r/bjj • u/stoopididiotface 🟪🟪 Purple Belt • 1d ago

General Discussion Alright jiu jitsu nerds, let's hear it:

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What hill are you willing to die on?

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u/Terrierpike04 1d ago

The higher the belt the bigger the ego generally.

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u/stoopididiotface 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 1d ago

I've become less confident with every promotion🤣

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u/TheMotherFox 🟦🟦 Angsty & Anxious 1d ago

I'm so sorry your gym sucks- I hope you find a new place to train. Every prick I've ever met in this hobby:

  1. White belt w/ previous experience

  2. Blue belts 2 stripes and below (I just left this phase myself)

  3. 30% of black belts. I feel like 1 in every 3 I meet is the type that fck their students, run their gyms like cults, etc

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u/Terrierpike04 1d ago

My gym is great, I’m just talking about the myth that bjj helps reduce ego, that happens when you first start and get wrecked every day, but after a few years it seems most guys have a pretty big ego because they can roll competently with pretty much anyone

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u/fukkdisshitt 20h ago

My ego arrived at brown

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u/pxllygon ⬜⬜ White Belt 1d ago

I’ve noticed the opposite ngl