaro74 Adult Yellow Belts (between white and blue) are a real thing that actually exists in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The green belt is back from the very old days back of gracie bjj...our proof from brazil is also doing the green belt thing. It comes in our gym after the 4th strip.
We just have stripes on our belts.
Seems simple enough
You should always keep a whitebelt handy no matter your belt. That way you can wave it at people from your car window yelling "respectch the beltchie!"
Hespeeetch ittt
As a Brazillian, I find this to be too funny and true.🤣😂. Our accent does sound like that . 🤣😂
As long as there's two stripes on it 🔥
@GregLurik Official 3 stripe, 3 years for me 🤣 not very consistent though due to being a nurse and constantly being exposed to Covid. Don't want to bring that to the mats.
I started BJJ six months ago and I used to go to the morning classes, there were three green belts in that class. When they competed two of them competed at blue belt and the other competed at white.
The ones that competed at blue are actual blue belts now.
Always enjoy a good story. The stinking belt had me laughing. Reminding me of when I ate at el rancherito then out for live music. Epic night. I got cussed at, threatened, emptied the bar and made a legend among my peers.
I thought that's what the stripes were?
I will be competing in a Newbreed BJJ tournament/fight this December 3rd. Apparently, their rules go like this: an adult green belt(like myself) will have to compete in the same division as blue belts. This actually caused me to be bumped up a level in no-gi too(beginner-intermediate). This will be my first competition. I always train hard in my gym(American Top Team: Team Lima). I am looking forward to this.
Good luck bro! Smash
That is my goal.
And thank you so much!
You got this my boy. I’ve seen a green belt take 1st in a blue belt bracket only to become a blue belt moments later 😂
You got this!
Thank you for explaining the "green" belt ... had never heard of it before your video. Appreciate all of your videos
Chewy…you made me laugh out of my seat with the post of video
Belt story is hilarious! I have a training partner of mine in judo that works in construction, some how his white belt came into contact with something, and became stained by and encrusted with rust flakes, we also tried hard to get the stains out, to no avail. He still continued to wear it, and would receive many judgemental looks, lol.
I see a few green belts at competitions. My understanding it was for kids and not adults. I know at Carlson-Gracie you cannot get a blue belt till your 16 that’s why they have multiple color belts for kids. I think it’s for motivation our Sensei tells the kids every 28 classes they get a stripe but belt promotions are at his discretion. I just got my blue belt at 2 1/2 years and another adult student who has three years and shows up consistently and is still a white belt so Sensei watches carefully to see if students are ready to be promoted. I feel good that I picked the right school because he’s not just handing out belts.
Thanks for the advice brotha! Great idea bringing the white belt just in case. Just like you said, my coach suggested I compete at white belt this time and go for blue belt next time. Looking forward to getting after it!
keep it around but wash it before
Yes man let’s get after it! My coach told me one time only cowards roll down. I’d go blue if I were you. Maybe even purple if you can fly it depending on the tournament.
@@chicken50_487 bro what
That story was hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
I was an adult green belt, I would tell people I was a four stripe white belt. The belt ranking history is not as straight forward as everyone assumes.
Rafael Lovato Jr, former world champ, uses green & yellow belts for in between. He’s the only one I’ve seen it
I just switched from an mma style gym to Lovatos this Monday. Seeing a green belt confused me, but Lovato bjj is as legit as you can get in Oklahoma.
There are no Adult yellows in Lavoto/six blades, but yes we do use Greens. Still technically counts as a white belt. I think it comes from Six Blades and Sensei Xande.
I trained under him a long time ago and can confirm thats the way it was then. I was wondering if he still did that!
@@charlesr951 there used to be at Lovato's. I can confirm because I was given a yellow, green, and blue belt by Lovato back in the day. However, I stopped training there when I moved away around 2013.
@@overrideFunction That makes sense. I'm not sure when he changed it. Anyway it's good to see so many Lovato guys in the comments. I hope you found another good place to train.
Wow! You painted a perfect picture Chewy, feel like I can smell it while hearing the story.
