STOP Thinking You Are Ready For The Next BJJ Belt Promotion! | Always Have A White Belt Mindset

Thinking of your next BJJ belt promotion can be exciting. My advice is to STOP right now!
In this video, I discuss students' common mindset while thinking they are ready for the next level. Every student should have the white belt mindset at all times.
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[@ChasenHill]

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[@badbabybear1]

Belt promotions are a cool recognition that you're coming along but, for me, just training and learning is fun. I like to focus on how I'm developing after every session.

[@bobbydabutcha]

Once I replaced my desire for belt rank with a genuine curiosity and dedication to Jiu Jitsu, everything changed for me and it's made learning and training much more enjoyable and much easier to remain consistent. Both due to a lack of internal pressure & I look forward to learning now because of it.

[@ChasenHill]

Well said!

[@Theblackhand1937]

One of my training partners said I was ready for purple and it made me nervous all I could say was don't put that evil on me Ricky bobby!

[@ChasenHill]

I said the same thing when I was a brown belt, but about getting my black belt!

[@stevesanders5348]

Your awesome. Subjects are great!

[@xromeox7]

Keep these videos coming , loved it! I subscribed ! “WOOOOOOO” 😅😅

[@ChasenHill]

Thanks for the sub! Thank you for the support!

[@VentureDad6]

I knew I was ready for my Blue and Purple when I went to tournaments and ran the competition out the door with straight submissions. Those were the moments that proved I was above my white and blue belt peers. I've been a Purple belt for over a year now and I know I'm not even close to brown. This belt will take years, but it's by far the most fun I've had in BJJ.

[@ChasenHill]

Thank you for sharing! Congrats on all the success!

[@MrGhostface85]

I was ambivalent on receiving my blue belt. While I felt my defense was coming along, I couldn’t hit any submissions except for triangles/mounted triangles or the RNC. In fact, before the lockdowns I was a 3-stripe white belt that wasn’t flexible enough to do a triangle. I took the 14 months off to work on my flexibility and rolled with a friend and nephew to work on new techniques. I think the moment I stopped trying to win in sparring, I was able to try new things and open up to trying different submissions (that and my rolling partners know that I’ll go for the triangle). I had gotten my 1st stripe for blue belt last month (7 months since my blue belt promotion) and I truly did not feel ready as I feel lost in respect to what I should work on.

[@fastfredyb506]

Love the shirt Professor!! Keep these videos coming 👍🤙

[@ChasenHill]

It’s one of my favorites! Thanks for the view and support! 💪🏻

[@ChasenHill]

Hey, there! I'm working on a project to better help students like yourself. I'm currently collecting helpful information by speaking with students. Would you be open to speaking with me? If so, please shoot me an email at [e-mail]. I hope we can speak soon!

[@genofila8943]

In the work world - sometimes a boss will pass you up for promotion and tell you “ it’s for your own good you’re not ready yet “ - take that home to feed the wife and kids !! Then when you go to leave that same boss will offer you twice the pay !!

[@ChasenHill]

Fantastic outlook! How long have you been training?

[@genofila8943]

@@ChasenHill Well I’m an old man who has been grappling for 50 yrs ! I learned bjj starting back in 1998 in California. I remember when you would have multi world champions I.e. Joe Morero , Rodrigo Mederious , Gracie’s get together and put in a seminar and only like twelve people would show up! Peace.

[@ChasenHill]

I'm jealous you were able to experience those times! I didn't start training till 2009. You were learning a secret ninja art at that time! Props to you for staying after it! Keep training! Please keep me updated!

[@genofila8943]

Just saw your video on white belts injuring people . Best safety rule I’ve had at a Dojo was “ it’s your job to take care of your partners safety and if you cause injury to your training partner and they take weeks off to recover - you have to take that time off too - no training “ this and other safety rules make a huge difference. Keep up your interesting videos - glad you can appreciate my old school experiences.

[@tomdavis8995]

Just got my purple a few days ago. I’m absolutely terrified of it haha 😂

[@ChasenHill]

That's a good sign!

