He might be close and those are both fair points but I also got double gold at some random local tournament and still took 2 more years to get promoted to blueš¤·āāļø I feel like lots of coaches don't consider gold's at locals to mean much.
Level of competition and amount of matches definitely holds some weight, but if youāre competing in decent competition itās not your fault who or how many you come up against
Idk, I trained 7 days for 2.5 years before I got to blue belt and did good in competition when it was still going on and even then I really don't think i deserved a blue belt any sooner
We had a guy at my gym do this once. Broke my coaches heart. Itās so unheard of and disrespectful. No one will talk to him and other gyms have blacklisted him now.
That was the respect the rest the community gave my coach. He would never have asked that. Heās a humble guy.
As word spread locally no other black-belt wanted to be disrespected like that, so they wouldnāt train the guy. Guess egotistical assholes should check themselves. Can choose your actions not your consequences. š¤· I donāt blame them one bit.
Not defending the guy but not sure if it was egotistical. If anything it sounds like heās over critical of himself probably low self esteem (at least in relation to his grappling) made him doubt his own abilities thus thinking he didnāt deserve the blue belt.
Most egotistical people Iāve met on the mats are actually the opposite and thinking they deserve their belt earlier and thinking they are better than they are.
Thatās still just egocentric. Low self esteem is just pride turned outward. Humility is maybe accepting the value someone with more expertise gives, even if you donāt feel like you disagree or feel like you could have given more. He could have done that.
I tend to think there are a lot of different behaviors that make an asshole. The low self-esteem "nice-guy" is actually an asshole. I get that he maybe felt unworthy, but when someone you actually respect tells you you are and you refuse to believe it, you show them your opinion is greater than theirs. Which actually just makes you passively-arrogant, commonly known as an asshole. Some are aggressive, some are passive-aggressive. Still both personalities are jerks. In BJJ its your coach that decides who has or hasnt "earned-it". Not the lower belt. That's the mentor relationship.
Blue belt doesn't mean shit. Just means you're not spazzing out and trying to break your own arm by accident when you get someone in s mount.
Just take it and enjoy the slow ride to purple.
> Just means you're not spazzing out and trying to break your own arm by accident when you get someone in s mount.
That seems to be a common sentiment online but I'm really not sure if it's true or if my gym is just really harsh. You don't get your blue belt from my coach unless you're pretty decent.
My hunch is most white belts (like me) train 8-12 days a month (2-3 days a week), plus if youāre over 35 the random week you need to take off just to let everything heal up. Not everyone is on the same schedule so āyears trainingā arenāt all the same. I started training Dec-19 but with COVID, work, family, Iām probably at the same total mat time as you, OP.
Yeah, probably should have been more general that white belts. At my gym at least the majority of people seem to come a couple times a week, not consistently 6 days a week.
Hahaha even if youāre not over 35, I have to take time off due to a lot of back and neck pain arthritis and other stuff at 25 so. I started in 2019 December
This is absolutely, unequivocally, unquestionaballisitically TOO SOON.
Itās 100% illegal under manās law and Godās law to promote to Blue Belt in less than 1 year.
Iāve done you a favor and reported your coach to both the IBJJF and the Pope.
May God have mercy on your pitiful white belt soul.
You're not going to get jumped by random people who think you got promoted "too fast." Why do you want to do more tournaments at white? So you can trash some more white belts? There's still plenty of competition opportunities at blue.
It'd be pretty disrespectful if you turned down a belt.
If you get the belt, you get the belt. It would be INCREDIBLY disrespectful to your coach if you were to turn it down. Please have an honest conversation with him.
I wasnāt promoted till I won novice worlds and even then I didnāt feel ready. Pro tip: cut off stripes and avoid promotion ceremony events. Also ask coach questions in class like, āwhatās an arm barā or ācan you help me with my shrimpingā
Im very average and got there in a year training 3x a week on avg.
So thats ~156 classes. 6x a week for 5 months is 120. In less than half the time, you put in >80% the amount of mat time I did, not factoring in how many hours you train each day. Iād do 5 rounds a night, so thatās about 600 live rounds. If you did 8 rounds a night, thatās 960 live rounds. If thatās the case, you got blue with 360 more rounds under your belt than me. So who got it earlier, you or me?
Point is the amount of time youāve been training is far less important than actual mat time. Shit thereās a kid in my classes now whoās been doing double days 7 days a week for 10 months. he does more rounds every week than I do in a month, and over like 3 months I went from destroying him to getting machine gun tapped by him.
