What Does it Mean to be a BJJ Purple Belt? Hear what a Black Belt has to say...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a purple belt in Jiu Jitsu? Black belt competitor Adolphus Moore answers what exactly it means for him to be a purple belt.
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[@cookingjitsu3200]

The most important thing about being a purple belt is to show up to class just as warm ups are over or skip them entirely

[@GoldBJJ]

Yes, this is the way.

[@assassin7250]

😂

[@andrewtregoning]

the purple belt warms you up. it has built in warming magic.

[@usbsol]

This is way.... Of all belts... As warm ups are useless since immediately after you sit down to listen to your teacher explain the 12,4 steps of the perfect armbar from the closed guard 😉

[@chadwilliams5756]

Bahahahaha!! 😂

[@Jiu-JitsuJourney257]

Just got awarded my purple belt after winning gold in GI. I’m super humbled and proud of this.

[@rlclark50]

Been a blue belt for a while now. I fake doing warm-ups now and am almost ready to just start showing up late. I am almost ready to go to the next level.

[@GoldBJJ]

You sound ready! :P

[@EvolveNowYoga]

I am almost two years into BJJ and I still can't imagine being as good as a purple belt one day lol

[@GoldBJJ]

Enjoy the journey and it will be here before you know it!

[@Norfolkjiujitsu]

I am 5 years in , 4 stripe blue and I also can’t imagine being as good as purple belts 😂

[@geoffn9736]

1 stripe brown here. Patience...it'll come in time. 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@Jiu-JitsuJourney257]

Just got my purple and I’m like… man I am not as bad ass as the bad ass purple belts who mess me up. Lmao

[@bruhinthewild]

So basically every time I get a new belt I'll have an existential crisis.

[@GoldBJJ]

This is your life now.

[@THE_Secular_Conservative]

I am on my 4th bjj class and the owner/instructor of the academy is a 3 stripe purple belt and is a beast.

[@alexs1972]

Being a purple belt means you're better than everyone else. One day when I'm a black belt I'll talk about the good old days and how I used to be a purple belt

[@blackfriarsffc5232]

Great video. I appreciate your insight and condor. Enjoy the journey. Greeting from the west coast of Canada

[@GoldBJJ]

Thanks for watching!

[@bundy4prez462]

It means your belt is purple 💜

[@GoldBJJ]

No lies detected.

[@blackanviljiujitsucompany1993]

Adolphus looking good sounding good.. LFG

[@phaze_shift_pr]

Purple belt is the middle child syndrome of combat sports ranks

[@GoldBJJ]

Is that why my middle child keeps showing up late everywhere?

[@Osprey1994]

This is what I try to explain to people who are getting into BJJ, or people who are watching MMA and don't understand the value of Purple, Brown, Black.

[@GoldBJJ]

Keep fighting the good fight!

[@robertoconnor7877]

thanks for the advice!

[@GoldBJJ]

Thanks for watching!

[@ChaosKnight06]

Does anyone else feel like leglocks are more to counter other grapplers than for self-defense? The positions I would do them from make me open to getting punched in the face if I'm not careful.

[@reginaldanglin4264]

Thank u man. I'm a blue belt. But its cool to hear about purple belt. Any tips that i can use a bit of purple aspect to blue? Yes I'm all in fir blue. A little tips of purple that would help me as a blue. Thanks Inshallah.

[@braxtoncarter2418]

7 month blue belt here. Just came here for information

[@GoldBJJ]

Hope it helped! Enjoy the journey.

[@FR-ty5vn]

Great 👍🏼 tips

[@doctorbesca]

Taac. Doctor Besca, blue blet 4 strips approved. Taac

[@TheProdigy260592]

Can you comment the progress from blue to purple and make it easier

[@chrisg1772]

Blue= turn up for warm ups Purple=warm ups never existed

[@GoldBJJ]

this is a man who knows what hes talking about.

[@MessianicJewJitsu]

Blue was great for me...Purple has been 7 years of impostor's syndrome and been injured repeatedly by giant white belts. Found some great take aways from the video. Thank you.

[@shawn9457]

Lets remove belt system on bjj.

[@GoldBJJ]

Interesting proposal...

[@antoinnelamah6949]

that is dumb

[@starmorpheus]

I like the belt system as it not only gives an incentive to visually display your skill level, but also gives you a heads up on who’s got the most experience you can learn from. The thing I dislike is that it squeezes money out of you to get to the highest level.

[@redlawton8896]

Basically a purple belt can train a skool

[@GoldBJJ]

Whatever get's people on the mats!

[@redlawton8896]

Nah deadass bc there a bjj skool in QC to which a purple belt runs the joint

[@dariusrana8487]

What's the average time period for obtaining a purple belt? 6 years?

[@GoldBJJ]

6 years is a reasonable timeline. Of course depends a ton on the academy and student. It's not super uncommon to earn a purple belt in as quick as 4 years if you're training hard and consistently.

[@hollywood4890]

@@GoldBJJ word just got mine in 4.5 yrs of very consistent training 💪🏻 time to dial in on certain techniques