Amazing story - wish I could smell that to truly appreciate it
Interesting! My gym does what we call a phase belt that's half blue half white that represents the same thing
This always seemed like a good idea the difference between a day one guy and 1+ years of training is massive
@@BobBob-il2ku thats supposed to be the reason for stripes
Mine does the same thing and I'm a phase belt lol
Funny you should upload this today, someone at my gym was promoted to green belt last night and I had no idea it was even a thing
😄🤣Funny story!! It actually reminded me of incident that happen in our unit back when I was in service..so I know what you mean about the funk🤢😄.We went on a field training exercise which was like camping 🏕 without the luxuries. Guys in my unit spend a solid week in field doing activities like diving in rivers, crawling on dirt, running ,sweating ect. Well by the end of the week our uniforms which we barley change smelled awful but since we were around each other I guess we got accustomed to each other stinky smell. When we went back to our Units Barracks that Sunday (End of Ex) night a few guys were too tired and exhausted to change bath. So they went straight to bed😷..next morning when we formed up to go to breakfast their were a few guy who hadn't even bath nor change their uniform. So our supervisors/Sgt passed our group and was shocked and disgusted 🤢by our smell.Some of these guys tried to cover the smell by spraying AXE and Cologne which obviously didn't work..The Sgt basically said that we smell like we all just had a passionate night with a Bigfoot..and gave us a spew about how Suga & Onions don't mix 😄 nor matter how sweet sugar is it will never mask the taste and smell of onions when sprinkled on. The Sgt.basically made everyone(even those that were cleaned up) go back to bathe and change..we wasn't going anywhere near the dining facility with our smell as one if them said..So I get where you coming from with your story chewy😁 it was😄 👍...love the videos.
#tyfys
Lol I think the thought behind the Audible audiobook badges is similar to how people argue that stripes are a way to keep jiu jitsu students interested. Like you said a little pat on the back.
You always give great advice, but that story was amazing. Had me laughing at my desk. 🤣
That story had me cracking up. LOL! Funny! It sure gives Chewy a human touch.
Thank you for clarifying white/green belt confusion don’t forget to wash your belts!!!
the badge/pat on the back rant is 'gamifying', 'social proofing', or 'nudging' in design. it's to get you to do more. just like belt promotions :)
Butt my one major issue with belts is that it almost implies that once you receive the belt ,that part of your training is over or something and alot of people rarely ever go back and do any of the training they did to get the belt, and training never ends. You are never done, so no real need for the belts lol
Back before stripes were invented, and yes a white belt will turn green if you don't wash it, but if you wear it, it might kill the whole class.. my first instructor told me to never wash your belt because it was bad luck, its just crazy..
Ribero associations use this for adults
Seriously laughed out loud on that stinky belt story. Thanks
That's a really funny story man! Enjoyed it :D
The color green is pretty cool 💚
At most gyms I've been to, green belt is the highest belt you can get as a juvenile...so it's kinda like an kid black belt. When you turn 16 and are eligible for a blue belt, you switch from green to blue (sometimes white If appropriate). I don't think a 16 yr old white belt is equivilent to a 15 yr old green belt (black belt) in knowledge . So to even out the rub, we sometimes go straight to blue for 15>16 yr old green belts. We did, however, have a white belt with a blue stripe down the middle to serve the same purpose your coach was going for. I suppose now days everyone uses stripes to denote particular belt levels. When I started we didn't even do stripes or other colors. The only stripes I ever got were on my black belt.
I was in the tramway giggling at that story fr this is hilarious
Didn’t they just have stripes to differentiate how was the good white belts?
Yes
This channel is great. Great advice
My son’s BJJ school adds black stripes to the white belts as they progress- so they have a visible acknowledgment of the progress they’re making on the way toward their blue. The long daunting journey to blue can be discouraging, so the marker is nice to let the students know they are making real progress. Not a participation trophy so much as a tracking system for the students.
I thought progress was measured by how much you smesh.
@@MrCmon113 I don't know what that means - so I couldn't say.
Why do you need a stripe to show improvement. Your ability on the mat should show that
@@bradf9977 it helps with attrition - so the students have a visual reminder that they’re making progress and getting somewhere. Attrition is highly problematic for BJJ schools because of the difficulty of belting.
Students getting a small reminder that they’re on track helps retain them when they get discouraged.
OMG, that story is hilarious! Only the oldest of old school cats remember the significance of the Arnold’s back in the day.
together with the thumbnail i thought that a white belt was so dirty to appear green 😂
I’m dying dude!😂😂😂 Great story!
The smelly belt had me 🤣
The story in a nutshel. My belt wasn't green but it definitely smelled like it were.
I train BJJ and JJJ. My JJJ belt system is white yellow green brown (then 3 stripes) black.
