Possibly the best and most realistic explanation of BJJ ranks…and how they should be viewed by the individual player/competitor. White belt is captured by the same mentality as the proverb "youth is wasted on the young". I wonder if upon reaching black belt, there should be a white stripe to start where you regain that freedom and low expectation until your blue stripe…and so on. Just the reward of getting to refresh those 4 'junior' belts again with the wisdom and eye of a black belt. Roy produces the most exquisite videos in small amounts. He is the educational epitome of quality over quantity.

@mouthguardcomic

4 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@roydean

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mrrob5851

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the like sensei dean. Love your videos. They supplement by journey living and training in japan. Have you heard of paraestra in japan. The place I train has a picture of Nakai Yuki san.

@roydean

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrrob5851 Absolutely. Yuki Nakai is a legend, and the first Japanese black belt. I have some friends that are under his organization in Europe. You're in good hands.

@mrrob5851

4 жыл бұрын

ROYDEAN I know I’m I’m good hands. But your videos supplement my learning. Because my japan ju jitsu Japanese is not very good. So I learn visually there and physically getting rolled up by the more experienced people. But it is fun. It adds so much t my journey with ju jitsu and discovering who I am. Please keep up the good work. I absolutely love your videos where you show submissions from how a white belt does it to how a black belt does it. I’d really like to see one about the difference about how a white belt uses the opponents lapel against them as to how a black belt uses it. It’s one of the best parts of my skills. Besides being about 30kg bigger than everyone.

I’ve just started Jiu Jitsu and as someone who is a Karate Brown belt already, I was sooo happy when I learnt how simple the rank system in Jiu Jitsu is before the black belt. It’s a rank system built off skill and experience. That’s how it should be in martial arts

@dramaticreaper

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah same we rank up based on how many techniques you can remember and how long you are in the club.

@jacobharris954

2 жыл бұрын

Rank should soley based on skill level, hence why like Balintanwak Kali there are only seven stages

I love this far more than hearing about mcdojos giving away their belts under attendance

@thomasorchard

3 жыл бұрын

My school give stripes for attendance... However, to earn the next colored belt a heavy emphasis is placed on skills, competition, dedication, etc. A minimum of 2 years is required to progress to the next belt. I think it's a good system.

I love being a white belt... I'd rather be underestimated than overestimated... 😂

@Kphyl

3 жыл бұрын

feeling the same at blue

@satoshinakamoto7253

2 жыл бұрын

sometimes people just like to drill one move even if they're a very high belt

@satoshinakamoto7253

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kphyl sometimes people just like to drill one move even if they're a very high belt

@satoshinakamoto7253

2 жыл бұрын

@@SusanooGT sometimes people just like to drill one move even if they're a very high belt

@Kphyl

2 жыл бұрын

@@satoshinakamoto7253 can you repeat that?

As a brown belt, this explains alot. Feeling like I always have to beat everyone is unnecessary.

@joeymcallister8033

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not a great feeling. Being able to do it is pretty amazing but being faced with that test so often can be nerve wracking even for the legit purple, brown, black.

This matches up with my experience. As a Purple Belt (two stripes), one day I just started to sub people (White and Blue belts) with regularity and without having to try too hard. I do have good battles with other purple belts and I often look at newly minted Brown belts as a measuring stick of progress (even though it's not my driving motivation). --- I have noticed that I have been trying to round out my game more. I am strong with takedowns and top game, but I have been trying to round out my guard and leg lock game. I have also been trying to shore up my basics. - I can literally feel my growth from one level to the next and it matches what Professor Dean has stated. - I liked this video!

And red belt is when you have transcended mortal limits and your name has become legendary.

I've been in the arts for over 47 years. I have High ranks in Kempo, Karate, TKD, Kung Fu, aikido. That being said I just joined a BJJ school as a white belt and I love it! Starting over can be a blast!

@creamyice8615

2 жыл бұрын

How was Aikido?

