My White Belt to Blue Belt guide for students lacking direction & needing help

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Zusammenfassung

TLDRThis video provides a comprehensive guide on what it takes to earn a blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu using the 3 C's framework: Consistency, Competency, and Capability. It explains the importance of consistent training, ideally aiming for 125 to 200 sessions, and emphasizes the mastery of key techniques in both defensive and offensive positions. The instructor encourages viewers to maintain realistic expectations while tracking progress and understanding their skill development, ultimately guiding them towards achieving their blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu.

Mitbringsel

  • 🏆 Consistency is crucial for earning your blue belt.
  • 📅 Aim for 125-200 training sessions for reasonable timelines to achieve blue belt.
  • 🔍 Focus on mastering key techniques and concepts in both offensive and defensive positions.
  • 💪 Develop the capability to apply your knowledge against resisting opponents.
  • 📝 Track your training sessions to stay motivated and aware of your progress.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The journey to achieving a blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu is often unclear for many students, who are typically advised to focus on fundamentals, drilling, and sparring. The speaker introduces a guiding framework called the 3 C's model, which emphasizes the importance of consistency in training, competency in techniques, and capability in applying skills against resisting opponents. This video aims to provide detailed insights for beginners on what is required to transition from a white belt to a blue belt, addressing common queries about training frequency and skill assessment.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The first 'C', consistency, is defined as the frequency of training sessions over an extended period. The speaker suggests that achieving a blue belt generally requires between 125 to 200 training sessions, equating to roughly 1 to 2 years of regular training. Tracking class attendance in an organized manner can help students visualize their progress toward these numbers, as consistency is crucial to long-term skill development rather than short bursts of intense training followed by breaks.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Moving to the second 'C', competency, the speaker stresses the importance of mastering certain techniques and concepts necessary for blue belt proficiency. Competency is broken down into two categories—defensive and offensive techniques—highlighting specific moves and escapes that every aspiring blue belt should learn. The variety of techniques may differ across schools, but foundational skills are necessary to overcome common challenges encountered as a white belt in Jiu-Jitsu.

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    The final 'C', capability, assesses the ability to apply learned techniques effectively against peers of similar skill levels. Being capable means not just understanding a technique but being able to execute it under pressure. The speaker advises students to evaluate their skills by practicing against opponents of their own level, emphasizing that improvement in capability must accompany mastery of competencies and consistent training to successfully attain a blue belt.

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Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • What is the 3 C's model for Jiu-Jitsu?

    The 3 C's model consists of Consistency, Competency, and Capability, which are crucial for earning a blue belt.

  • How long does it typically take to earn a blue belt?

    It generally takes between 125 to 200 training sessions, which approximately translates to 1 to 2 years of consistent training.

  • What should I focus on to meet blue belt standards?

    Focus on mastering essential techniques, knowledge of various positions, and practicing consistent training to develop competence and capability.

  • Is frequency of training important?

    Yes, consistency in training over time is more critical than training frequently for short periods.

  • How should I gauge my capability in Jiu-Jitsu?

    Gauge your capability by evaluating your performance against opponents of similar skill levels.

  • What if my school has a different curriculum?

    Use the 3 C's framework as a general guideline regardless of your school's specific curriculum or requirements.

  • What techniques should I know for blue belt?

    You should know various escapes, guards, sweeps, attacks, and offensive strategies from different positions.

  • How can I track my training sessions?

    You can create a checklist or log to mark your training sessions to keep track of your progress.

  • What if I am competent but not rewarded with a blue belt?

    Evaluate whether you lack knowledge or capability despite your training and time spent on the mats.

  • What resources are available for further guidance?

    The instructor offers an online coaching program for more personalized training guidance.

