A BJJ academy in Texas, Team Pittman BJJ (which has been affiliated to Carlos Machado for 10 years) is promoting children to ‘Junior black belts’. Some are even 7th degree Junior BJJ black belts. *It is important to note that Carlos Machado is not awarding these jr black belts. Mr Pittman is.
You can see on the wall of Pittman academy a huge sign written:
“The Goal is Black belt Leader”
This practice happens in other martial arts such as Karate and Taekwondo where Instructors sell belts in order to keep students and make money at the same time, but is NOT part of BJJ tradition and rules.
In BJJ, there is no such thing as ‘junior black belt’. It has never existed. There are well defined belt rankings that should be followed, according to Federation rules.
Watch what happens when Hitler finds out about it:
