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Let's Talk Jiu Jitsu Podcast about beltchecker etc.

6 year(s) ago • 433 views • 9 replies

Christian Graugart
Christian GraugartOP
Black belt 4th degreeVerified4323 forum posts39320/1000
6 year(s) ago
Just watched it. Not bad. Sitting in your car? Lol
I had to go somewhere with proper mobile data connection and it was too much sun to be out of the car haha
Dave Roy
Dave Roy
Black belt 3rd degreeVerified74 forum posts5305/1000
6 year(s) ago
"Who the fuck fakes a Jiu-Jitsu belt anyway?" (51:20) - I've had two fake black belts come into my school in the last couple of years. Full of excuses as to why they can't roll hard, or roll at all in one case. Both guys 'got their black belts' from people I've never heard of and couldn't find online. The one guy that did roll was a decent blue belt at best.

I had another guy come in and say he was a black belt in 'grappling'. Some people are funny. And by funny, I mean stupid.

Good interview!
Edited 6 year(s) ago
Soh Boon Haw
Soh Boon Haw
Black belt 1st degreeVerified17 forum posts3340/1000
6 year(s) ago
'Who the fuck fakes a Jiu-Jitsu belt anyway?' (51:20) - I've had two fake black belts come into my school in the last couple of years. Full of excuses as to why they can't roll hard, or roll at all in one case. Both guys 'got their black belts' from people I've never heard of and couldn't find online. The one guy that did roll was a decent blue belt at best. I had another guy come in and say he was a black belt in 'grappling'. People are funny. And by funny, I mean stupid. Good interview!
Its kinda of funny and furious sometimes when see someone got promoted but not up to that standard. I had seen people getting promoted to black belt but never join or win any comp in purple and brown. Its even funny when they cant even do a lasso or spider guard probably. It makes me doubt about the credential of his mentor.
Steven Zoll
Steven Zoll
Black belt 1st degreeVerified648 forum posts10510/1000
6 year(s) ago
Its kinda of funny and furious sometimes when see someone got promoted but not up to that standard. I had seen people getting promoted to black belt but never join or win any comp in purple and brown. Its even funny when they cant even do a lasso or spider guard probably. It makes me doubt about the credential of his mentor.
I completely agree that standards should be met, but I don't see joining or winning a comp at ANY rank as a requirement for promotions. There are numerous people, including myself, that do not compete due to health or other reasons. Not competing does not necessarily reflect a lack of knowledge. Just my 2 cents...
Soh Boon Haw
Soh Boon Haw
Black belt 1st degreeVerified17 forum posts3340/1000
6 year(s) ago
I completely agree that standards should be met, but I don't see joining or winning a comp at ANY rank as a requirement for promotions. There are numerous people, including myself, that do not compete due to health or other reasons. Not competing does not necessarily reflect a lack of knowledge. Just my 2 cents...
Yes. I agreed that joining or winning in competition is not requirement to get promoted. But if one can join more extreme sport and not bjj, then i dont see any logic reason he cannot join bjj competition. Not only judging from participation in competition, if one awarded as a black belt, one should be able to show basic and smooth transition for bjj techniques
Christopher Howes
Christopher Howes
Black beltVerified101 forum posts4070/1000
6 year(s) ago
Good interview! Very clearly articulated responses to their questions. Did Beltchecker get a massive increase in traffic? I could not access the site for a while.
Tatu Piispanen
Tatu Piispanen
Black beltVerified1355 forum posts10295/1000
6 year(s) ago
Goddamn the interviewer's voice sounds really bad, like it's breaking up all the time, even though he has the pro microphone... Fortunately it's you doing most of the talking. A good listen!
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