The different color stripes and colored tape approach is pretty effective for that purpose (helping the instructor etc keep up with who should be where and what they need to be working on etc) and although I do have from white to black belt in tkd and karate, I am no longer much of a fan of the whole belt system thing and have now been practicing Chinese arts the last 10 years. (There are no belts or levels in Chinese martial arts) although it is often more direct and hands on or personal than large classes , where the belts would come in handy atleast for the instructor.
Where are you from because in the uk Chinese martial arts definitely have a belt system but they call them a sash not a belt 🤷♂️
@@baconsandwich6584 well that is something an Individual has felt the need to add, traditionally speaking Chinese martial arts do not have belts, ranking system any of that, just student and teacher.
@@baconsandwich6584 but I am from the us btw. But yeah kung Fu is a lifestyle type of thing, daily training for all of your life, no rush no hurry none of those distractions, just training.
@@willtherealrustyschacklefo3812 I just Googled it and a majority of the schools use a belt/sash system including China, you actually made me doubt myself and I've done wing chun myself 🤣 if you ain't getting belts your in a mcdojo 🤣
@@baconsandwich6584 how large are these said schools? And I've never seen one , and that is certainly a modern thing.
Other competitions I will be a white belt since others don’t recognize green as you previously mentioned. My masters and I talked. I want to keep smashing . I lost my first tournament but I don’t quit. I am ATT team Lima 😃😃😃😃
chewy how should i be weightlifting to improve my jiu jitsu?
Focus on compound movemnt
and stretch! the stronger you get, the tighter your muscles are. dudes I train with are jacked, but some of their hips/shoulders are so tight they can’t to more dynamic movements too well and get tapped very quickly on muscle manipulations.
Absolutely. Mostly rows, overhead press, deadlifts, farmers walks, and kettlebell swings or Bulgarian bag swings if you have one.
I trained in the ‘90s up until around 2002 and it took years to get belts lol, and there were only white, blue, purple, brown and black.
If you’re ever capuchin between what skill bracket to do
Do the higher one
You’ll Learn more and feel better if you win that higher skill bracket
I was visiting a gym in oregon recently and I also saw adult yellow belt and green yellow belts. Not sure if it was an att gym but they do have att gyms there. I figured they were intermediate white belt ranks based on the skill of those players.
Green belt can be good sometimes because alot of people believe they are not ready for a blue belt when they are promoted like myself.
I like the audible badges by the way. I don't go out of my way for them but its a nice surprise. I also like that it tracks my data. I've listened to audibles for 6 days and 12 hours.
"Green Belt!?" As in Moldy, and Super Funky? That damn Sub-Tropical area. Nothing stays clean and dry for long.
Chew: "Here's a nasty story for you.."
Me: * turns off video
Great stuff!
thanks for the great content, So I am new to grappling and found my grip is getting broke pretty easy especially if the opponet is larger or super sweaty. What can I do to improve this? Second question, when learning grappling a lot of times the instructor will say do this then this then this then this and its hard to remember all the individual steps any advice?
Is it GI or no GI?
@@avdrrew no gi
record and ask him to use your phone to record the instructional part so you can watch back at anytime
In my experience in no gi I look for under hooks or sometimes wizards. Bigger guys do pretty well grabbing my wrists but that shit doesn't work for me.
Straight body locking is usually a pretty good option, and who doesn't like a hug.
It will all be positionally dependent. I wouldn't try grabbing too much besides arm drags, ankles and the back of the neck. Those will all be quick movements though. Not holds.
2 on 1 grips are king for me in no gi. I have flimsy injured wrists so I can't just keep a hold of someone else's wrist 1 on 1. But Kimura style grips if you can get them are super effective at being able to control your opponents arms so you can set up sweeps or submissions. Hope it helps
I've been training consistently for 8 years and I'm right at 5 years on my purple belt.
I know the feeling. I was a purple belt for 8 years
@@slizzmo at our academy they won't promote you unless you're already good at the next level. They don't want there to be any question on your level since a lot of us compete. Really it's just being forged in fire. Some people excel faster than others at this sport. I don't want to get promoted on the basis of time in. New belts don't come with new skills.
