DarkTriad said:
Suits said:
eradicator said:
Suits said:
DarkTriad said:
Also, I've never seen a bluebelt at a Judo club.
I have.
Depends on what organization the club is registered with. There are a wide variety of ranking systems.
At a US based judo club I was a member at, it went white-green-blue-brown-black.
At a Canadian club, it was completely different.
I think coloured belts are stupid. Reminds me of some scenes from
The Office.
Children's classes often have colored belts because the parents paying for the classes like to see progress.
So do adult classes.
So true, it's a proven tool for motivating people. It also cuts down on certain elements of gym douchebaggery. I've heard a lot of talkers in no-gi and less formal programs. At least with belts on, even the credible noobs can figure out that the bluebelt arguing with the blackbelt is probably an idiot.
When I was training in judo (a lot of fun by the way), the belt ranks were actually kind of nice.
Black belts always knew their stuff, whereas, brown belts could generally be predicted to be try hard.
My motivation for participation quickly stopped being about moving up ranks and more about ignoring the testing system and being the best that I could be by constantly trying to improve myself against those who were bigger and better than me, despite whatever belt their were wearing.
If I wanted to get a technique down pat, I'd get a black belt to show me, however.
Originally, in Japan, it was all white and black belts, with brown belts being a late addition.
The full Monty of rainbow inspired colours appears to be a purely American invention.
I'd be all for a black-brown-white system or even a black-white system.
Some achievements do deserve a symbolic honour.
On a side note, there was a karate class that would use the judo dojo that I worked out of for a while in Canada. They'd have class just before we did on week nights. While every judo black belt I've ever met wears a belt that is heavily worn, sometimes to the point of being grey, the dozen black belts in the karate club looked like their belts had been purchased earlier that day.