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As a 49 yo purple who admittedly feels the same sometimes, I often remind myself how ridiculous this is. Middle-aged men self-conscious about training a martial art they've enjoyed for years, because of the color of a cloth belt around their waist? That is some slack-jawed bullshido fuckery.
But BJJ culture perpetuates this. The implication that a belt promotion is a video game level up regardless of age, injuries, conditioning, size or strength. You're not competing against your training partners and belt rank shouldn't be a dick measuring contest.
absolutely
I'm ok with some kids (14 to 20 something years old) having some stupid mindset like being happy to have old their own against the 45 year old purple belt.
They are kids, kids are stupid and they can think as stupid people
But other grown man, flexing about taping a brown belt with a footlock and seeing this as a proof of their skills.
Man, work hard everyday, help your training partners and be happy for them
Belts are only a way for your coach to show you that you progress the right way, it's not to prepare a Fight club event where everybody with the same belt will kill each other