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    to become a blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu often
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    clarify something real quick some
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    sure you guys keep following those but
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    there's a lot of schools that actually
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    don't have a curriculum or they're very
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    guideline to follow then this video is
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    really going to be for you because I I
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    let's go ahead and get started and break
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    down this framework here so the first
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    thing that we want to do with any kind
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    we want to set a goal well the obvious
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    goal here is to make it to Blue Bel that
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    is our Big Goal often students will ask
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    well how long is it going to take to
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    become a blue belt and that's where our
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    first C is going to come into place with
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    consistency the way I Define consistency
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    is x amount of days a week of frequent
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    training without breaks what that really
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    means is how many days a week are you
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    actually training on a consistent basis
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    over a long period of time this is super
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    important to understand because it will
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    create a realistic expectation about how
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    long you will have to do the amount of
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    work to become a blue belt so I can
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    reasonably say in order to become a blue
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    belt what we want to look at is how many
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    training sessions it's going to take I
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    think it takes anything between about
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    125 training sessions to 200 training
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    sessions now I already know what you
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    guys are saying well Chase how do you
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    know it takes 125 to 200 sessions well
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    first off we can do some math so let's
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    go ahead and break that down real quick
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    so if you take 125 training sessions and
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    then you divide that by two what you're
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    going to get is
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    62.5 and then if you take that
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    62.5 and we divide it by 52 weeks or one
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    year what that's going to leave you with
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    is about 1 and a quarter roughly or 1.2
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    so that's telling you that if you're
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    training 2 days a week on a consistent
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    basis it could take you about a year and
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    a half or a year and a quarter roughly
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    to become a blue belt now we can
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    obviously put that on the other end of
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    the spectrum too if you said we take
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    that same process and you do 200
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    training sessions well that means it
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    could take almost 2 years to become a
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    blue belt I think it's like 1.9
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    technically I bet if you ask most of the
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    blue belts out there that you train with
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    or people who have become a blue belt
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    they will say it probably takes anything
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    between one to two years on average to
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    become a blue belt obviously there's
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    going to be some things that affect that
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    and we're going to cover that in the
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    other two C's that we have yet to cover
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    we can't just say because we've checked
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    off the box of doing 125 or 200 training
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    sessions that means I'm instantly a blue
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    belt that's not how that works but what
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    happens is though students have now an
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    idea of how close they are I like to
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    relate this a lot to like driving a car
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    on a road trip and as I'm driving the
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    car I see that I'm like 50 mil away then
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    I see that I'm 40 m away and then 25
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    miles away and then so on and so forth
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    and I know I'm getting closer to my
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    destination having this number in mind
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    is super valuable where I don't think
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    it's helpful is using attrition so what
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    I mean by attrition is saying oh well
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    everyone says it takes anything from 1
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    to 3 years to become a blue belt when
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    you think about like that that can be
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    very overwhelming for a lot of people
