Training
Most training has students wearing a gi/kimono on a floor with padded mats. A typical class involves 30 minutes of warm up and conditioning, 30 minutes of technique practice with a partner, and 30 minutes of grappling training against an opponent of equal skill who attempts to submit you. Most grappling begins with both students facing each other from a kneeling position. |
Belt ranks
Belt ranks start at white belt and progress through blue, purple, brown, and then black. It generally takes 2-3 years of training multiple times per week to be promoted to the next belt rank. There is, however, no formal rank test. Rather rank is about the ability to apply jiu jitsu techniques in a competitive match. A student generally needs to be able to reliably defeat most other students at
a given rank in order to be promoted to the next rank. |
