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Youth Promotion Guidelines / Timelines
2 year(s) ago • 10277 views • 5 replies
JMBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
2 year(s) ago
I would love some feedback from the community regarding your promotion standards for children. Of course I am familiar with the belt rank structure, but wanted to ask some questions as follows:
Do you require all children to go through all belt delineations (junior, solid, senior)
What is the minimum time in rank you require at each belt level
Is there a specific colored belt that you will always advance to Blue upon the 16th birthday
While standards seem pretty direct in regards to usual and customary procedures with adult ranks, I find way less resource info regarding youth ranks and promotional criteria.
I have other thoughts to add, but would love some basic input from the community before I elaborate!
Do you require all children to go through all belt delineations (junior, solid, senior)
What is the minimum time in rank you require at each belt level
Is there a specific colored belt that you will always advance to Blue upon the 16th birthday
While standards seem pretty direct in regards to usual and customary procedures with adult ranks, I find way less resource info regarding youth ranks and promotional criteria.
I have other thoughts to add, but would love some basic input from the community before I elaborate!
BZBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
2 year(s) ago
I do have a solide group of childrens.
To be honest, i didn't follow the ibjjf belt systeme because it's one more time about $$$. I do prefere to use kind of judo/karate belt systeme with degrees on each so i can balise progression from 4 to 16 years old.
To be honest, i didn't follow the ibjjf belt systeme because it's one more time about $$$. I do prefere to use kind of judo/karate belt systeme with degrees on each so i can balise progression from 4 to 16 years old.
JMBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
2 year(s) ago
I do have a solide group of childrens. To be honest, i didn't follow the ibjjf belt systeme because it's one more time about $$$. I do prefere to use kind of judo/karate belt systeme with degrees on each so i can balise progression from 4 to 16 years old.
We have a very robust youth program also, and compete very regularly. I have been using judgement on promotions according to age, as you said to balance the progression.
Example, a student starting at 12 years old will promote directly to yellow when the time comes, then again to orange, and then green (assuming they are technically ready to promote). This puts them on a balanced track for promotion to Blue Belt at 16 years old. Just the same, someone starting at 5-6 years old will promote through each belt color option along their way as they have a decade of time before they are eligible for Blue Belt.
May I ask if you use any mandatory time in rank between promotions?
Example, a student starting at 12 years old will promote directly to yellow when the time comes, then again to orange, and then green (assuming they are technically ready to promote). This puts them on a balanced track for promotion to Blue Belt at 16 years old. Just the same, someone starting at 5-6 years old will promote through each belt color option along their way as they have a decade of time before they are eligible for Blue Belt.
May I ask if you use any mandatory time in rank between promotions?
BBrown beltVerified
2 year(s) ago
I am the kids director for our school. I use the junior, solid, and senior ranks for all belts. For white and white gray, I keep them at those belts for 6 months each. After a year, they will be at a solid gray belt. Additionally, I have a 6 month curriculum that I teach so the student would have been exposed to the techniques at least once. Once a gray belt, I usually award a stripe every two months (8 months per belt). Of course, there can be students who advance quicker through the belts based on learning and implementing techniques faster and doing well in tournaments. We had a 13 year go from white to solid yellow after 1 year because he was doing very well in competitions.
BZBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
2 year(s) ago
We have a very robust youth program also, and compete very regularly. I have been using judgement on promotions according to age, as you said to balance the progression. Example, a student starting at 12 years old will promote directly to yellow when the time comes, then again to orange, and then green (assuming they are technically ready to promote). This puts them on a balanced track for promotion to Blue Belt at 16 years old. Just the same, someone starting at 5-6 years old will promote through each belt color option along their way as they have a decade of time before they are eligible for Blue Belt. May I ask if you use any mandatory time in rank between promotions?
Usualy i do like a special evaluation, twice a year where i give one stripe at the time, so they archive two stripes per year than the next color. So they may stay two years an a half on the same color belt. This is specialy as i say for extremly young Kids who starts at 4. Also, we only talk about belt and ranking on those special occasions, i don't want people to train for belts.
I stay open to exceptions. Sometimes, i made them pass two stripes at the time or jumping strait to the next color.
I have also teenagers who train in adults class and Kids class on the same time, for those i apply adults ranks.
I think it's on professor appreciation, you have to feel what's better for them, but for sure if you start with very young age, you need absolutly to have enough reload on that twelves years road😉
I stay open to exceptions. Sometimes, i made them pass two stripes at the time or jumping strait to the next color.
I have also teenagers who train in adults class and Kids class on the same time, for those i apply adults ranks.
I think it's on professor appreciation, you have to feel what's better for them, but for sure if you start with very young age, you need absolutly to have enough reload on that twelves years road😉
BMBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
2 year(s) ago
I find way less resource info regarding youth ranks and promotional criteria. I have other thoughts to add, but would love some basic input from the community before I elaborate!
The ibjjf has some extremely well-detailed criteria for children's ranks, and we pretty much follow their guidance to the t when grading kids: we keep track of their attendance, and award stripes/belts exclusively based on that. You can find a pdf file on their site, or I'd be happy to email you a copy if you can't find it.
To answer your specific questions on grading kids:
Do you require all children to go through all belt delineations (junior, solid, senior): yes.
What is the minimum time in rank you require at each belt level: like I was saying, we promote exclusively by attendance, so this is standard for everyone.
Is there a specific colored belt that you will always advance to Blue upon the 16th birthday: no. Once they're in the adult system, they're ranked accordingly, and if they suck then they don't get a belt, lol. Gray belts for life, bro.
To answer your specific questions on grading kids:
Do you require all children to go through all belt delineations (junior, solid, senior): yes.
What is the minimum time in rank you require at each belt level: like I was saying, we promote exclusively by attendance, so this is standard for everyone.
Is there a specific colored belt that you will always advance to Blue upon the 16th birthday: no. Once they're in the adult system, they're ranked accordingly, and if they suck then they don't get a belt, lol. Gray belts for life, bro.