[@austendespain5193]

Great video man, came just in time for me! I hope you keep making content, it’s very well thought out and very wise advice. I got stuck in the mode of thinking that I was ready for my purple, especially once I started keeping up with the upper belts I thought I must be ready. It really clicked in though, how individual the difference in everyone’s development is. For me, I just a accepted I’ll be a tough blue belt and sit in the sun for a while and enjoy that. I’ve decided to just focus on getting better, being tougher and being more technical. Just because I submitted a purple belt doesn’t mean that I am a purple. And once I accepted that and stopped caring about getting that next belt, my game got way better and bjj became even more fun (didn’t think that was possible!)

[@ChasenHill]

Thanks for giving the video a view and for your kind words! That is excellent you experienced my exact point and found your way through it. Once you can do this, future black belt!

[@austendespain5193]

@@ChasenHill thank you for your advice man! You’ve helped me out and I’m sure you’ve helped lots of others out as well!! If I didn’t live on the other side of the country i would come visit your academy in a heart beat!!

[@ChasenHill]

One day hopefully we can share the mats one day! 🙏🏻

[@ChasenHill]

Hey, there! I'm working on a project to better help students like yourself. I'm currently collecting helpful information by speaking with students. Would you be open to speaking with me? If so, please shoot me an email at [e-mail]. I hope we can speak soon!

[@dktcs]

Ok now you're ready to purple

[@terrenord1222]

I’ve been at blue for 3.5 years and I feel that the promotion to purple is on the horizon (next year maybe). I think you get a feeling that things are clicking and your instructor just has to see it, but you can’t force it. The great thing about bjj is I train with all belts, so it really doesn’t matter that I’m a blue belt. If this were kung fu or something you are restricted and not taught advanced technique. Not so in bjj, so if you’re really that good you should be rolling the purple belts anyway.

[@jayhunnybadger4015]

This is a great video! I’d say a month ago I was still thinking I was ready for my blue belt. I don’t remember what did it exactly but now I don’t even think of it I just want to get better and better and that’s all that matters to me now.

[@ChasenHill]

Thanks for the view and kind words! Great mindset! Future black belt!

[@ChasenHill]

Hey, there! I'm working on a project to better help students like yourself. I'm currently collecting helpful information by speaking with students. Would you be open to speaking with me? If so, please shoot me an email at [e-mail]. I hope we can speak soon!

[@charliegordan6354]

The only belt I knew I was ready for was white belt

[@ChasenHill]

100% everyone is ready!

[@ChasenHill]

Hey, there! I'm working on a project to better help students like yourself. I'm currently collecting helpful information by speaking with students. Would you be open to speaking with me? If so, please shoot me an email at [e-mail]. I hope we can speak soon!

[@ButtScootBJJ]

Thanks Sensei Johnny Lawrence. This really helped me a lot.

[@ChasenHill]

Show no mercy! 🐍

[@ConveyApp]

Great Video. I started BJJ in 1999. I got my blue belt in 2002. Shortly after getting my blue belt I started getting small injuries. I eventually got my shoulder separated by a first day white belt that swan dived on me. I started back in January 2020 only stopped from March 2020-Mid May 2020. I have been training nonstop from May till today. I have been really focused on my purple belt and finally realized about 5 months ago there is no way I am ready for a purple belt. This realization helped me see my holes in my own game. I started to objectively look at my abilities. In the last 4-5 months I just started putting myself or stating in reality compromised positions. After doing this I feel I really am starting to have some noticeable growth in my overall game. My point here is as soon as I stoped focusing on my next promotion I actually started focusing and working on my skill and my skill started to increase. Now if I wait another 2-4 years as a blue belt I will be an awesome blue belt beating purples and maybe the average brown belt. My current instructor always says, “don’t be the purple belt constantly being tapped by blue belts, be the purple belt that constantly taps the brown belts and the occasional black belt.”

[@ChasenHill]

Thanks for sharing your story! Glad you enjoyed the video! Good luck in your second round of training!

[@ChasenHill]

Hey, there! I'm working on a project to better help students like yourself. I'm currently collecting helpful information by speaking with students. Would you be open to speaking with me? If so, please shoot me an email at [e-mail]. I hope we can speak soon!

