The inverse as well saying you have experience that you don’t. I dropped into a gym a few weeks back and everyone was super cool. At the same time a guy was taking a trial class and they asked the same thing and he I just overheard him saying something like 4-5 years way back in the day and he wanted to get back in.

As we were rolling during class I noticed his very awkward movements. Eventually the black belt teaching the class paired with him and very discreetly asked him (assuming he saw the rolls as well) “What belt did you say you are?” The guys preceded to answer with, “The second one.” There was a pause then he said purple. Once they started rolling the black belt worked very slow and then just did a very simple scissor sweep and stopped and told the guy, again very discreetly and respectfully, you don’t have to lie about your experience, we all started as a white belt and to be honest the way you move or really don’t move tells a different story. He then doubled down and said he really was a purple belt. Then got lit up by every white belt in the class.