Plenty of other competitions out there.

is it that you didn't register as a purple belt? Whats the sticky wicket? Asking as I will do a IBJJF so I can say 'I did one' and am a purple belt. Was just curious.

Exactly. Never competed with them before so now I need 2nd degree bb to have a provisional membership for 2 years.

I've done litterally every competition within a 8 hour drive in 2022 and I managed to find a single brown belt master 2 at a wright class above mine. I'm stuck in adult, absolutes and super fights with lower belts or pros.

What stupid rules. A similar thing happened to me when I was promoted to black belt after 2 years of brown belt. I could not enroll in the European neither as a black belt not as a brown belt because I hadn't registered before as a purple belt.

Looks like you need a Canadian 2nd degree bb in good standing? Crazy that Jay can't sign off on it though; apparently your rank stops at the border?

Completely understand. If I want to find the best guys at my weight/age/rank, then I have to deal with the evil empire, and so would you in your position, unfortunately. Just spitballing here, but what if you were to have a US address? You'd still be able to compete in any tournament, er, ahem, 'championship' that they put on, anywhere in the world. Do you have friends in the US who would forward you your paperwork/ID?

It seems like purple belt is the point (at least anecdotally) where you have to register - interesting that was the old level you had to be to register to do IBJJF comps before they got even more money hungry

They're asking for real bills and IDs. Would be easier to Photoshop them at this point

Real bills?

Like utilities, driver's license, etc

Looks like you need a Canadian 2nd degree bb in good standing? Crazy that Jay can't sign off on it though; apparently your rank stops at the border?

is it that you didn't register as a purple belt? Whats the sticky wicket? Asking as I will do a IBJJF so I can say 'I did one' and am a purple belt. Was just curious.

It's a stupid new rule/change they made recently. Just like what the did for black belt. If you didn't have an active membership as a brown belt, you're unfortunately on a 1 year probation period for your first year at black belt. So, now, with brown belt, you will have to have an active membership at purple belt. If not, you're put on a 1 year probation period when you get your brown belt. What that means is, where the IBJJF has the minimum time at rank for brown at 1.5 years, they won't start counting that time at rank until 1 year after your brown belt promotion. You 1.5 year at brown is now at 2.5. And if you don't have an active membership at brown belt, your time at rank of 3 years to your 1st degree black belt is now 4 years. Before that only had that requirement for black belts, now they have that requirement for brown belts.

It’s actually a 2 year probationary period. Also, if you change professors during the probationary period, your time starts over.

Two years? Holy crap! This is ridiculous! Is that a more recent change?

Also, if you change professors during the probationary period, your time starts over.

So it's basically an institutionalized test of loyalty. A creonte filter at a 'governing body' level. This is what you get when those with the most money just grab the power (or pretend they did, at least).

While I agree that the IBJJF is bullshit, what can we do about it? They have everyone by the proverbial cojones and many practitioners support them.

I think it's 1 year probationary period for brown belts, and 2 for black. I registered for the first time as a brown belt in 2019, and it was one year.

who are willing to basically devote their life to the cause with the likelihood of no pay for it.