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    and most people have never consistently
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    done an activity for that long before in
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    their life but a very simple thing you
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    guys can do is start creating a way to
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    track your classes and I don't care if
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    that means that you have some fancy
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    spreadsheet that you use or you very
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    simply print off a box that has 125 to
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    200 check marks and every time you go to
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    class you check it but the more that you
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    guys can reference and you can see how
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    much you have completed and how close
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    you are to a potential number that is a
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    good sign for your Jiu-Jitsu knowing
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    that it should take you 125 to 200
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    training sessions to roughly become a
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    blue belt now once again if your school
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    has particular guidelines or a
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    particular set of classes that you have
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    to do sometimes they make you go to so
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    many fundamentals classes they make you
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    do so many sparring classes and if
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    they're super strict about it well then
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    this number is going to be maybe
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    somewhat off maybe for you it's less
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    maybe maybe for other people it's more
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    now there's another way to affect this
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    as well too you could also think about
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    getting to your destination Faster by
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    pushing down on the gas much faster so
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    instead of training two days a week per
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    se right you could plug in six days a
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    week or four days a week or whatever you
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    wanted to and then you divide that same
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    process by these 125 to 200 training
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    sessions and that would make sense
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    because obviously the more volume that
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    you're going to be training there's a
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    better chance that you're going to
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    become more competent and then you're
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    going to also become more capable which
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    we're going to break down as well too
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    but I would be very careful to
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    understand what that actually means so a
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    lot of times I have seen students that
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    do that that they start to push down on
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    the gas a lot of times but consistency
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    is more important than frequency
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    consistency is something that you do
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    over a longer period of time frequency
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    can also be done over a longer period of
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    time but it doesn't have to be you can
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    be very frequent at something for a
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    short amount of time so you could train
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    6 days a week for two months then if you
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    take two months off or you're not very
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    consistently training after that that is
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    just an example of a lot of frequency
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    consistency means that if you're doing
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    two days a week or three days a week you
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    are consistently doing that over the
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    Long Haul I've seen so many times that
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    students are like driving their car and
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    driving really fast and trying to speed
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    up to this 125 or 200 hours whatever you
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    want to call it but because then life
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    gets in the way or they can't maintain
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    that pace their car like runs out of
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    fuel and they run out of gas or they
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    break down and now they're on the side
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    the road and they are maybe pretty close
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    at the point where they broke down they
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    were close to reaching this number but
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    then their buddy just passes them along
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    by going like half of the speed because
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    they were able to be more consistent
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    than more frequent now let me know down
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    in the comments below if your school has
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    some type of curriculum or some type of
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    guidelines for you guys to follow now
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    just training without learning anything
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    shouldn't be the main goal of Jiu-Jitsu
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    even if you've checked off the boxes of
