{"id":19741,"date":"2023-07-05T11:27:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/?p=19741"},"modified":"2023-07-05T11:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T16:27:17","slug":"are-there-belts-in-no-gi-bjj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/are-there-belts-in-no-gi-bjj\/","title":{"rendered":"Are There Belts In No-Gi BJJ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Brazilian jiu-jitsu has one of the toughest ranking systems to progress through, and each belt is a hard-earned honor and reward. With the rapid growth of no-gi BJJ and submission grappling, the question of whether you get belts in no-gi has become very common in the community. But what is the answer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traditionally, you must train and wear a gi to progress through the belts, but more and more people train strictly no-gi and want to climb the same progression ladder. Some schools give belts only if you train in a gi; others require you to wear the gi only for the promotion ceremony; others do not give belts to no gi practitioners; and others, like 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, do.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, this answer is not definitive or satisfying, but it reflects reality. There are a lot of opinions on the topic, and I will do my best to explain the different factors concerning no-gi belts and how they reflect competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat Is No GI Jiu-Jitsu?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n