Grappling 8-9 Year Old Grey Belt -95 LBS. Air Balled a Guard Pull. Ezekial, Americana

[@LucasRMA]

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[@kstoneathletics]

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[@KingOfTheFuds]

At first, I was super impressed with his talent. However, It's clear from the timeline you sandbagged his belt progression. 1 year ago he was a white belt with 3 stripes and is now a grey black? Grey/white, solid grey, and now grey/black?!?! Each one should be an 8-month minimum. It's sad to see gyms do this. It damages the sport but especially the tournaments.

[@kstoneathletics]

Appreciate the feedback. All gyms do it differently. Some look at timeframes, show up a few weeks/months in a row get a stripe or two. His gym has 1 belt ceremony a year. There are not any stripes or belts given during that year. There are no stripes for just showing up. The coach sees where the progression of the athlete is at the end of the year and gives stripes/belts dependent on where he believes they are. Yes after his first full year he did skip from white belt to Grey/Black at his first belt ceremony as this is where his coach believed he was skill wise. If he were to be around the 8-month minimum as suggested he would still only be a grey/white or solid grey and that would definitely be sandbagging. November of this year would be 2 full years into BJJ with a 4 month break for football season, so 20 months in he is at Grey/Black. The open gym time and results from tournaments probably factored into the coach making this decision. The Belt ceremony next month he probably moves up again out of the grey belt bracket but we will see what his coach believes. The sandbagging of his belt progression though, it is the exact opposite. If he were to still be in the white/grey division for the coming up year then we fully agree that would be sandbagging.