@florinvid

Жыл бұрын

I finally joined a legit martial art sir

@dodgesportsman772

Жыл бұрын

@@creamyice8615 it was good. I think many newer aikido people think you just do a tech and it works...but that's not true... I was taught that you must soften up ur attacker first OR off balance him then apply...but too many young people just don't understand that... This being said it has many limitations

This is by far the simplest explanation regarding bjj belt rankings. I am proud to say I am a whitebelt! It's not the rank really it's how fun and challenging learning Jiu-Jitsu is.

Every video you make is a masterpiece.

I don't even do BJJ but have watched a lot of Roy's work and I have to say, he impresses me with his insight and approach to being a martial artist.

Huge fan of your logic, skills, and movement. Keep the content flowing. Maybe one day I’ll get to roll with you.

Most educated and open-minded black belt I've seen. Willing to learn from lower belts and maybe even other grappling arts. The transition to bjj from catch wrestling was hard because I felt like everyone wanted to prove bjj was better. But I justed wanted to learn more ground game. Not fight like crazy. I finally found a gym that was open minded and willing to see techniques I learned to learn how to defend them if they came across a catch wrestler. That's what it should be. Drilling the basics and learning what others can do so you can better defend against it

Great video. It’s short, simple, and to the point.

Really great video. Short and simple. Awesome!

Very good explanation! Always appreciate your videos.

I'm so eager to begin, cant believe I had never come accross this before in my life. had only vaguely heard about it. My grandfatehr learned jiujitsu in japan when he was stationed there during the korean war, this stuff is so epic

What a great philosophy!! Thank you for sharing this.

Oss master . The best explanation about the feelings through the times ... after 10 years or more like me (17 years p)racticing , take care about your true motivation ! We feel better when we find this kind of teaching like yours !

I just got my first white stripe on my white belt. And damn did it feel good. I rolled so well that day. To get it front of the blue belts and purple belts I roll with. Man. Felt like I was getting a blue belt. Now if I just can re capture that moment everyday I go.

@mrrob5851

4 жыл бұрын

What does highlighted comment mean???

@Funkyfm9

4 жыл бұрын

Good job!! It is nice to earn stripes and belts. Keep going

@samsam18200

3 жыл бұрын

Any update? I'm looking to get into martial arts

@reid7562

3 жыл бұрын

SaStrixS get into it

Great vid, I shared with my younger brother who just started his journey. I can remember getting my first stripe on my white belt...#jiu-jitsu changed my life fam! And then blue belt came, chest poked out and loving life. Now purple belt and I truly feel like most days, I don't know anything at all. The journey is long, humbling but so worth it. Just don't quit.

What a great teacher. Lucky lucky students

I feel like this is the definition of a teacher

Great stuff. I am currently a purple belt and just like you said, I am a big time guard player, slowly working on my top game. Those brown belts sure can smash from the top :) haha. Well done!

Beautifully explained - love all of your videos - wonderful technique - 2-stripe blue belt (black in other arts) here - much-appreciated...!

Well explained. Thank you !

Really loved this it was awesome and as a creaky blue belt it made a lot of sense. Thank you Oss

Very well said, Sir.

What a Wise man !

Good recap!

As a Blackbelt who coaches lots of other BJJ practitioners across multiple location I totally agree with this perspective. Well said. Oss!

Seems like a really cool instructor. No ego

Great overview Roy

@roydean

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you my brother!

Great video.

Great insight- 👏👏👏

@roydean

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Why worry about the belt? The gi is where its at!! Got the same blue hayabusa gi as that dude 😎😎

I stand here as a Grey-Black belt really exited for what the future holds in my BJJ career

Can’t wait to get my purple belt, so I can skip the warmup 😍

@josemartin1727

4 жыл бұрын

Even though I'm a purple belt I still find myself doing warm ups and stretches to prevent injury. Man, as you get older you will begin to appreciate the warm up lmao. Take this advice from a 35 year old. Best of luck on your path to getting to purple. 🤙🏽

@TheSnowboardJourney

4 жыл бұрын

I def stretch, at 42 years old....but I often disdain warmups. Nobody wants to sweat before class bro and I can't mess up my hair regardless. Ha!

@josemartin1727

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSnowboardJourney I shave my head so I guess I don't have to worry about my hair 😅.

Very good Video. Oss

Sage words!

This is a REALLY good bit of info!! Makes me want to stay a white belt lol

Your the best.