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    getting all 125 training sessions or 200
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    training sessions but you can't remember
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    the essential steps or what's required
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    of you as a blue belt then it basically
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    doesn't really matter and you've
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    probably inefficiently use those
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    training sessions so that brings us to
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    our second C of Competency now the way I
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    Define competency is how well do you
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    grasp the necessary knowledge that's
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    needed for you to become a blue belt so
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    basically which techniques Concepts or
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    principles should you focus on or should
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    you know well enough in order to achieve
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    your blue belt now this is probably one
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    of the most debated topics within the
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    Jiu-Jitsu World there is no one set of
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    Standards or moves that really make up a
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    blue belt that everyone in Jiu-Jitsu can
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    agree upon each school has their own way
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    of potentially determining a blue belt
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    one school might emphasize like Guard
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    versus another one might emphasize
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    standing techniques more or one school
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    might encourage you to be more defensive
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    or more offensive at blue belt I bet
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    even if you typed into YouTube right now
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    blue belt requirements or what it takes
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    to become a blue belt you're going to
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    find massively different opinions
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    and you'll probably even see that some
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    contradict the other ones so I'll give
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    you guys what I deem students should be
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    competent in in order to become a blue
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    belt if your school does it completely
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    different that's totally okay I'm just
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    going to give you guys what I think
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    white belt students should be competent
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    in in order to become a blue belt so
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    essentially you can break down to what
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    you need to be competent in into two
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    main categories of the bottom and the
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    top now what I have laid out right here
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    is the bottom and we're going to look at
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    the top here shortly if you want to get
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    a piece of paper out or write write this
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    down now would be a good time to take
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    notes for you guys from those two main
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    areas you can also have defensive and
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    offensive techniques or concepts or
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    principles or whatever you want to call
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    them I think the easiest way to do this
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    is then to break it down kind of by
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    position because I firmly believe there
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    are foundational positions that are most
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    common for white belts to experience
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    whenever we're going to be talking about
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    stuff the thing that I want you guys to
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    understand is I'm going to be talking
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    about a thing called primary primary
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    means the main or the go to talks about
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    the back what you should have is one
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    primary Escape so I don't want you guys
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    to have any more than one primary one
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    and we'll talk about why that is here in
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    a second then from the mount what I want
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    you to have is one elbow and then one
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    bridge and roll Escape because I think
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    that's good for everyone to have one of
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    each you want to have one main elbow
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    escape and one bridge and roll Escape
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    when it comes to side you want to have
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    one g guard recovery like a shrimp
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    Escape or some type of Escape that
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    brings you back to the guard when it
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    comes to that then you have one what's
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    called underhook Escape some of you guys
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    might have different names for these but
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    essentially these are very foundational
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    things in Jiu-Jitsu when it comes to the
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    guard position we talk about defense I
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    want you to have what I call one primary
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    guard right one main
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    guard and that just means that you have