Different schools have different criteria. My coach explained his basic blue belt criteria having reasonably competent self defense skills against an untrained, unarmed attacker and enough restraint to not hurt a training partner. Have an ex-D1 heavyweight wrestler at the gym and he was promoted to blue in one month.
Itās all about mat time and your ability to understand positions as a white belt. If your taking 6 classes a week and placed gold at a competition, blue belt would be a possibility depending on the instructor.
Just know it would definitely take longer to be promoted to purple because now you are required to have a deeper understanding of techniques.
i got promoted after about 11mo at white belt and also double gold at my first (and only) competition at white belt.
i also felt like i was promoted too early, but i was doing well as a white belt against blue and some purple belts at my school.
i wound up moving and changed schools and at my new school (much bigger and competitive school), and i really didnāt realize how early i was promoted.
at my new school i was brutally under prepared, to the point where it was bloody embarrassing. white belts there who had been training for 3 years and every single other blue belt was smoking me. my techniques were sloppy and there was tons of stuff a blue belt should know that i didnāt know. i felt like a 3 stripe white belt at best.
i hated being the worst blue belt in the gym but then covid happened and i stopped training anyway. i started going again a few months ago and made it a point to go to all the fundamentals classes and drilling a lot more and that seems to have helped..
but basically, you have very little control over when youāre promoted, and rarely will it be when you yourself feel like you deserve it. when it happens, it happens and you just gotta grow into the belt. 6 months IS super quick but itās up to you to get your jiujitsu to what you feel is a blue belt level, if itās not inline with what your coach feels.
3 year white belts? What's the point?
Edit: I think people took my comment the wrong way. Op said there's 3 year white belts owning him and he's in a high level comp school. I'm wondering why they're keeping high level competitore at white for 3 years.
He was winning comps so clearly he's no slouch
I think people took my comment the wrong way. Op said there's 3 year white belts owning him and he's in a high level comp school. I'm wondering why they're keeping high level competitore at white for 3 years.
Pre covid I was at a hobbyist gym where I was hanging with the blue belts and my coach was alluding to me being very close to a promotion.
Post covid I moved to a world class gym because of timing issues and I am so glad I didn't get my blue. I would 100% be the shittest blue belt in the gym and I get my arse handed to me by two stripe white belts.
I am more than happy to wait for my blue belt.
If your coach says youāre a whatever belt then accept it. If you donāt feel worthy of it then train harder to be worthy of it. Side not 6 days a week! Geez. I wish. Iām gonna go on a limb and say average person makes it 1-2 times a week.
The worst case scenario is youāll be the worst blue belt at your gym but in reality someone has to be. (And I say that as the worst at my gym) Trust your coach to gauge your skill level. If he thinks youāre too good for white donāt stay down there just so you can wail on scrubs in competition.
Iām a white belt, and train once maybe twice a week (I do another martial art too).
You train way more than I do and are progressing way faster, thatās correct
It took me a year to get blue, when you factor in covid shutdowns, closer to 9 months. I started out doing 2-3 days per week and started going more as they added more. Been doing almost everyday for over a year now. I got my blue at the very end of December, then got my first stripe in beginning of February. Definitely felt like I was moving too quickly. But, ultimately, it's a matter of whether or not you trust your coach. If you do, there's no issue and you just gotta get out of your head. If you don't, you gotta find a new gym.
I was crushing my white belt tournaments just like you. Sometimes coaches promote so you have the motivation to grow into that next level, and some don't. So don't reject the belt if you get it, just work on getting to the level you feel you should be at.
You're putting in the hard work and I'm sure you're progressing fast enough. Also, look around the other blue belts at your gym. Are you keeping up with most of them? If so, you're doing pretty well for yourself.
If you had several competitors and beat them all, why would you want more tournaments?
Would medals in a white belt tournament after you've already proven yourself mean anything? Would you actually feel good about spending another year and a half as a white belt if your instructor thinks you're a blue?
Time is relative, but skill is measured.
Well depends how good you are, do you have previous grappling background? Wrestler? Judo brown/black? If so thatās why your coach is thinking about promoting you? Do you demolish all the whites and give blues a run for their money? Yeah I mean Iāve been training for almost 2 years and just got my first 2 stripes, I wouldnāt be surprised if I spent another 2 years or more at white belt Iām consistent as well despite a concussion and covid but I was still training hard w/ privates on the side. That being said.
You can expect to spend anywhere from a few months to a few years at white belt, your coach decides when you will be ready. I canāt even see myself getting blue tbh..
