If any of you are like me, you spend time on Youtube looking at Jiu Jitsu videos. I would like to create this post as a place where everyone can send links to their favorite Bjj highlight videos. Some of these videos are so well done they give me such a rush to get on the mats and train. So lets try and motivate each other and at the same time spread some great videos at the same time. I’ll start with a few of mine- Braulio Estima, Marcelo Garcia, and of course Cobrinha.

Earning rank in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is easy right? That’s why we have tons of 7 year old black belts running around everywhere kicking people in the knees like mini pajama ninjas. Oh wait no, that’s other martial arts. Jiu Jitsu is far more hardcore then that. It truly does take a lifetime to master averaging 10 years to get a Jiu Jitsu black belt. Personally this is just another reason why I love Bjj. Rank means something! When a single stripe on your blue belt counts for literally months of training 3-4 times a week, achieving it is an awesome feeling. I do see the other side of the coin though. Some people can get discouraged and give up because they are not progressing fast enough. Or at least they think they aren’t because they don’t get the quick rank they are looking for. Lets face it a very small number of white belts that start out even make it to purple belt. So lets hear it, how do you feel about the way rank works in bjj? Do you think it’s a good thing and keeps the art from being watered down? Or do you think the opposite?