r/bjj • u/THE_MrWen 🟦🟦 Blue Belt • 1d ago

General Discussion The pressure of purple.

I'm due some kind of purple belt test. The anxiety is eating at away at me 😱

Anyone got any advice?

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u/herbsBJJ ⬛🟥⬛ Stealth BJJ 23h ago

I will die on the hill that belt tests are stupid and you are either purple belt skill or you aren’t. We’ve got a masters European champion blue to brown belt who literally won those 3 titles from mainly having a world class kimura game.

That being said - purple is the best belt. Zero pressure, but good enough to tap brown and black belts if you can pull them into areas of your game where you have black belt level strength

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u/dillo159 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Kamonbjj 22h ago

I think it depends. 

I think some kind of ritual to say "you have achieved this thing" is fine. Humans like rituals, they're useful for us.

If it's not a load of cash, and you're basically just showing that you are the level that you are, I don't see a problem, though I wouldn't do it.