Well said

I think of belts like a language...specifically like the vowels in the alphabet: A-that hurts (White Belt) E-I'm starting to get this (Blue Belt) I-am now expressing myself (Purple Belt) O-there's more to learn (Brown Belt) U-have just begun the journey and can now ask...(Black Belt) Y (-read in Roy Dean voice for full effect )

This was better than how my own trainer taught me about the BJJF🤦🏾‍♂️😂

I'm a blue belt, and I love jiujitsu. It's more like a really fun game to me. Win some, lose some.

as a purple belt i get passed by lower belt but i rock on top. so until i improve my bottom game i stick to top for now. but actively work on my bottom game.

This video just popped up and as I clicked on it I realized I was at this seminar hahaha. Legacy Jiu jitsu, Anchorage Alaska 2019 I believe… maybe 2018

Your videos are helping me a lot to improving as a white belt!

Dean of mean. I shouted you out on my friends podcast today. Your channel is one of two I use to supplement my learning and journey with ju jitsu in japan. You get tons of messages here. I asked you before about Yuki Nakai. Just for clarification.

@roydean

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the shout out! Let me know which podcast. All the best on your journey.

@mrrob5851

4 жыл бұрын

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Where did you find this background music ??

Is there really no expectation on white belts? At my gym where I’ve only had a few classes it seems like I’m expected to be able to break the guard of a higher belt while they resist. I feel the negative pressure of that, since it is impossible to do at the moment and I don’t think I’ll have that skill for many years.

BJJ teaches us all that in life we can lie or bend truth add a filter to a picture or make excuses covering our mistakes! But on the mat you are what you are and you can simply not lie your way to a black belt, you are at the level you are for a reason! If only life was as humbling and rewarding to teach us such lessons!......

I started 4 months ago, did my first tournament one month ago and i m really enjoying white belt, i like it unlike many others that are in a hurry to get blue.

@JEFFMAN90

11 ай бұрын

How did you do in your first tournament

@sjkdjfd2691

11 ай бұрын

@@JEFFMAN90 unfortunatley i only made second place

Is there truth in Belt structure massage ego?

What if you excel in bjj and surpass the belt requirements except age can you get to the brown belt and be under 18

A famous MMA team here in the Northern part of the Philippines with no actual rolling experience promoted their players from no belt or white belt to purple and even brown belt. What can you say about that?

I am one step before all that...i will start September and i feel nervous

How about explanation of getting striped on the belt. I’m sure a lot of white belts are wondering what they have to do to get that white stripe. I know it’s different in different places of training. But I know I as well as other would like to hear it broken down or at least your philosophy on this subject.

@StillnessAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Professor Dean doesn’t typically award stripes.

I like your breakdown. As a 3 stripe white belt I'm obviously eager to reach blue. Having said that it's not the worst place to be. On another note, I saw a Nick Diaz Jiu Jitsu highlight and he faced a Roy Dean at blue belt. Just curious are you the one and the same?

@roydean

4 жыл бұрын

I am. Nick was a tough as nails competitor. I'm happy for his success!

@alanjohnstone1281

4 жыл бұрын

@@roydean amazing. Thanks for the reply.

I’m willing to be an eternal white belt. And I’ll happily brag about it until I die! Thank you for the confirmation Mr. Dean.🤙🏽

What about the red belt

I’ve always thought the brown belt is the coolest belt there Is, I can’t tell you why I’ve just always thought that. I’m a white blue belt, close to my blue belt. People under estimate me greatly. I’m able to go neck and neck with the blue belts, it’s very fun. I’m just learning how to survive, but when I flow and just trust my instincts and just go it’s so fluid

I'm 55 years old and just started learning about a month ago most students are like 40 years my junior and they think its cool an "old man" wants to learn something new.

I wish I could join this school like tonight. I've been watching these videos religiously.

I have a fear to show at competition.I train bjj 3 years,but I afraid..therefore I have only white belt though I win of blue and purple belts on training.They asking me:,,When you will show on competitions?,,But fear...and 1 month ago I hurt a back and now I m healing...three traumas during 3 months.I m on despair.It is because my coach give me opponents to to fight and they heaver than I...