@@each1teachonetruthI couldn't agree more
You purchased a new white belt after that I hope ?... I personally had two blue belts and two purple belts that I rotated ... Just got my Brown last week (about 8 years of training now, white to blue was about 3 years) nit sure if I will buy a 2nd Brown Belt
That's a funny jiujitsu story for sure holy moly !! 😄
Blue belt division if you have been back for 4+ months. Green belts are in my opinion young purple belts. In my gym it means you were a kid at one point who rolled for 4-8 years in order to get the green belt.
Plus, wouldn’t it be at your gym as well? In other words, wouldn’t it be that green is one of the required colors?
Welp. That white belt was a green cloud belt it sounds 😆
I’m under the lovato system and it goes: white, white with stripes, yellow, orange, green, then blue.
Sorry for the OT post, but I really need some feedback from you guys. I'm the whitest belt which ever whited. Today we had a drill: me on side control, an older striped blue belt under me, his goal was to escape. I lift weights, I've got some strength. I kept him pinned down, even though I felt like I was dying in the end. Other advanced belts were giving him pointers during the whole thing - not to me though. Later I overheard him saying to his buddies I'm a spaz. I feel pretty down now - I don't wanna quit but goddamn, I felt so alone. Some (honest!) feedback would be great to have.
Don't me too hard on yourself, most people are spazs when they start and higher belts complain a lot if a lower belt is able to compete with them. Just focus on the techniques, keep showing up and you'll be fine.
Don’t feel discouraged. I don’t know anything about you but I’m sure you are right where you are supposed to be at your level of experience. You’ll do things now and for the next 6-12 months that you’ll look back on and laugh about in the future…especially when you see people doing the same things.
I'm a white belt and I've been told I'm spazzing. Didn't put my off at all. I took it as constructive criticism as the people in my gym are always looking to help each other get better
Outmuscling and keeping a guy in side control doesn't make a spaz. Now, maybe other stuff you does, just not what you're describing here.
Generally I give coaching to guys for two reasons, either I coach the person I perceive as the underdog, or I'm working with someone on specific things (usually someone prepping for a comp). Or I heckle, definitely enjoy heckling but I would never do to someone I don't know well. In this case it suggests that he SHOULD have been able to escape and couldn't, therefore prompting his friends to coach.
All that said, it's hard to give a solid read based on the limited info. I would suggest working to make it clear that you're seeking to learn not just goon stuff. "Hey, I felt like I was holding you down purely through brute strength and definitely couldn't progress. What would have made my positioning better and/or set me up to progress forwards?" Assuming that they're actually good dudes and this isn't some toxic clique crap.
Sounds like a classic case of butt hurt. Make sure you never let him up (you'll become buds)& you listen to those free pointers too. ...blessings!
How do I get my 3 year old in it to do class with the other kids especially when he might have autism
Q: What is an Adult greenbelt?
A: Adult greenbelts are food.
I’m an adult yellow belt, got it when I was younger and came back older, so I still wear the yellow belt till I get my blue
Chewy and The Stankbelt.
Hey chew just got a quick question I’ve been training for two years and am still only a white belt 1 stripe and and I feel like it’s because I’m not able to train consistently and a lot of the time I am only training once a week am I wasting my time?
Curmudgeon. Good word hahaha
Kind of similar to Pedro Sauer’s blue bar?
Greetings, my name is Aldiyar and I'm a heavy (130kg) 22 year old white belt in jiu-jitsu. I am writing to you to thank you for your content (it really helps), and also use this chance to ask a question that's bothering me atm. Question : how to overcome fear of injuring our being injured by my opponents on my first bjj tournament? It's coming in 13 days and that's the only thought I have coming to the event...
(Side note- I am very careful with my rolling partners in the gym, I've hurt no one this far, but fear is that when I don't hold back I might snap someone's or my own bone to pieces due to adrenaline)
PS- sorry for grammar mistakes my English ain't the best 😂
Hey man, I'm not Chewie but maybe I can give you my 10cents of thought on that. I'm a 117kg 24yo white belt and I have competed twice, so I feel like I'm around the same phase you are just a tiny bit more experienced in what you're asking.
First, this carefulness not to hurt your trainning partners is more prevalent on big guys like us, since we're usually aware of the potential we have for actually injuring people. In my experience, lighter white belts tend to be more careless.
Now answering your question: In my gym (I'm Brazilian, so there's that) we learn that trainning and competing are two different things. There are things you never do in trainning that you can totally do when competing, although you don't have to (crossface is the most common example). This philosophy carries on to submissions. When I'm trainning, I'll try to pull just enough for my buddy to realize the situation and have time to tap. When I'm competing, I'll pull with all my strenght. If the opponent taps quickly enough, I'll let go as fast as possible, if they don't I'll break their arm. Same goes for chokes: If they take too long to tap I'll put them to sleep.