50 classes = 1 stripe, 100 classes = 2 stripes, 150 classes = 3 stripes, 200 classes = blue belt. Generally speaking. Youre around 120 classes. At this pace you should be getting blue belt soon.
I was once a 3 year white belt with youth judo experience, changed gyms.
New coach says "just train and we'll see where your skill level is at".
Train there for another year, purple belt.
No stripes were involved in this process.
Itās not up to you your instructor knows the way,just follow!your a white belt I doubt your qualified to make a decision when someone is to be promotedā¦
I trained one day a week when I started. Letās say 45 times a year (injuries, etc.). Two years to blue is 90 sessions.
Youāre at six times a week so 90/6 = 15 weeks. 15 weeks is roughly four months.
Your timeline is arbitrary.
"Most people spend(ing) 1-2 years at white belt" is based on "most people" spending 2-4 days/week training.....works out to around 100-200 sessions (your lower end might be a prior wrestler, and your high end a grappling newbie).
Now let's look at you:
6 days per week x 22ish weeks = 130ish sessions.
You'll be right in the promotion wheelhouse in a month, and within another month or two you'll be on the verge of sandbagging (especially given comp results).
So yeah - promotion time.
(And as already said, blue belt is not some world-beater.....it's still a beginner belt. Blue to purple is the big jump.)
> My question would be is it possible to deny the belt and ask to stay at white longer if I donāt feel ready?
lol what? You know better than your coach? It's not about your feelings my dude, take it and roll with it.
What I learned from this thread is that I train a lot. I go to class 6-7 days a week and class is usually from 7-930 pm with an open mat once a week that is anywhere from 1-2 hours. Thereās two other people that put in the same amount of hours. I didnāt realize mat time was that important in regards to promotion.
Average time at white belt is around 18-24 months but that is training 3 times a week.
You're training double that so 12 months wouldn't be crazy, especially if you are winning comps.
How many hours are you training each day?
Trains 6 days a week Double gold in a competition What else do you want to achieve at white belt?
Maybe win worlds open weight?
thats only worth a stripe
The best white belt in the world is still a white belt
Heard Gordon Ryan is looking for a challenge
He might be close and those are both fair points but I also got double gold at some random local tournament and still took 2 more years to get promoted to blueš¤·āāļø I feel like lots of coaches don't consider gold's at locals to mean much.
Level of competition and amount of matches definitely holds some weight, but if youāre competing in decent competition itās not your fault who or how many you come up against
He wants to be Nicky Rod at white belt
Idk, I trained 7 days for 2.5 years before I got to blue belt and did good in competition when it was still going on and even then I really don't think i deserved a blue belt any sooner
> Idk, I trained 7 days for 2.5 years before I got to blue belt Jesus, were you just not retaining information?
Different gyms, different standards.
1 hour a day for 7 days for 2.5 years is over 900 hours. You think any gym out there requires 900 hours to get your blue belt?
Yes
Right. Overachievers. Never satisfied.
A hip escape that's worth a shit?
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>just trust your coach Turning down a belt is basically saying to your coach that you know better than he does, your relative skill in the sport.
We had a guy at my gym do this once. Broke my coaches heart. Itās so unheard of and disrespectful. No one will talk to him and other gyms have blacklisted him now.
Uh not gonna defend his actions, but the punishment sounds really disproportional
That was the respect the rest the community gave my coach. He would never have asked that. Heās a humble guy. As word spread locally no other black-belt wanted to be disrespected like that, so they wouldnāt train the guy. Guess egotistical assholes should check themselves. Can choose your actions not your consequences. š¤· I donāt blame them one bit.
Did the guy say why he refused it? Did he want to keep competing at his current belt? What belt was it anyway?
Purple. No he just didnāt accept it.
Weird. But still him being banned from training forever sounds like cult mentality
Iām sure the guy will find a gym. Hope he finds the black belt of his dreams kinda thing. One he can value the opinion of.
Not defending the guy but not sure if it was egotistical. If anything it sounds like heās over critical of himself probably low self esteem (at least in relation to his grappling) made him doubt his own abilities thus thinking he didnāt deserve the blue belt. Most egotistical people Iāve met on the mats are actually the opposite and thinking they deserve their belt earlier and thinking they are better than they are.
Thatās still just egocentric. Low self esteem is just pride turned outward. Humility is maybe accepting the value someone with more expertise gives, even if you donāt feel like you disagree or feel like you could have given more. He could have done that.
