Sounds right. 9 years for the first 3 stripes (3 year wait), then 15 years for the next three (5 year wait). From IBJJF site: Athletes from the black belt ranking on (red and black belt, red and white belt and red belt) • Every promotion to a new degree in the black belt is only valid starting from the issuance of an IBJJF diploma, after the applicant meets the basic requirements present in Article 5. • The first degree can only be requested after a minimum of three (3) years of the black belt graduation. • The second and third grades can be requested only after a minimum period of three (3) years from the previous graduation. • The 4th, 5th and 6th grades can be requested only after a minimum period of 5 (five) years from the previous graduation. • The 7th and 8th grades (red and black belt) can be requested only after a period of 7 (seven) years from the previous graduation. • The 9th degree (red belt) can only be applied after a minimum period of 10 (ten) years from the previous graduation. • The 10th grade (red belt) was given only to the pioneers of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the Gracie brothers: Carlos, Oswaldo, George, Gaston and Helio. Note: The year or years the athlete does not renew his or her membership and/or register an academy with IBJJF will not count as time towards certifying a degree or degrees.

Ok that's what i was thinking also....because some wellknow french guy just get his 6°degree but he was graduated Black belt on 2000 so he normaly miss two years... it smell like money's involved because the Master who give it to him came at his gym for the first time....and now the publicity is that he's the first european to archive this rank...

Out him! There's been too little drama here recently :) I kid I kid, but ... yeah, sounds like fuckery involved in a race to be the first.

Back in the days stripes were common to be given in 2 years. I think for the first 2 stripes. Not sure if for the third it would follow that too. This IBJJF rule came after that, so I guess some old professors still follow this 2 years 'rule'.

As i say, the guy is legit, and his level is good, but if everybody has to follow the rules... He's one of the tree first french Black belt that i told the story in another post, went from blue to Black belt the same Day with Master Flavio Behring. I don't understand why making a run like this when you are already a fift degree Black belt, this is in fact amazing by itself....

As far as I know Master Malibu doesn't follow IBJJF rules for grading. He was really explicit in one of his promotions in youtube that he doesn't agree with such politics from IBJJF as he knows lots of people who should be be more graded than him and for some reason they are not. He graded Master Carlos Lima to coral belt and talked a bit about that. https://youtu.be/7vONUMfdJ7c (video in portuguese). I can be wrong, but that was my understanding. I do speak Portuguese but I can have miss interpreted.

he says at the end, that some people wearing the coral belt have like twenty years of jiu jitsu, then Carlos Lima says he train jiujitsu for 42 or 43 years.

Yeah, he says in other parts of the video that Carlos Lima was a brown belt for 10 years and he remember of being a lower belt than him. For some reason, probably when back in the days you were more depent on a few specific to grade you (more rivalry as well) some people ended in lower belts for ages. I think there are also evidences of Helio Gracie giving stripes just because he felt the person deserved not following any time rule. So in theory, we all just decided to follow ibjjf rules as it is something that makes sense to us as practioners.

Who cares? For those who care and are in the know, they understand. For those who care and are NOT in the know, that's equivalent to amazing 10-gold stripe ninja masters.

the site is calling 'beltchecker' so i check belt ;) if the site was called 'walkinginthewood' i would be already with my shoes on :) i'm a simple man

Malibu can do whatever he wants playboy. LOL

After asking GM Lasu off course.....

Ok that's what i was thinking also....because some wellknow french guy just get his 6°degree but he was graduated Black belt on 2000 so he normaly miss two years... it smell like money's involved because the Master who give it to him came at his gym for the first time....and now the publicity is that he's the first european to archive this rank...

there's one more 6th Degree black belt in Europe -Master Franco Vacirca

Patrick is legit. I've known him (or of him) for years. He's been around the Israeli scene since the beginning. being the teacher of one of Israel's BJJ/MMA pioneers in Ido Pariente. I'm personally not big on following IBJJF regulations for obvious reasons. I don't see myself a part of it, has no need of it and it provide me nothing in relation of my art and practice. As long as the partitioner is legit and the professor who promotes him is legit... I'm good. and as Jorgen said, 'For those who care and are in the know, they understand.'