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    an air
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    that if you had to escape the mount with
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    an elbow Escape or an area you wanted to
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    recover to guard you have a guard that
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    you feel comfortable in whether that's a
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    closed guard an open guard a butterfly
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    guard um a half guard but you have a
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    main guard that you feel like all your
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    defenses are funnel toward then when it
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    comes to the offensive side and we talk
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    about that guard position what I would
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    recommend students do to start to
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    develop some offense is that they have
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    two
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    sweeps and then two attacks right and
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    those attacks could be things like
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    triangles or chokes or so on and so
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    forth so when we talk about wanting to
  • 00:12:10
    be competent I want you guys to be
  • 00:12:12
    competent in these areas of jiujitsu
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    especially when you're going to be a
  • 00:12:17
    blue belt we could debate all day
  • 00:12:20
    usually where I see the disagreement is
  • 00:12:22
    in stuff like this is which Escape
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    should a student learn or which elbow
  • 00:12:27
    Escape is best or which Bridge or roll
  • 00:12:29
    Escape is best or which guard recovery
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    is best for a student and there's never
  • 00:12:34
    going to be a unified consensus in that
  • 00:12:36
    part if you guys are looking for like oh
  • 00:12:39
    man should I be focused more on the
  • 00:12:40
    mount or more on the side or more on the
  • 00:12:42
    guard this gives you a realistic idea
  • 00:12:45
    you could do this will solve a lot of
  • 00:12:47
    the basic problems that you will
  • 00:12:49
    experience as a white belt in order to
  • 00:12:51
    become a blue belt now we're moving on
  • 00:12:54
    to the top position now the interesting
  • 00:12:56
    thing you'll see about the top is that
  • 00:12:58
    we're primarily only going to be focused
  • 00:12:59
    on the offensive side there are
  • 00:13:01
    definitely going to be some defensive
  • 00:13:03
    components that you guys could learn
  • 00:13:05
    from being in the top positions as well
  • 00:13:07
    but the main objective that I want you
  • 00:13:10
    guys to know is what you should be
  • 00:13:12
    trying to focus on or what areas you
  • 00:13:14
    should be competent in in the top
  • 00:13:16
    position and that's going to mainly be
  • 00:13:18
    the basic offensive ideas so when we
  • 00:13:20
    talk about the back what I want a
  • 00:13:22
    student to have once again is primary
  • 00:13:25
    the main basically one idea is that you
  • 00:13:27
    have one attack whether that is a rear
  • 00:13:30
    naked choke or a ghee attack right if
  • 00:13:33
    you want to split it between ghee and no
  • 00:13:34
    ghee you can definitely do it but you
  • 00:13:37
    basically have one attack why is it only
  • 00:13:39
    one why isn't it a million well because
  • 00:13:41
    as you as a white belt the chances of
  • 00:13:43
    you getting to most people's back and
  • 00:13:45
    being able to attack and choke them out
  • 00:13:47
    is very very small so majority of the
  • 00:13:50
    time as your white belt career you're
  • 00:13:51
    going to be in the defensive or or worst
  • 00:13:54
    case scenario positions but you still
  • 00:13:56
    want to have one attack from that
  • 00:13:59
    position in case you do get to the back
  • 00:14:00
    now when we talk about the mount what I
  • 00:14:02
    encourage students to have is one
  • 00:14:04
    primary control whether that's a low
  • 00:14:06
    Mount or a high mount or with hooks or
  • 00:14:09
    some type of Mount that they have a main
  • 00:14:11
    go-to and then also one attack whether
  • 00:14:15
    that is going to be an arm lock or a
  • 00:14:17
    collar choke or some type of attack that
  • 00:14:19
    they can have and the side is
  • 00:14:21
    essentially very similar you want to
  • 00:14:23
    have one style of side control that you
  • 00:14:26
    enjoy whether that's a neon belly a hip
  • 00:14:28
    to hip on the knees there are all kinds
  • 00:14:30
    of different side controls you can have
  • 00:14:33
    but you want to have one main control
  • 00:14:35
    and then once again you want to have one
  • 00:14:37
    main attack and from the side that could
  • 00:14:39
    be arm locks that could be koras that
  • 00:14:41
    could be a key lock but you have one
  • 00:14:43
    kind of main attacker setup that you
  • 00:14:44
    like now from the guard this is where it
  • 00:14:46
    gets a little bit more detailed we want
  • 00:14:48
    to have what I call one kneeling pass
  • 00:14:51
    which is basically means being inside of
  • 00:14:55
    the Clos guard or basically you're
  • 00:14:57
    kneeling down down and you want to have
  • 00:15:00
    kind of a pass that you like to do from
  • 00:15:02
    there and then you would have one
  • 00:15:05
    standing pass and standing pass is going
  • 00:15:08
    to normally come from either an open
  • 00:15:10
    guard position or maybe you stood up
  • 00:15:12
    from closed guard you have some way to
  • 00:15:15
    uh pass whether you are already standing
  • 00:15:18
    somebody's in a seated position or they
  • 00:15:20
    are kneeling or you're kneeling so
  • 00:15:22
    you're in some type of a guard position
  • 00:15:24
    right and so these are the main areas
  • 00:15:26
    that I want you guys to have competency
  • 00:15:29
    in in order to become a blue Bel what do
  • 00:15:31
    I mean by the competency well remember
  • 00:15:34
    it's what I deem that you have good
  • 00:15:36
    knowledge in how do we Define what
  • 00:15:39
    knowledge is well in my opinion
  • 00:15:41
    knowledge is 80% of the technique steps
  • 00:15:45
    or 80% of understanding when you would
  • 00:15:48
    use it so for example if we go to this
  • 00:15:51
    uh guard pass Could you actually list
  • 00:15:54
    out the steps of your kneeling PA that
  • 00:15:57
    you like to do everything down from the
  • 00:15:59
    posture prevention to actually opening
  • 00:16:01
    up the guard to breaking it to the step
  • 00:16:05
    one step two step three of the guard
  • 00:16:07
    pass Could you actually list out and
  • 00:16:09
    write all those details out or can you
  • 00:16:11
    actually execute it at a reasonable
  • 00:16:13
    speed or do you have to sit there and
  • 00:16:15
    you blank out if you guys go back
  • 00:16:17
    through and look at the other section
  • 00:16:19
    that I already did I believe in total
  • 00:16:21
    this is around 20 different main
  • 00:16:24
    Concepts or main ideas that you guys
  • 00:16:26
    should have competency in I know more