By the way this guy explained it I am a Brown Belt.

I hate having a black belt. I don’t feel I deserve it and it’s depressing.

I think the belting structure is too subjective in bjj and because of it can lend itself to a money making scheme by school owners. I often hear from our school owner that if you don't go to seminars you won't move to the next belt or stripe. Of course, going to seminars finances his "mentor" that he licenses our school's name from. Another one of my instructors stated it's the hours I put in. Another student that started one month prior to me comes back from one of the seminars with a stripe. This is the same guy I can submit three times in 4 minutes. We're both white belts. I go to a seminar get nothing. I entered a tournament and medaled in both gi and no gi and still no stripe. I don't care about the notch in my hat but I do try to measure my progress and it's difficult to do that subjectively. So, in the meantime, I keep setting my own goals despite the stripes. I have specific guard goals, submission and escapes, etc.

being a white belt is fucking amazing haha. no pressure and all praise as long as your respectful and work hard

He has a really good attitude about bjj ranks. However, when belts are involved, everything becomes a little bit too "authoritarian." I'm also hearing that Brazilian Jujitsu is now being "watered down" in North American schools (I won't use the "M" word) for commercial reasons.

@lizlana4200

Жыл бұрын

Coming from a guy named "McClain" lol

@jeraldmcclainofficial6005

Жыл бұрын

@@lizlana4200 I've already been through the belt system once and to tell you the truth, I absolutely regret my karate training because Brazilian Jujitsu IS absolutely superior to Karate. If I could go back in time, I'd choose Catch Wrestling and Kickboxing over any belt style. But in 1995, I didn't know any better.

@lizlana4200

Жыл бұрын

@@jeraldmcclainofficial6005 Perfect combo he'll yeah 👌

I miss being a white belt

I been rolling now for 3 and half years. Still two stripe white. I can tap most of the other whites at will. The blues, I can tap about 50% at will. Purples, it’s more like 25%. Browns, I can very occasionally get. I got a black belt once, but had about 50 pounds on him. Do I suck? Maybe, but I don’t care anymore. I go there for exercise and to have fun with my buddies. That’s all. Respect to the darker belts, though.

@HenryGlick

4 жыл бұрын

i too want to sandbag tf outta white belt divisions

I want the knowledge, not the belt. 🥋

@user-hd9fy3dj5y

4 жыл бұрын

I want the knowledge and the skills

@Daniel-yo5es

4 жыл бұрын

of course.. nobody is saying they want a colored belt dude... it's the knowledge and skill that comes with that color.

@utubepunk

4 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-yo5es McDojos disagree.

@Daniel-yo5es

4 жыл бұрын

@@utubepunk maybe... but this is about bjj.

@utubepunk

4 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-yo5es and BJJ McDojos are a thing. Check out the videos of real BJJ practitioners busting fake BJJ black belts.

I want to be a white belt

So a Black Belt is like well knowledge player becoming a white belt again

I feel blue belts have targets on their backs by white belts.

At 43, I'm still a white belt in life.

@timmgoodman

3 жыл бұрын

I’m still a white belt in everything.

I'm whatever color my shoes are....brown shoes brown belt 🤷‍♂️

White belt is a great place to be. It just looks really bad to be honest.

All black belts are white belts that never gave up 🥋 - oss

@terrynichol577

4 жыл бұрын

No, they are black belts

@abrahamtorres9416

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. They are also white belts that never gave up 🤷‍♂️

@terrynichol577

4 жыл бұрын

Lol no, they are not whitebelts, I hate that saying..I'm a purple belt, so I'm gonna stick with I'm a purple belt

@abrahamtorres9416

4 жыл бұрын

Oss🥋 "purple belt"👍🏼 Your a white belt that has become purple... Jk Jk lol

The guy sitting next to Roy needs some serious stuff to treat his ears

@andresswrestler

4 жыл бұрын

Cauliflower is life! And that’s me in the video.

@HostileToaster

4 жыл бұрын

Where can I find some "serious stuff" to treat my ears?

Belts are a waste of time and most blackbelts will get destroyed by an average wrestler 🤷🏼‍♂.