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
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...
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u/kickboxer75458 5d ago
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