[@davidhoffman8695]

Doesn’t it look a little bad too if you’re asking your coach to be promoted? Or am I just thinking that?

[@ChasenHill]

I mean, I personally think it does. But I think you would be surprised with how many arrogant people are in the world.

[@roland-plus]

The thought of approaching my coach and saying "hey I think Im ready for my next belt" is terrifying to me. That being said, I routinely ask my coach "Do you see anything you would like me to work on". So far so good with this approach. The other thing is, my instructor has always said "I will not give a student a belt they cant carry" @@ChasenHill

[@danielskrivan6921]

I shaved my head and grew out my beard. What more do I need to do in order to be ready for my next belt?

[@texasblue9206]

I felt I was ready, and bam next week I got tested 🤓 graduated to the next belt

[@KazzArie]

When I reached a year of 6 days a week, sometimes 7 if I do two open mats, I had some belt envy for blue, not gonna lie. Then I realized I like not having expectations put on me by others. New white belts coming in? ‘Hi this is my first week too!’ Haha sandbagging? Maybe, but I don’t control the promotion and we don’t do stripes for adults. Last year I competed in masters 1 with a guy 6 years younger than me. He was strong and fast but won me by points. This year I’m masters 2 and want to compete again with 40+ at least once, maybe twice, before i get the belt gauntlet. If the color of my gi doesn’t affect how much fun I’m having, then lack of color on my belt won’t either. Osssss 🤙

[@ChasenHill]

Great perspective! Thank you for sharing!

[@johnnycage2746]

Still 3 years in at white belt. Probably gonna quit after the next competition and find another gym. Promoting people so slow is not cool. Especially when you are training 5 days a week and he promotes people who show up less ahead of me.

[@ChasenHill]

Yes, this a common probably in art. Instructors have no real rime or reason why they are promoting students. I recommend to students when visiting a school, ask lots of questions related to curriculum and structure. Good luck and I hope you find what you are looking for! Random, question! I'm working on a project to better help students like yourself. I'm currently collecting helpful information by speaking with students. Would you be open to speaking with me? If so, please shoot me an email at [e-mail]. I hope we can speak soon.

[@jonathanweinzierl4125]

I'm a white belt in Germany and training almost 5 years twice a week consistently. I even take private lessons and it will still take me another 5 years to get blue. Only the very talented guys, who train 6 times a week can eventually make it to blue in 3 years. I don't get the hurry and why most Americans talk about 2 or 3 years for getting the blue belt.

[@justinmarkow6117]

I was born ready!! Hahahaha, just joking. Good stuff man!

[@ChasenHill]

Thank you for the view and support! 💪🏻

[@ricardogalindo8794]

Good video, especially after my bjj academy's belt ceremony today n seeing a 3-stripe white belt get promoted to blue belt, I'm a 4 stripe white belt n 2.5 years in it. I don't think I'm going to see myself earning the blue belt next year as something special vs eaerning it this month in December 2023. It hurts, because it's 2.5 years.

[@danielskrivan6921]

I just started BJJ, but I did Taekwondo for a long time. It's very different how belts are earned. In Taekwondo, it's mostly through rote memorization. You know you're ready, because you have a checklist of forms and techniques. If you can complete that checklist, you're ready. BJJ is very much undefined. It's great, because you aren't locked in to a set curriculum. But it does make it harder to self-assess if you're ready for a test.

[@tededo]

Tito Ortiz once showed up at a BJJ school to train, but Ortiz does nogi, and the school does gi only. They surely trained with him and learned a ton. ortiz has no BJJ gi belt. But he's hell of a grappler. Frank Shamrock was scheduled to train with a BJJ gi school and the respect they gave him for his grappling skill was unparalle, he respectfully out-grapple all of em. Same for Brock Lesnar and few others. Paraphrasing Dahaner, people don't care if you have a black belt (...) you want to be damn good at jiujitsu.

