The Gentle Art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, and MMA
Be a part of one of the most successful Brazilian Jiu Jitsu team in history.
Creating a new breed in jiu-jitsu
Our academy consistently provides support to students who wish to excel. Our vision of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is to create winning attitudes. We aim to create champions on and off the mat. No matter the age or the skill level of the student, our jiu-jitsu instructors are patient, well-trained, and experienced ready to help you reach your goals.
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Belt System
white
White belt is probably the most frustrating stage of Brazilian jiu-jitsu training. For one thing, when you start off as a brand new white belt, everyone in the gym is better than you, and it shows every time you roll. For about the first six months, you’re going to be tapping – a lot. And, this can be extremely hard for some people, especially if you’re the type of person who is very competitive.
0-1 year
blue
By the time you reach blue belt, you should have a firm grasp of the basics of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Yet, at this point you really haven’t developed a game; instead you’re still learning the fundamentals. And actually, blue belt is the stage where you transition from merely learning techniques to applying them in combinations. It’s also the stage where you’ll start developing your strategy, based on your own personal strengths, weaknesses, body type, physical capabilities, and personality. In other words, blue belt is when your game starts to emerge.
1-3 years
purple
The interesting thing about purple belt is that it takes about the same about of time and effort to get a purple belt in jiu-jitsu as it does to get a black belt in most other martial arts. By the time you reach purple belt, chances are good that you’ll have learned almost all the techniques in your school’s curriculum up to black belt. So, at this point it’s all about developing the sort of smooth transitions, combinations, and set-ups that separate a new purple belt from the seasoned faixa roxa who can dominate every blue belt in the school.
4-6 years
brown
At brown belt the student is almost a black belt. They are capable of using a wider variety of techniques in sparring than the lower ranks, purple belt included. And, they are expected to have a much deeper knowledge of the art at this stage as well. For the student who has reached brown belt, their goal in training is to learn all those subtleties that make the difference between merely adequate technique, and techniques that are optimally effective. It is a stage of refinement of skill, rather than the development of skill or the learning of new skills. And in reality, what the student is doing at brown belt is preparing to be a good black belt.
6-8 years
black
Black belt is really the rank where you’ve smoothed out all the rough edges in your technique. But not only that, a good black belt understands the why behind the technique, and they can teach those little nuances that make the difference between a merely good technique, and an expert technique. A good black belt can show you the subtleties that mean the difference between skill and mastery.