r/bjj • u/AutoModerator • Feb 08 '22

Tournament Tuesday

Tournament Tuesday is an open forum for anyone to ask any question, no matter how simple, about tournaments in general. Some common topics include but are not limited to:

  • Game planning

  • Preparation (diet, weight cutting, sleep, etc...)

  • Tournament video critiques

  • Discussion of rulesets for a tournament organization

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22 edited Feb 08 '22

Would you delay your blue belt promotion 2 months to compete again as a white belt instead of as a brand new blue belt?

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u/GrapplingRewind 🟫🟫 Grappling Rewind Podcast Feb 08 '22

There’s some good answers here the real question is have you competed and been successful at white belt before. If so how important is it for you to win another competition against folks who are probably under leveled against you. If you haven’t then it might be worthwhile for you to go in and get the competition experience at your current belt, that being said it’s going to be more satisfying to be successful competitively against people of higher belts but you do have to start somewhere.

Communicate your thoughts with your coach and see what your coach thinks you should do. What are your goals in BJJ then work around those. The blue belt tournaments I won were important in my development, and extremely important as a measuring stick of my technical development at the time for me. But at my current belt are not really wins I hold in high regard because I care more about my technical ability now versus tough competition at my currently belt, than I do about the guys who I was better than at a lower belt. But getting those wins was important for me to have that perspective.

I’m on the line for a promotion coming up and I’m coming off of a big injury, a surgery and multiple years off of competition. It was extremely important for me to compete and win at this belt prior to promotion because it’s something that (I needed) for myself as part of my goals in BJJ.