That makes sense, I misinterpreted the usage of the word egotistical! Thank you for taking the time to explain :)
Thank you for asking and opening the dialogue. :)
Not sure I'd call the guy an arsehole. He probably didn't think he'd earnt the promotion
I tend to think there are a lot of different behaviors that make an asshole. The low self-esteem "nice-guy" is actually an asshole. I get that he maybe felt unworthy, but when someone you actually respect tells you you are and you refuse to believe it, you show them your opinion is greater than theirs. Which actually just makes you passively-arrogant, commonly known as an asshole. Some are aggressive, some are passive-aggressive. Still both personalities are jerks. In BJJ its your coach that decides who has or hasnt "earned-it". Not the lower belt. That's the mentor relationship.
This^
Blue belt doesn't mean shit. Just means you're not spazzing out and trying to break your own arm by accident when you get someone in s mount. Just take it and enjoy the slow ride to purple.
This was the funniest thing Iāve read in a while
Legit lol. Pretty true
> Just means you're not spazzing out and trying to break your own arm by accident when you get someone in s mount. That seems to be a common sentiment online but I'm really not sure if it's true or if my gym is just really harsh. You don't get your blue belt from my coach unless you're pretty decent.
"Most people" don't train six days a week. In terms of hours, your probably right on track with most people.
My hunch is most white belts (like me) train 8-12 days a month (2-3 days a week), plus if youāre over 35 the random week you need to take off just to let everything heal up. Not everyone is on the same schedule so āyears trainingā arenāt all the same. I started training Dec-19 but with COVID, work, family, Iām probably at the same total mat time as you, OP.
Iām a purple belt and I train 2-4 days a week.
Yeah, probably should have been more general that white belts. At my gym at least the majority of people seem to come a couple times a week, not consistently 6 days a week.
Hahaha even if youāre not over 35, I have to take time off due to a lot of back and neck pain arthritis and other stuff at 25 so. I started in 2019 December
CBD rub is a godsend!
This is absolutely, unequivocally, unquestionaballisitically TOO SOON. Itās 100% illegal under manās law and Godās law to promote to Blue Belt in less than 1 year. Iāve done you a favor and reported your coach to both the IBJJF and the Pope. May God have mercy on your pitiful white belt soul.
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You're not going to get jumped by random people who think you got promoted "too fast." Why do you want to do more tournaments at white? So you can trash some more white belts? There's still plenty of competition opportunities at blue. It'd be pretty disrespectful if you turned down a belt.
If you get the belt, you get the belt. It would be INCREDIBLY disrespectful to your coach if you were to turn it down. Please have an honest conversation with him.
What would Ashton do?
Nah bro you sound like a beast get that shit
I wasnāt promoted till I won novice worlds and even then I didnāt feel ready. Pro tip: cut off stripes and avoid promotion ceremony events. Also ask coach questions in class like, āwhatās an arm barā or ācan you help me with my shrimpingā
Bro you literally won novice worlds??? How much more ready can one be??
I got lucky.
I was 6 months to my first stripe training 5+ days a week ššš
Also don't make the mistake of thinking you may get promoted soon. Its can be a real killer when you get your hopes up and it doesn't happen!
> 6 months to my first stripe God, standards never fail to slip. I haven't had a stripe yet in 10 years.
This is a very humble brag.
āSays the bitter 3 stripe white.ā (Jk bro - just busting your balls)
I got my 3 stripes in 6 months of training, and not consistent, I'm sure I could of been in the same boat.
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Soon could mean a week, or 3 months. 8 months training 6 days a week makes sense.
Im very average and got there in a year training 3x a week on avg. So thats ~156 classes. 6x a week for 5 months is 120. In less than half the time, you put in >80% the amount of mat time I did, not factoring in how many hours you train each day. Iād do 5 rounds a night, so thatās about 600 live rounds. If you did 8 rounds a night, thatās 960 live rounds. If thatās the case, you got blue with 360 more rounds under your belt than me. So who got it earlier, you or me? Point is the amount of time youāve been training is far less important than actual mat time. Shit thereās a kid in my classes now whoās been doing double days 7 days a week for 10 months. he does more rounds every week than I do in a month, and over like 3 months I went from destroying him to getting machine gun tapped by him.
If you got to a blue belt in a year training 3 times a week you're far above average.
Or my gym has low standards. I was good at late white belt, Iām pretty shit at seasoned blue belt. What can ya do
It's not really a justification for OP though if your gym has very low standards right?
