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Bernardo Faria Talks Most Honest Way To Check Your Level In BJJ

Bernardo Faria Talks Most Honest Way To Check Your Level In BJJ

BJJ World Champion Bernardo Faria has shared his thoughts on the most reliable way to evaluate one’s skill level in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Faria believes that competition is the most honest and effective method for assessing true skill:

When you go to a competition, when you go to a tournament, this is literally the most honest way because you are under pressure, you are fighting a person that you never fought before…

There’s all the adrenaline and things like that.

Still, Faria acknowledges that not everyone is interested in competing and offers an alternative solution – training with partners from different schools.

He warns that training exclusively with the same group of people can lead to a distorted view of one’s skill, as familiarity with training partners’ techniques and patterns can skew performance during rolls.

Faria also stresses the importance of making fair comparisons when evaluating skill level.
He advises practitioners to consider factors such as age, weight class, training frequency, and lifestyle commitments like work and family:

If you are a purple belt who trains twice a week and you are comparing yourself against a purple belt who trains twice a day, that’s not fair.

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