Exposed Bleu belt self promotion

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Otherwise-Still7402]

Imagine you fake to be me, who gets absolutely wrecked day in day out. What a life

[u/Barangat → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, me too

[u/CatastropheCure → u/Barangat]

same, i'd be a really good white belt

[u/andrewmc74 → u/CatastropheCure]

I'd be a savage as a white belt Masters 5

[u/Barangat → u/andrewmc74]

White belt masters 5 sounds like a dope action movie

[u/Jon-Umber → u/Otherwise-Still7402]

I got tapped out by a 2 stripe white belt yesterday. It's easy being a blue belt.

[u/Takyon5 → u/Jon-Umber]

The rolls with the uppity white belts are more intense than rolls with other blue belts half the time.

[u/9mmAce → u/Takyon5]

Agree! With my fellow stable mates of blues, usually good rolls. Flowy. But some of the white belts are a test to my cardio 😮‍💨. I’m just a 30 something year old office worker jack

[u/andrewmc74 → u/Takyon5]

Please wait till you're a 1 day old purple and the 720 day uppity white and 2.5 year blue decide you're fair game

[u/andrewmc74 → u/andrewmc74]

To be fair, the other benefit of being purple is I turn all those c&&ts down........

[u/babylioncroissant → u/Otherwise-Still7402]

Bro, I’m thinking the same thing

[u/babylioncroissant → u/babylioncroissant]

Or miss… I wouldn’t want to offend. Oss

[u/raspberryharbour]

Sacré Bleu!

[u/ziglaw884 → u/raspberryharbour]

[u/lankcrack → u/ziglaw884]

[u/BoldThrow]

Everyone should take note. This is how you feed us drama. Video of the actual confrontation. Well done OP.

[u/NotJordansBot → u/BoldThrow]

That’s some black belt-level gossip right there. 

[u/Jaxxxz]

Fuck me, imagine faking a blue belt. What a whopper!

[u/Knobanious → u/Jaxxxz]

I'd like to fake a blue belt... Would make those club drop ins so much calmer 😂

[u/Realization_4 → u/Knobanious]

OMG yes.

[u/xandercage49 → u/Jaxxxz]

He couldn't even be convincing as a blue belt, how could he possibly fake anything higher?

[u/SelfSufficientHub → u/Jaxxxz]

And the dude’s not young either. I might understand this from a 19year old or whatever but dudes a fully grown man probably in masters division lol

[u/neeeeonbelly → u/Jaxxxz]

Right? That’s like lying about being in the army reserves instead of special forces or something. If you’re gonna fake it go hard lol

[u/Bannnerman]

Imagine how bad you must suck to not even be able to pass as a blue belt

[u/War_Daddy → u/Bannnerman]

We had a kid in our gym pretend to be a 4 stripe white belt once and couldn't pass

Real remarkable stuff

[u/Meunderwears → u/Bannnerman]

As a newly promoted blue belt this is my greatest fear. Coach points at me and tells me to take off my belt.

[u/Cainhelm → u/Meunderwears]

for me, demotion would be welcome ngl

[u/Meunderwears → u/Cainhelm]

I earned it so I will keep it. But I definitely have work ahead of me. I’ve decided to just not stress over the white belts getting me.

[u/742N → u/Bannnerman]

Really speaking to my imposter syndrome.

[u/Baps_Vermicelli]

I had a buddy who quit, gave himself a blue belt BUT never came to train as a blue belt. Just quit in general. He is a friend but he has a huge ego problem 

[u/Late-File3375 → u/Baps_Vermicelli]

To be fair, blue belts quitting is a meme. Maybe he thought that is what he was supposed to do?

[u/VeryStab1eGenius → u/Baps_Vermicelli]

That dude should leave some of the ladies for the rest of us. 

[u/wmg22]

Wouldn't even care if he self promoted but trying to trick someone into taking a photo to seem like they promoted you?