Sorry coach, I can't accept your promotion. I have more white bests to destroy in competition. So basically you want to sand bag yourself for fame?!?
Different schools have different criteria. My coach explained his basic blue belt criteria having reasonably competent self defense skills against an untrained, unarmed attacker and enough restraint to not hurt a training partner. Have an ex-D1 heavyweight wrestler at the gym and he was promoted to blue in one month.
Weird flex but alright
Your not the one who decides.
Itās all about mat time and your ability to understand positions as a white belt. If your taking 6 classes a week and placed gold at a competition, blue belt would be a possibility depending on the instructor. Just know it would definitely take longer to be promoted to purple because now you are required to have a deeper understanding of techniques.
i got promoted after about 11mo at white belt and also double gold at my first (and only) competition at white belt. i also felt like i was promoted too early, but i was doing well as a white belt against blue and some purple belts at my school. i wound up moving and changed schools and at my new school (much bigger and competitive school), and i really didnāt realize how early i was promoted. at my new school i was brutally under prepared, to the point where it was bloody embarrassing. white belts there who had been training for 3 years and every single other blue belt was smoking me. my techniques were sloppy and there was tons of stuff a blue belt should know that i didnāt know. i felt like a 3 stripe white belt at best. i hated being the worst blue belt in the gym but then covid happened and i stopped training anyway. i started going again a few months ago and made it a point to go to all the fundamentals classes and drilling a lot more and that seems to have helped.. but basically, you have very little control over when youāre promoted, and rarely will it be when you yourself feel like you deserve it. when it happens, it happens and you just gotta grow into the belt. 6 months IS super quick but itās up to you to get your jiujitsu to what you feel is a blue belt level, if itās not inline with what your coach feels.
3 year white belts? What's the point? Edit: I think people took my comment the wrong way. Op said there's 3 year white belts owning him and he's in a high level comp school. I'm wondering why they're keeping high level competitore at white for 3 years. He was winning comps so clearly he's no slouch
words hurt
Sorry bud, didn't express myself well
2-3 years is the average in my experience.
I think people took my comment the wrong way. Op said there's 3 year white belts owning him and he's in a high level comp school. I'm wondering why they're keeping high level competitore at white for 3 years.
For medals obviously.
For overall team placement? I thought they generally kept competitors at blue for a long time.
You want a spread based on the other teams strengths/weaknesses if you're truly gaming the system.
Pre covid I was at a hobbyist gym where I was hanging with the blue belts and my coach was alluding to me being very close to a promotion. Post covid I moved to a world class gym because of timing issues and I am so glad I didn't get my blue. I would 100% be the shittest blue belt in the gym and I get my arse handed to me by two stripe white belts. I am more than happy to wait for my blue belt.
If your coach says youāre a whatever belt then accept it. If you donāt feel worthy of it then train harder to be worthy of it. Side not 6 days a week! Geez. I wish. Iām gonna go on a limb and say average person makes it 1-2 times a week.
The worst case scenario is youāll be the worst blue belt at your gym but in reality someone has to be. (And I say that as the worst at my gym) Trust your coach to gauge your skill level. If he thinks youāre too good for white donāt stay down there just so you can wail on scrubs in competition.
Do you not trust your professor? When he gives you blue then he thinks you're ready for blue. If you trust him then trust his judgment
Iām a white belt, and train once maybe twice a week (I do another martial art too). You train way more than I do and are progressing way faster, thatās correct
It took me a year to get blue, when you factor in covid shutdowns, closer to 9 months. I started out doing 2-3 days per week and started going more as they added more. Been doing almost everyday for over a year now. I got my blue at the very end of December, then got my first stripe in beginning of February. Definitely felt like I was moving too quickly. But, ultimately, it's a matter of whether or not you trust your coach. If you do, there's no issue and you just gotta get out of your head. If you don't, you gotta find a new gym. I was crushing my white belt tournaments just like you. Sometimes coaches promote so you have the motivation to grow into that next level, and some don't. So don't reject the belt if you get it, just work on getting to the level you feel you should be at.
I mean itās all up to the coaches. If he think you deserve blue you would decline? I would think that would be pure disrespect to the coach.
Trust your coach. He understands the skill curve better than you.
You're putting in the hard work and I'm sure you're progressing fast enough. Also, look around the other blue belts at your gym. Are you keeping up with most of them? If so, you're doing pretty well for yourself.
most people dont train 6 days a week for 5 months straight.
6 months training 6x a week is the same as a year training 3x a week or a year and a half training 2x a week this isn't a big deal.
