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You'd be shocked with how common it is for me blue belt comp was harder than purple just from the sheer amount if crazy sandbaged guys.
I live by if you're at that skill level, you get the belt. No need for unnecessary delay
We should have age groups instead of belt grouping, Would love to see the best 16 yo against each other, then the 17 yo... all the way to maybe 21, then the adult class, then the masters class
In the masters you can have belt level, it's pretty much participation trophies anyway. And it's cool to have older people having fun competing even if they started late. Same thing for local comps, I don't really care, the more different brackets, the more fun
But for IBJJF world major comps, I don't care to see a real 16 yo blue belt compete against a 19 yo blue belt who is already 2 times blue belt world champ.
I would love to follow the sport and knowing that there's that 18 yo kid coming up who already won the U16 and U17 world title and that he might jump in the adult bracket early...
Like people love to watch college sports to know the players that will be the big league next big star or world juniors in hockey or U20 FIFA tournaments. It's really engaging.