When in trainning, it is everyone's responsibility to take care of each other and make sure there will be more trainning opportunities. However, when competing, such responsibilities do not exist. My responsibility is not to play dirty and also to be courteous to my opponent. His health is his responsibility and to an extent, the judge's. Not mine. Of course if by chance your opponent passes out without tapping and the judge hasn't seen yet, you can warn them so not to cause further injuries, but that's very rare.
I once saw a friend on a tournament fight try to warn the judge that their opponent's arm was going to break. The judge gave them a punishment for talking to the judge (you cannot do that on tournaments). My friend pulled harder and the other guy eventually tapped, but left the fight with an injury (It didn't fully break) and had to leave the tournament place directly to the hospital.
Sorry if the asnwer is too long, I tried to answer with as many details as possible because that's the way I wish people answer me when I have doubts.
TL;DR - In competitions, It's your opponent's responsibility to tap before getting injured, if they don't care about their health neither should you (But only inside the rules, never play dirty).
@@rodrigoandrade256 thank you for your answer, it was perfect for me! Very detailed and useful 🤙😁🤙
That story was hilarious! But how come you just didn't go buy a new one?
For the next time... isopropyl alcohol. Before you try all of the other weird crazy stuff, anyway. 😂😂
absolutely hilarious story!! 😂
That was hilarious, thanks for sharing
A green belt is a upper level white belt who's not yet ready for blue belt but is better than the most white belts, its essentially like a 3-4 stripe white belt. Could have just Said that then told the story
Bro anyone else notice Chewy getting low key yoked?
His traps are HUGE
@@drauc u wanna what else is huge
When your white belt becomes a green belt because you left it in the basement. 😅
This had me cracking up🤣
Isn't that what stripes are for?
I fought at the classic in 2008
... this side of the Mississippi!!
There is a local gym here giving out orange and red belts to jiu jitsu adults. I think they are just scamming extra test dollars though.
Quality content
I don't train BJJ anymore but still watching. Funny story.
Why
@@om-qg7ju cause I'm still interested in BJJ and chewys channel is good.
@@clintwood1983 why don't you train
@@om-qg7ju neck injuries
@@clintwood1983 sorry to hear that
Im pretty sure Ive wittnessed a singlet version of this before. that is NASTY
An adult that has a bjj green belt, probably trained bjj throughout childhood and received it as a teenager. Thats the last colored belt a kid/teenager can get before getting a blue belt as an adult. A green belt probably has close to over 10 years of training bjj. Competing against a white, blue and probably even a purple belt would be extremely unfair, as the green belt should be very high level bjj. I have a nephew who earned his green belt from Jean Jacques years ago, is now an adult collegiate wrestler, and he mops up brown belts...Look up the young lady Sasha the Shark, I think shes an orange belt and she destroyed an adult white belt in competition...
Sounds like your white belt became a green belt on its own
As my boy is moving up through the ranks and should be yellow soon, I can't help but think that if he goes through the three levels of yellow, then the same in orange , until he hits green... that'd be CRIMINAL to have him compete against adult white or blue belts. His time training and experience far exceeds adults working up the ranks to blue. just my opinion, he'll murder adults at that level.
A kid wearing a Green Belt is usually no joke, they've have a lot of experience and most likely had more experience than the Adult blue belt and some Green Belts have even submitted Black belts.
There’s an academy school whatever ya wanna call it in my area that uses striped belts b4 blue. So you go white, then blue and white , then black n white maybe even a green n white then blue. Strange to me. The order may be a little jacked the way I wrote it but ya get the concept maybe? Anyone explain this to me?
What is a white/blue belt?
Between white and blue, usually for people who understand the base concepts of jiu jitsu or have non bjj grappling experience but not at the technical level to be a well rounded blue belt
Someone with a white belt is new to bjj, blue belt is the second rank, it usually comes within 1-2 years of consistent training
Edit: commented b4 watching the video. White/blue pretty much verbatim serves the same purpose of a green belt.
@@felixscully2476 I do jujitsu, but I was asking what a white belt with a blue stripe is? I’ve seen it at a tournament but I haven’t see it anywhere else.
This story had me belly laughing
Drying the belt between washings made it impossible to succeed.