A younger bigger guy tapping out a brown belt in no gi with the same move 4 times is not very impressive. Granted the instructor shouldn't have made the challenge video in the first place, but the actual roll didn't show any particularly skillful technique on either guys' part.

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Being on here a while, I know there are those who are not fans of Gracie Jiu-jitsu for varying reasons. Well, I'm not posting this to trigger anyone. However, being a long distance and mostly ONLINE GU student (I go to local classes some). I thought this was neat-o! This is video of an instructor in Vermont being disrespectful to Rener online. He also claimed GU purple belts had trash Jiu-jitsu. Ah, the school yard stuff is silly, but fun and entertaining. That is how I take it. https://youtu.be/dcOjQBp7[...]6FoMH6gAp-

I saw that photo of you standing next Royce. I wonder what his thoughts on the younger, bigger purple belt vs. the brown belt would be. Sincerely curious.

Curious. How do you go about getting a purple belt by doing mostly online work?

Royce told me that as an older BJJ practitioner it was good to concentrate on defense when rolling with younger more athletic opponents. Every 10 years counts as one belt rank. Every 10 pounds counts as another. That's why there are weight classes and age brackets in competitions. I don't have a problem with sleeper finishes. (RNC is a term incorrectly borrowed from a translation of a judo choke, you can call it whatever you'd like.) I just think that if he's trying to demonstrate superiority, he should have other tools in his belt. I'm not saying he wasn't competent, he was simply rather boring. I would also argue that the stats you gave are for UFC which is most definitely NOT the same as BJJ. BJJ is a sport and striking is not allowed. Also BJJ is meant to be done in a gi where the "RNC" is considerably easier to defend against.

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I live by what Professor Gracie said there. I'm a 63 year old, 158lb, white belt. My life is spent in bad positions. I watched his video on not being afraid of bad positions and took it to heart. When I'm in a bad position (70% of my roll time), I focus on defending the primary attack limb, see where the support is coming from and focus on breathing and relaxing. Then feel where his base is and where I might take advantage. I still get submitted a lot but, I can feel an improvement in my defensive game. Even the people I roll with tell my how much I've improved.

Excellent question! I got it from Ribiero (formerly)/Six blades school in SW GA. The online work is self-defense stuff with a partner at home. Hence, mostly online GU. I spend more time working on that stuff and only about a day or two in a sport bjj gym. The schools I go to that I supplement my training through have promoted me. I don't think they are threatened by the concept of me training at other places. I can give you the contact info of the black belts that work and run the gym and thought I was worthy of the purple belt...It's the only Six Blades in SW Georgia so it's not hard to find. I'm sure you can manage on your own, but if you would like my assistance, please don't hesitate to ask. I'm not going to let the keypad get away from me, but I'm certain I can avail myself as a purple belt with good solid fundamental jiu-jitsu. I'm not talking about competition. I mean similar to what they did in the video. As far as RNC defense goes, I'm pretty solid I should think. What was your impression of the video?

I'm not trying to zing you, but...it's not just MMA. It's also in a Gi. https://ibjjf.com/news/th[...]-jiu-jitsu This one includes all chokes from the back, not just RNC,

Anyone who gets a purple belt from a legit black belt is a purple belt. I am not doubting your rank, I was just curious. In my opinion the video just shows that most jiu jitsu guys don't understand how Gracie University actually operates. I started my journey at a GU briefly and have my kid training at one cause their kids program is excellent. I just like doing sport jiu jitsu more now myself.

I see. There is a misconception (I'm not saying that you've made) that a brown belt at GU or a CTC can award a purple belt. Being a purple belt myself awarded outside of GU, it is recognized, but as a technical or technically purple. However, if I wanted a GU purple, I've got to go test with a Black belt at GU or a CTC. I probably will! Even If I get promoted again. I with you! I love watching the sport. I absolutely get tense and have to regulate myself, but I don't like sitting up in seated guard because I think about the strikes. That's just one example. So, my sport guard game is trash, but my sweeps and defense is pretty good when my guard is passed as a purple belt, and it most often does get flanked! I have my boy training the curriculum also. If a daughter is in my future, I'll work through it with her as well. It is very useful and thoughtful.

Why did the challenger ask for a purple belt if he was a brown belt? Did he originally issue the challenge as a purple belt and then get promoted to brown before Gracie University sent somebody (since it may have taken a while for Rener and his team to hear about the YouTube video)? I had the good fortune to train at Gracie University in person about a year ago, and I was genuinely impressed by the quality of the instruction and the skill level of their upper belts. I was there for a two-day seminar, so I was training eight hours a day plus attending some of their morning/evening classes before/after the seminar. If someone is interested in old-school self-defense BJJ, it’s a very good place to train.

Why did the challenger ask for a purple belt if he was a brown belt? Did he originally issue the challenge as a purple belt and then get promoted to brown?

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Aitken is an experienced professional fighter. It seems clear that he is trying to make a name for himself. If he wins, he gets fame and notoriety. If he loses, he gets to train with Rener. Sounds like a win-win scenario to me.

I understand my opinion doesn't matter much since I am a white belt with less than 6 months experience. I respect Brandon for the way he apologized after rolling with the Gracie purple belt. But, how long is this going to go on, until someone beats a Gracie practitioner? And then what? Go on YouTube and say Gracie BJJ isn't good? Isn't that what tournaments are for? If someone wants to challenge someone from another gym sign up for a tournament. I see BJJ as a family. I have competed in one tournament and competed hard. But, I don't understand this need to call out another gym and challenge them. Just the opinion of a lowly white belt.

I understand my opinion doesn't matter much since I am a white belt with less than 6 months experience. I respect Brandon for the way he apologized after rolling with the Gracie purple belt. But, how long is this going to go on, until someone beats a Gracie practitioner? And then what? Go on YouTube and say Gracie BJJ isn't good? Isn't that what tournaments are for? If someone wants to challenge someone from another gym sign up for a tournament. I see BJJ as a family. I have competed in one tournament and competed hard. But, I don't understand this need to call out another gym and challenge them. Just the opinion of a lowly white belt.

I thought the original challenge was a challenge of the idea (and commercial concept) that you would develop good purple belts (or any higher belts) through a long distance franchise relationship as compared to having high level instructors available to you in person as well as high level training partners to sharpen each other with. Building on the assumption that that is what Gracie University currently is all about. While the purple belt had more or less lived in the main dojo, with the level of instructions and training partners which comes with that. So the whole thing looks like a big misunderstanding. Personally, I feel no need to challenge anyone over the fact that you'd develop much faster with a high level instructor and training partners available to you regularly where you train. My own instructor was living in Brazil (now the US) and the first decade or even longer in Sweden (and Europe), it really wasn't that easy to find really good training partners. So if I'd have to make that point, it'd be more effective if I got my a** handed to me by someone who had been training for as long (30 years) AND who had access to what I was missing. I would be disappointed in myself if someone I have trained for 10 years wouldn't (with a time machine) easily destroy me 10 years into my own BJJ training.