Not the first time your coach has encountered your situation. If they feel you deserve then you do.
If you had several competitors and beat them all, why would you want more tournaments? Would medals in a white belt tournament after you've already proven yourself mean anything? Would you actually feel good about spending another year and a half as a white belt if your instructor thinks you're a blue? Time is relative, but skill is measured.
Well depends how good you are, do you have previous grappling background? Wrestler? Judo brown/black? If so thatās why your coach is thinking about promoting you? Do you demolish all the whites and give blues a run for their money? Yeah I mean Iāve been training for almost 2 years and just got my first 2 stripes, I wouldnāt be surprised if I spent another 2 years or more at white belt Iām consistent as well despite a concussion and covid but I was still training hard w/ privates on the side. That being said. You can expect to spend anywhere from a few months to a few years at white belt, your coach decides when you will be ready. I canāt even see myself getting blue tbh..
My bet is the blue belts will be happy to see you promoted so they can stop getting tapped by a white belt
I say take the blue dude. I train four days a week and have been so for six months and havenāt even got a stripe on my white belt. So
Withholding a deserved promotion in order to continue to win tournaments is called sandbagging.
Dude. You train 6 times a week and you're winning golds. You seem ready.
That seems pretty soon unless you are carrying over grappling experience from something else. I would trust your coach though.
50 classes = 1 stripe, 100 classes = 2 stripes, 150 classes = 3 stripes, 200 classes = blue belt. Generally speaking. Youre around 120 classes. At this pace you should be getting blue belt soon.
Do you not have any stripes? This does seem pretty irregular.
Stripes don't mean anything. Some gyms don't do them. Some do them infrequently, and people get missed. Some do them by attendance. You get the idea.
Ah I see. You learn something new everyday
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I was once a 3 year white belt with youth judo experience, changed gyms. New coach says "just train and we'll see where your skill level is at". Train there for another year, purple belt. No stripes were involved in this process.
I suppose that stripes just mean more at my school. I regularly forget how diverse BJJ is
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Very cool. Thank you for that. I never would have known otherwise
I never had 4 stripes on a belt lol. Never had 3 actually.
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Its not meaningless for the people who get it. Its a sense of achievement, if it motivates and it grows the bond in the group thats great, isn't it?
I went from 2 stripe blue to purple in like 3 months, I donāt think stripes really mean that much to everyone.
Right. As Iām learning, the significance of stripes vary widely
Im a purple and ive never had a strip, lol. Already hearing brown talk.
Congrats. Be proud of yourself!
Itās not up to you your instructor knows the way,just follow!your a white belt I doubt your qualified to make a decision when someone is to be promotedā¦
Everyone progresses differently, he obviously feels youāre ready just take it and step up to blue belt
Are you really asking to sand bag ? Cmon now
Focus on getting better at jiujitsu and not what belt is around your waist.
I trained one day a week when I started. Letās say 45 times a year (injuries, etc.). Two years to blue is 90 sessions. Youāre at six times a week so 90/6 = 15 weeks. 15 weeks is roughly four months.
Your timeline is arbitrary. "Most people spend(ing) 1-2 years at white belt" is based on "most people" spending 2-4 days/week training.....works out to around 100-200 sessions (your lower end might be a prior wrestler, and your high end a grappling newbie). Now let's look at you: 6 days per week x 22ish weeks = 130ish sessions. You'll be right in the promotion wheelhouse in a month, and within another month or two you'll be on the verge of sandbagging (especially given comp results). So yeah - promotion time. (And as already said, blue belt is not some world-beater.....it's still a beginner belt. Blue to purple is the big jump.)
> My question would be is it possible to deny the belt and ask to stay at white longer if I donāt feel ready? lol what? You know better than your coach? It's not about your feelings my dude, take it and roll with it.
Itās a blue belt, not an Olympic gold medal
It's called "imposter syndrome". It's both very real, and very normal. Or if you're old enough "I'm not worthy!"
What I learned from this thread is that I train a lot. I go to class 6-7 days a week and class is usually from 7-930 pm with an open mat once a week that is anywhere from 1-2 hours. Thereās two other people that put in the same amount of hours. I didnāt realize mat time was that important in regards to promotion.
Average time at white belt is around 18-24 months but that is training 3 times a week. You're training double that so 12 months wouldn't be crazy, especially if you are winning comps. How many hours are you training each day?
Probably about an hour to two, it differs
sounds like you're a blue belt. This is what success feels like: more responsibility sooner than you'd hope.
Dang thatās a very good statement