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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a sport that allows individuals to completely reshape their lives for the better. This sport teaches you several lessons that can be applied on or off the mats. The pursuit of the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt is noble, respectable, fun, and all the more challenging. The average person will not make it to this point because the average person will give up when times get tough. Do you want to be above average? Let’s look at the black belt in BJJ a little more closely!

brazilian jou jitsu black beltsBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt is the highest rank someone can receive in their time spent as a jiu-jitsu athlete. On average it takes about 10 years to accomplish. Jiu-jitsu is a sport that is pretty strict in the way it promotes its students through the ranks. The likelihood that someone makes it a black belt is slim when you look at the overall number of people that give up either at the white or blue belt stage. If you stay the course, dedicate yourself to the sport, and bury the excuses that come up, making it to this stage is only a matter of time.

Most people that make it to this stage in BJJ are avid competitors. Although no one needs to compete, we believe that it is the best way to showcase your skills and improve your game. Until you put techniques under competition, you will never know if they work.

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How Long Will This Take?

As we stated earlier in the article, a black belt in jiu-jitsu takes at least 10 years to get. This is going to be a long time to be dedicating yourself to something but the journey to this point will teach you many lessons along the way. If you are worried about how long something will take to achieve, we bet our money that you won’t make it in any endeavor. You have to fall in love with what you are doing, the pursuit to get better, and the processes that will ultimately help you achieve your goals.

What Does it Mean?

Everyone will tell you different meanings that the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt holds, which is fine. The general things that most people will say about the BJJ Black belt are the following:

  • They are steadfast leaders and exceptional human beings. 
  • The character qualities that these people emulate should be held to the highest degree because they all possess something uniquely great.
  • Responsible 
  • Care about the things they do
  • Dedicated 
  • Leader
  • Set a good example for others
  • Respectable 

Making it to this stage is not for the faint of heart, you have to have some serious conviction to get to this point in BJJ. Jiu Jitsu is not like every other martial art, the people that make it to the highest stage are there for a reason. The black belts are the backbone of this community and are tasked with the responsibility to pass on their knowledge to the generations to come. 

BJJ is a sport that is rapidly growing due to the popularity of the UFC exploding during the 2020’s pandemic, massive celebrities joining the sport, and benefits that get touted on social media like Instagram.

bjj belt systemBJJ Belt System

At this point, we have written about the BJJ Belt system several times but to fill you in this is what you can expect your progression to look like through the sport:

White BeltTime Spent Here: 1 -2 years
Blue BeltTime Spent Here: 2 – 4 years
Purple BeltTime Spent Here: 1.5 – 3 years
Brown BeltTime Spent Here: 1 – 2 years
Black BeltTime Spent Here: Final Belt – Rank Up By Degrees

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art that truly changes who you are as a human. The lessons you will learn about both life and yourself on your journey to becoming a black belt will amaze you like it continues to amaze us!

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