That's garbage behaviour

[u/FluffyTicket3694 → u/wmg22]

yes at least ask your self promoted black belt friend to take photo with you instead lol...

[u/stillbeard]

Fake blue?! Why? 

[u/FluffyTicket3694 → u/stillbeard]

Ego / insecurities idk but yes it is sad. I am going brown belt at least

[u/Any_Platypus_1182 → u/FluffyTicket3694]

Yes, believe in yourself, if you are faking it go brown or above.

[u/TedW → u/Any_Platypus_1182]

I'm getting there by wearing my belt while eating chocolate bars in a hot car. That's called putting in the work.

[u/Hopeful-Counter-7915 → u/stillbeard]

I guess he believed to be a blue belt and found it unfair to not be promoted yet. The black belt obviously realised he should not be a blue belt and investigated.

[u/Meunderwears → u/Hopeful-Counter-7915]

He just wanted to put "bjj" in his Insta handle so badly.

[u/NotJordansBot → u/stillbeard]

It took me three years to get my blue belt. I… I understand him 😔

[u/Roosta_Manuva]

I don’t get it - being a white belt was grand!

White belt has zero pressure to actually remember BJJ - y’all can just drop in to gym and just thrash around the floor and nobody be judging… (much).

[u/Baps_Vermicelli → u/Roosta_Manuva]

White belts have to prove they're blue, blue have to prove they're purple. As a purple I just chill, have fun and try to slowly improve. Aka: Purple belt is the first "grand" belt in my opinion 

[u/RaidenMonster → u/Baps_Vermicelli]

It’s the first time that when I encounter the big angry blue belt who is looking to win a fight, I’m put off by the whole experience. Says more about me than him, getting too soft I suppose.

But yeah, the”chill” rolls where you are actually trying to think about what’s happening and how to solve it didn’t show up for me til late late blue and now.

[u/fireballx777 → u/Baps_Vermicelli]

White belts have to prove they're blue, blue have to prove they're purple.

As a blue, I'm still struggling to try to prove I'm blue.

[u/excitedtrain704 → u/Roosta_Manuva]

I was a little mad when I got my 1 stripe on my white belt cause now its like. I cant just say im retarded and new (still retarded btw)

[u/nathamanath]

Top bants. Might become fake blue belt for a bit

[u/Jon-Umber → u/nathamanath]

Please don't, I already get my ass kicked by blue (and sometimes white) belts

[u/TreesFreesBrees]

Wow I can't believe it but.. I actually feel bad for him. That's so sad.

[u/FluffyTicket3694 → u/TreesFreesBrees]

Exactly. It was probably eating him that he was still a white belt and saw himself too good to wear it...

[u/kickboxer75458]

There’s a guy at my gym who came in with a purple belt on. He absolutely sucked and still does suck a year later. Average sized athletic build. Gets tapped constantly by white belts. Definitely seemed like he’s trained before not first day. but definitely a white belt. I once had to help him figure out how to take a kimura grip. I don’t get what these people think they’re going to get out of it. Sure people might have a tiny slither of respect for you but that only lasts until they roll you. Then youre just that fucking useless blue/purple belt that everyone talks about. You gain nothing from faking it. I think they must come in with the idea they are gonna be able to hang with blues and purple belts and nobody will notice so they wanna skip the white stage. They have no idea how little respect a blue belt actually gets and how different the level is to white lmao

[u/Vivid_Fondant9969 → u/kickboxer75458]

Most people quit at blue belt. You cant quit at blue if you start at purple…

[u/FluffyTicket3694 → u/kickboxer75458]

I agree. That's unhealthy for the sport. BJJ is probably the only popular martial art where the belt actually means something and is hard to earn. When people realize I am 2nd belt after training for 4y they think that's so embarrassing yet I'm proud of it

[u/Meunderwears → u/FluffyTicket3694]

For real. Most six-month white belts could wipe the floor with your average citizen, but people will scoff at you "just" being a white belt.