  • 00:16:29
    schools might have more detailed
  • 00:16:31
    requirements they might say for you hey
  • 00:16:34
    for the back attack I want you guys to
  • 00:16:35
    know this style of her a naked choke or
  • 00:16:38
    maybe even from the mount they expect
  • 00:16:39
    you to know more than just one attack
  • 00:16:41
    maybe they want you to know a key lock
  • 00:16:43
    maybe they want you to know a collar
  • 00:16:44
    choke and that's absolutely fine but I'm
  • 00:16:46
    just giving you guys somewhere that you
  • 00:16:48
    can place your attention on and if you
  • 00:16:50
    don't have any of these if you're not
  • 00:16:53
    knowledgeable in at least these things
  • 00:16:56
    then you might want to start to move
  • 00:16:58
    move your direction that way that way
  • 00:17:00
    you can start prioritizing what you
  • 00:17:02
    should be focusing on on your way to
  • 00:17:03
    blue belt now this is the last of the
  • 00:17:05
    three c's for a main reason so the first
  • 00:17:07
    thing is that if you're not consistent
  • 00:17:09
    it's going to be hard to make any gains
  • 00:17:11
    in Jiu-Jitsu we already broke that down
  • 00:17:12
    earlier if you don't have the right
  • 00:17:14
    amount of knowledge and you're not
  • 00:17:15
    competent in a certain area of Jiu-Jitsu
  • 00:17:18
    then that's a problem as well too the
  • 00:17:19
    capability how I Define it is you being
  • 00:17:21
    able to apply the knowledge against a
  • 00:17:25
    resisting opponent or resisting person
  • 00:17:27
    so this is also know known as your skill
  • 00:17:29
    level even if you have this knowledge
  • 00:17:31
    but you can't apply it against certain
  • 00:17:33
    individuals then that's a problem but
  • 00:17:35
    often what I see students struggle with
  • 00:17:37
    is knowing how to gauge their capability
  • 00:17:41
    and the way that I recommend white belts
  • 00:17:43
    start to do this is by against people
  • 00:17:45
    who are their own skill or less honestly
  • 00:17:49
    I don't care how a white belt does an
  • 00:17:51
    elbow Escape against a purple belt or
  • 00:17:53
    how he does a guard recovery against a
  • 00:17:55
    brown belt what I'm trying to deem if
  • 00:17:57
    they're cap capable is how are they
  • 00:18:00
    executing their knowledge-based
  • 00:18:02
    components against people who are their
  • 00:18:03
    own skill or less and so this is why
  • 00:18:06
    it's extremely important to develop this
  • 00:18:07
    kind of internal gauge whenever you're
  • 00:18:10
    training Jiu-Jitsu often students will
  • 00:18:12
    do this with competition and because
  • 00:18:14
    they're competing against people who are
  • 00:18:15
    their own skill level theoretically that
  • 00:18:18
    is how they're gauging the capability
  • 00:18:20
    the one problem that I have with that is
  • 00:18:22
    that it's mainly only gauging the
  • 00:18:24
    offensive component side of it because
  • 00:18:26
    you're trying to impose your will and
  • 00:18:27
    you're trying to dominate you're not
  • 00:18:29
    willingly um evaluating how good you're
  • 00:18:32
    doing in defensive and you're kind of
  • 00:18:34
    being put to the test and and who knows
  • 00:18:36
    the the the skill level actual
  • 00:18:38
    similarity that's very vast at a white
  • 00:18:40
    belt competition level to me having this
  • 00:18:44
    capability and evaluating it with inside
  • 00:18:47
    of your own training environment I think
  • 00:18:49
    is the strongest valid of evidence that
  • 00:18:51
    we can have to know if you're an actual
  • 00:18:54
    blue belt so whenever you're training
  • 00:18:56
    and if we go back to our example that we
  • 00:18:59
    had earlier we talk about our Mount
  • 00:19:00
    Escape or we're talking about our elbow
  • 00:19:02
    Escape if I can successfully do this
  • 00:19:05
    elbow Escape against people who are my
  • 00:19:07
    own skill or less then I am very capable
  • 00:19:11
    that's what I would call highly capable
  • 00:19:13
    now if I'm a white belt and I'm rolling
  • 00:19:15
    around and I'm training with somebody
  • 00:19:17
    who is uh a lesser white belt than me
  • 00:19:19
    maybe like one stripe or two stripes and
  • 00:19:21
    I'm four stripes and I'm close to my
  • 00:19:22
    blue belt and I can't even Escape their
  • 00:19:24
    mou then that's a red flag ding ding
  • 00:19:27
    ding I should probably now go back to my
  • 00:19:29
    list and evaluate which of my primary
  • 00:19:32
    escapes I should really refine or start
  • 00:19:34
    to develop so that way I can get ready
  • 00:19:36
    for that blue belt level so let's do a
  • 00:19:38
    quick recap of all these again right so
  • 00:19:41
    we have C1 of consistency this is where
  • 00:19:43
    I think is the first priority right so
  • 00:19:46
    like I said if you're not consistent
  • 00:19:47
    it's going to be tough next is the
  • 00:19:49
    second so you go down here and you want
  • 00:19:51
    to make sure you're knowledgeable in
  • 00:19:53
    these areas if you're not knowledgeable
  • 00:19:55
    in these areas that could be a problem
  • 00:19:57
    and then as you start to become
  • 00:19:58
    knowledgeable and you gain that ability
  • 00:20:01
    then we can move all the way over to
  • 00:20:04
    this last part of C3 right here of
  • 00:20:07
    capability and then it just kind of goes
  • 00:20:09
    back around again could keep
  • 00:20:11
    re-evaluating this so if you've done all
  • 00:20:13
    of this if you are consistent you've
  • 00:20:15
    reached this number and then you are
  • 00:20:17
    competent and then you are capable well
  • 00:20:19
    then you need to be evaluating if you're
  • 00:20:22
    not a blue belt why why are you not a
  • 00:20:24
    blue belt what is going on here if
  • 00:20:26
    you're literally telling me that you've
  • 00:20:27
    done this many sessions and you're are
  • 00:20:29
    competent in this area and you are
  • 00:20:31
    capable in your own skill and against
  • 00:20:33
    people who are other why are you not a
  • 00:20:34
    blue belt you should be able to be a
  • 00:20:36
    blue belt by all of these things
  • 00:20:38
    remember it's a framework and there's
  • 00:20:40
    going to be Pitfall so just because
  • 00:20:42
    you're capable of some things here and
  • 00:20:44
    you can do certain moves against people
  • 00:20:45
    your own skill if you don't have the
  • 00:20:47
    right amount of knowledge that's a
  • 00:20:49
    problem now in theory if you're capable
  • 00:20:52
    and you have the competency and you
  • 00:20:54
    haven't done this 125 to 200 sessions
  • 00:20:56
    then you're probably a standout and
  • 00:20:58
    congratulations but in my experience
  • 00:21:00
    most students have to reach this 125
  • 00:21:02
    training sessions to 200 training
  • 00:21:04
    sessions in order to be competent in
  • 00:21:06
    enough knowledge and also have developed
  • 00:21:09
    enough capability to become a blue belt
  • 00:21:11
    so there it is there's your complete
  • 00:21:13
    white to blue belt guide that you guys
  • 00:21:15
    can start to check off so if you guys
  • 00:21:17
    like this kind of information click down
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    detail with this type of information to
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    help get you guys going right away it's
  • 00:21:29
    much different than a regular
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  • 00:21:35
    and hopefully you apply it we're
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