[@marcuss6737]

Last tournament I did (blue belt) I submitted all 4 opponents and won gold. I’ve competed before at blue belt and done the same exact thing before People in the gym are making comments that I’m close I just feel my game is not very complex and people in the gym are getting better at defending against me (making me feel like I’m not easy for purple) But tournaments I did well against people I don’t train everyday with… any thoughts? Really who cares about belts? I train because it’s a productive hobby, my training partners are my friends, and I like strangling people BTW- feel like belt tests are retarded… Jiu jitsu isn’t about memorizing techniques… it’s about how you perform while rolling. Your thoughts?

[@tinkywinky3680]

Hey Chasen, I just got my blue belt 2 weeks ago and honestly, I didn't think I was ready....I honestly thought maybe in about a year I might be getting close to my blue, but I got a surprise promotion with my son, we both got our blue belts at the same time. Been training 2 years. Pretty cool but still I'm not sure I am worthy I guess you could say. Is this normal?

[@ChasenHill]

Congrats to both of you!! 🟦🟦🟦⬛️⬛️ This is very normal! Usually, that means you are ready or at latest aware! I have a feeling you both will rise to the belt! Just keep at! 🤙🏻

[@tinkywinky3680]

@@ChasenHill Thank you

[@Theblackhand1937]

Honestly, it takes a couple months to grow into your belt. It's completely normal. I got absolutely destroyed at my first two tournaments that I really kicked it into. High gear and really focused on training and I got double silver at my last tournament. Just keep training. It will all click

[@chadbrambers8346]

It’s all good. Let’s not even give me a stripe and I’ll keep tapping every fellow white belt. Training for a year.

[@danielskrivan6921]

I had the opposite happen. My professor was bringing out the tape at the end of class to give someone a stripe. One of my classmates clapped me on the back and congratulated me on getting my first stripe. But it wasn't me who got it! (Wasn't him, either).

[@usbsol]

Evaluating people on "drive" instead of knowledge and technique seems super arbitrary... You shouldn't get a promotion due to your personality but due to your bjj skills imho.

[@ChasenHill]

I agree🙂

[@tededo]

Here's the mark. You think you're ready for the next belt ? Ok. Can you hang with the next beltholders ? I've read that from Firaz Zahabi (Tristar).

[@paulmaldonado5157]

😂

[@martialartness]

"If you think you're ready that tells me you're not ready" I have to disagree here. If a grappler is doing well in class as well as competition and is putting in the time and commitment and feel they're ready to progress, he/she should atleast be presented with an opportunity. You don't go to university and just study and have your lecturer say "we will tell you when you should take an exam, it may be 2 years or 5 years from now" Stop treating bjj ranks like majestic creatures. Let's face it, every individual's journey is different. Some are fighters, some are teachers and some are hobbiests.

[@ChasenHill]

Thanks for checking out the video and sharing your thoughts. I 100% agree with you that everyone's journey is different. If you've watched any other videos, I've always said this. My statement comes from 13 years of teaching Jiu-Jitsu and teaching thousands of students up to this point. The vast majority of students (that I've encountered) who feel disgruntled regarding their progression progress (stripes or rank) fit that statement from the video. These students feel they have reached a proficient skill level to be awarded the next rank when their internal perception of their skill still needs to align with their instructor's criteria to grant them the next rank. This often leads them to harbor resentment toward their instructor and the promotion process. This can lead students to think there is a "conspiracy" against them. BJJ ranks are absolutely not majestic creatures. (I don't recall ever making this statement). If you attend a university, you have to demonstrate an obtained amount of knowledge (exams, quizzes, etc). It's the same in Jiu-Jitsu if you have to demonstrate and develop the proper skills to receive a new rank, which the grading criteria can and should absolutely should be adjusted based on each student's journey. You can't say because I've been attending all the lectures, participating in every lab, and I've put hours in studying, now you "should" award me my university degree. You've proven obtained knowledge by passing exams and quizzes. The "I'm ready for my next belt" student is equal to the I "should be awarded my university degree". Sure there are expectations to every statement; I'm talking about the masses from my experience with these individual students.

[@vincemoran587]

I wish I was a, white belt. No expectations. No pressure.