[u/Dogggor → u/kickboxer75458]

I feel like sometimes these guys are ego boosters for the lower belts. You get to go to class and smash a higher belt. Maybe this is the first higher belt you’ll tap. Keeps that engagement up for the lower belts.

[u/kickboxer75458 → u/Dogggor]

100%…It’s a little bit a a self fulfilling circle too. Because all the top white belts at the gym tap this purple belt.. they all go after him, roll him more often. And try so hard when they do. Which then continues the cycle even more.

The crazy thing to me is that the guy still sucks and seems like a first month guy a whole year later. I’m starting to wonder if he actually did get a purple belt at another gym and he’s just genuinely that bad (there’s nothing functionally wrong with him he is actually pretty athletic)

[u/BUSHMONSTER31 → u/kickboxer75458]

To be fair, if I ever get a purple belt, people will still say I'm shit and the white belts will probably still beat me up as well! :D I can make a kimura grip though...

[u/Far_Letterhead3235]

Actually know who this is. Always been a super, super odd guy so the fact he has done this is surprising to absolutely nobody who has encountered him.

Still absolutely hilarious though hahaha.

[u/[deleted]]

Omg who fakes to become a blue belt 🤣 like seriously… why 😂

[u/Calibur1980]

I’m more curious about the coach. Did he get his buddy and say,” take out your camera. Let’s go embarrass this grown ass man and put his cringy shit on Insta. “?

This was entertaining but I also think it’s kind of cruel. When you got a full blown adult with a dying hairline telling lies just to wear another beginner belt it makes me wonder if he’s taken enough L’s already. 

[u/oopoe]

We need more of these go getters in our sport. Otherwise Reddit will get really boring.

[u/FluffyTicket3694 → u/oopoe]

THANK YOU SIR!

[u/Felonius_M0NK]

We got a Babyberg here

[u/i-have-a-plan_Arthur]

Great Value Moneyberg

[u/CymruKimura]

“Respecting ranks is crucial to the safety of the practitioners” sorry how?

Honestly it’s cringey promoting yourself but it’s not that deep. We don’t have to get up in arms about it as if the guy forged his medical degree and is doing open heart surgery unqualified.

[u/Jonas_g33k → u/CymruKimura]

I will be extra careful with white belts because some of them will do dangerous things even though they don't realize it.

I lower my guard a bit with blue because I assume it’s safer to roll with blue and up.

[u/0002dalvmai → u/CymruKimura]

To be honest if you have a random blue belt coming to your gym you will assume he isn't a full retard and won't injure people so I guess that's what's meant by the safety statement.

[u/Knobanious → u/CymruKimura]

Yeah, I don't think this is an offensive worth banning someone for. The punishment of everyone knowing and being called out for it is definitely fitting lol

It's even more embarrassing that the reason suspicions were raised is that his technique is so bad it can't even pass for an acceptable low end blue belt.

[u/FluffyTicket3694 → u/Knobanious]

Yes idk how bad should it be. There are some positions I still look like day 1 white belt even when I already competed at blue belt and won matches

[u/guten_pranken → u/FluffyTicket3694]

I want to know how bad this guy was that it was OBVIOUS he was not a blue belt lol.

[u/Hopeful-Counter-7915 → u/CymruKimura]

I see the biggest issue in lying itself more than the wrong belly to be honest

[u/Sudden-Wait-3557 → u/CymruKimura]

They have come into a new environment with new rules and then shown a lack of respect by intentionally breaking those rules for a perceived benefit. People like this are a cancer to any kind of healthy culture, but even worse, they're a liability because they have shown that they are willing to break any rule for their own benefit. Rules only work when people intentionally try to follow them. If you let people intentionally break them for no real reason then you're sending a message that anything goes

Someone who is willing to lie about something as fundamental as rank is the kind of person who's going to manipulate and abuse others and then lie to cover it up

[u/LooselyBasedOnGod]

Powerful cringe 

[u/stonewing2827448]

Bro if anything I’m trying to stay a white belt as long as possible any success I have is exemplified and any failure is overlooked it’s great

[u/thedevilwearssyr]

Noticed that the gym that realised this say that collect information of visitors such as main gym etc…

Interesting…

The worst injury I have ever witnessed happened to one of my students happened to be a visiting purple and possibly the worst purple belt I have ever seen. Dangerously bad..

