Today we’re going to talk about a DISGUSTING MYTH that’s poplar in a lot of martial arts, including BJJ.

This topic came up because my Wife, Jess, is in a cleaning group on Facebook and read a post in the group from a woman asking whether or not she should wash her son’s belt, because the stripes will fall off if she does.

This led to some pretty disgusting and controversial replies, including one man, who claims to be a lifelong martial artist, saying that he NEVER washed his Belt in all his years of training.

This disgusting myth is one that will undoubtedly lead to disease, skin infections, and horrible break outs at your gyms and I’ll explain WHY you should definitely wash your belt if you train.

On top of that we dig a bit into the history of the belt system and how this myth may have come into fruition in most martial arts like Judo, Karate, and of course Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & how it all started as a copycat idea stolen from colligate swim culture.

Hopefully you found the video useful, if you weren’t sure if you should clean your belt or not & hopefully you enjoyed learning a bit of the history of many martial art belt systems.

– Chewy
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10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Brandon Mccaghren shares what he felt and how he was changed when he received his black belt.

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If you are worried about your BJJ belt promotion, if you are not sure if you deserve it or are ready for it, watch this quick story about my crazy white belt days and how I got promoted to blue belt.

Hope that gives you some hope 🙂

Professor Gustavo Gasperin

Do you get hung on getting promoted as a BJJ White Belt? Do you see others get promoted but wonder why you weren’t picked?

I got this question recently. Our friend has been training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and is doing really well. He’s winning BJJ competitions and smashing people in training.

BUT!

He’s still a 1 stripe White Belt and isn’t sure what’s up. He says that he even gives the Blue Belts in his Brazilian Jiujitsu gym a good run for their money. But yet he is still passed up for training.

My answer in this video is a little more direct. And I speak from more of the vantage point of a coach.

And in this situation I would tell anyone to let go of promotions and fall in love with the grind of BJJ training. Fall in love with the day to day cool stuff that happens. Rather than being fixated on getting the next stripe or belt.

Because you don’t have control over that.

And most importantly. It will fail you in the long term. The acquirement of a belt isn’t as meaningful as you think. The most meaningful part about the belt is the journey that was required to reach it.

I look back at my belts and I don’t really remember the promotions that much. Instead I remember the training and all the work that went into it.

That’s what’s important.

Hope the video helps!
-Chewy

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