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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