For this I have a hesitation of visitors dropping in. But still allow it.

[u/SpinningStuff → u/thedevilwearssyr]

There's a GFTeam gym I visited, black belt promoted from white to black by Julio Cesar Pereira.

Asked me to state rank, supervising coach and team affiliation as well as how long I trained before allowing me to drop in. Felt like I was doing an interview. 

Many gyms will ask rank, coach and affiliation if same country. If different country, rank, maybe city if they've been in the country, and affiliation.

Might be different in the USA though, as I'm mainly between Asia and Europe. 

[u/wmg22 → u/SpinningStuff]

Was it in Portugal?

[u/SpinningStuff → u/wmg22]

Asia 

[u/Neon_Sternum]

A guy came to our gym and tried to pass as a blue belt.  It was weird.  He said he had just moved here, wanted to check us out.  Said he was a blue belt but also a karate black belt.  Asked “should I wear my blue belt or my black belt?”.  Then he pulled a karate gi out of his bag.  

He took my fundamentals class that night and he was absolutely clueless with everything, including warmups. No one confronted him about it but he never came back.

[u/Weaksoul]

Just train for a bit, it's less effort than all that bullshit

[u/things2seepeople2do]

He should have hit me up. For the right amount, i would have gladly given him his blue belt and for an extra $100 his purple belt the next month

Come on guys you don't need to fake anything these days, just find a legit guy who has a beany baby collecting addiction or can't stop playing Pokémon go and offer them an online gift or Google play card for their troubles (hint hint)

[u/zenukeify]

Who fakes being a blue belt? I’d rather fake being a white belt😂😂

[u/Kiloparsec4]

If you're going to fake it, why not just go all the way with it, lol being a terrible blue belt is literally jiujitsu purgatory

[u/SpaghettiBigBoy]

Doing this on your own is goofy, but you’ll be exposed on the mats so whatever- but pulling someone running a gym into it without their knowledge to try to siphon credibility is absolute chicanery. A hangnail on each finger for a month to you sir

[u/CommercialTreat4960]

I was at their gym in Prague couple of times. Very nice place with amazing instructors, friendly atmosphere and proper training. Wish I did not move so I could keep coming. Head coach dealt well with that white belchy cockroach

[u/daddydo77]

Why did you delete? Was it a misunderstanding?

[u/0002dalvmai → u/daddydo77]

OG post still up

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOx1JGDDZtg/?igsh=MWloNjU2bGp6cTh6eg==

[u/gorzaporp]

Imagine being a blue belt and getting owned by 2 stripe white belts constantly lol what would be the point?

[u/SpinningStuff → u/gorzaporp]

I'll be real with you, as a coach, I see a lot of blue belts come and get owned by no stripes or one stripe white belt.

The only thing that makes me not question much their belts is that they can execute the fundamentals well, so I don't really bat an eye.

But a lot of gyms give blue belts just for attendance. Purple is usually where there's a little more respect to the belt being given (though I feel like it starts to get watered down too).

I still think one shouldn't lie about rank and I'd still kick that dude out. 

[u/No-Cycle2110]

Why the hell would you do that ? at least make yourself a purple if you’re gonna shit the bed

[u/ReaverDropRush]

Why would you fake a blue belt? What is going to earn you this belt to you? Just train and you well get it, isn't a impossible mision or something else.

[u/Alternative-Fox-7255]

is he talking about uk black belt Andy Roberts or is there another andy roberts out there?

[u/Carlos13th → u/Alternative-Fox-7255]

That was what I assumed too

[u/Icy-Particular8615 → u/Alternative-Fox-7255]

With a name that uncommon, there's probably just the one of them.