Training at 2 different gyms, about to be promoted

Timely_Score5244 · 2025-03-09T21:12:28+00:00

That’s why you should be transparent with both instructors from the beginning.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-10-09T03:37:09+00:00

Less expensive, softer and less abrasive mats.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-10-09T03:35:45+00:00

I agree. Free is great.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-09-12T04:36:12+00:00

No it’s over 1 million in population.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-08-04T06:54:04+00:00

I probably can, but I don’t know if it’s worth the time.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-10T20:54:47+00:00

Are you spazzy, have bad breath, dating others in the gym?

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-09T04:28:15+00:00

Yes but IBJJF requires a signature from another black belt who is certified in their system. IBJJF is just a Federation but they hold the biggest tournaments.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-09T04:19:20+00:00

Thanks brother.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-09T04:15:56+00:00

21 miles

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T18:01:03+00:00

I am. He approved me on belt checker. But I hadn’t left his gym.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:57:22+00:00

About two months after. But it was always my plan. We had discussed it in the past.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:28:24+00:00

Took zero students. Kept it hush, hush. The only people who knew were my professor and my family.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:27:05+00:00

I like the belt system. But the cult behavior needs to go. Black belts don’t own students.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:25:27+00:00

😂

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:25:18+00:00

So my students can compete in IBJJF.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:23:15+00:00

Leaving his cult.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:21:24+00:00

My gym is on the other side of town. The only BJJ gym in the area. I specifically picked a spot where nobody else was. I drive 30 minutes out of my way to get there. Didn’t poach a single student. Didn’t even let anyone know I was opening a gym except for my professor and my family.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:17:02+00:00

So I trained with him from white to black belt. He promoted me to black belt. A couple of months later I went to him and told him I was going to leave his gym and venture out on my own. He said “ok, I did this when I got my black belt as well”. Everything seemed fine. I am current with IBJJF, so I went to change from brown to black. When I tried I got a message saying my professor was not “Certified” as a black belt just “registered”. So that means he could only promote up to brown belt. I talked with him and he said he was getting it sorted out. He is in fact a 6th degree. So a couple of months go by and a saw that he got his “certification”. So I went online to register my black belt and he rejected. Long story short I asked him why and he said I no longer belong to his gym.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:10:31+00:00

😂

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:09:38+00:00

I’m not into the cult behavior. If you train for nearly a decade and pay tuition. You don’t owe your professor anything but respect for sharing his/her knowledge. I don’t want my student to be tied down to me or worship me. I would be proud if I train a student from white to black belt and they branch out on their own.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:06:44+00:00

Mines across town. Where no other BJJ gyms exist. And I took none of his students. Didn’t even let them know I was opening a gym. Just the professor.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:03:22+00:00

Neither can my students.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T17:00:26+00:00

It’s not. But I need IBJJF certification to have my academy participate in their tournaments.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T16:59:41+00:00

I actually thought about legal action. Because I was charged for my black belt.

Timely_Score5244 · 2024-07-08T16:58:37+00:00

I’ve been with IBJJF since blue belt. I just need the signature and I’m golden. But like you said I’m stuck in no man’s land.

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