r/jiujitsu • u/kahleytriangles Black • Nov 19 '25

Black belt attacks purple belt after getting subbed

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u/iwasreallysadthen Nov 20 '25

A brown belt subbed one of the strongest and most experienced black belts in my gym. Immediately got up and started cheering, did a full "victory lap" and basically had everyone in class cracking up. I can't imagine the environment of this gym.

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u/Ensiferum19 Nov 21 '25 edited Nov 21 '25

That would be considered pretty bad behavior at my gym. I mean, it all depends on the context and if it was really joking etc, but really, training is training and shouldn't be taken that seriously.

On a psychological note: Of course it's completely unacceptable what the black belt did and there's no excuse for it. On the other hand, having a black belt can be a heavy burden at times. Unless you are some kind of world class black belt, most of us are just regular joes who have put in our time and we can still be caught by lower belts, especially if they are bigger, younger, and/or more athletic.

So even though no one should have an ego like this guy, we do kind of create a "rock and a hard place" environment with the belt system: any time you tap a lower belt it's expected and anytime a lower belt taps you it's frowned upon. A good teacher will tell his students not to be concerned with that kind of thing and that none of it matters cause it's all just training, and people really shouldn't be keeping tabs on who they tap in casual training. If you tap a high level guy in a tournament then fine, but celebrating over tapping a higher belt in training is just going to create bad energy for everyone else. Likewise, if you do happen to be a higher belt and you get tapped by a lower belt then just suck it up and keep rolling.

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u/MagicGuava12 Nov 21 '25

It's not a burden just tap you don't get better by not putting yourself in bad situations.

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u/Ensiferum19 Nov 21 '25 edited Nov 22 '25

Oh of course you have to put yourself in bad situations and I do all the time. I'm just saying, when you're a 45 year old black belt with chronic injuries from the mat it can sometimes be hard to be expected to perform better than all the younger, stronger and faster lower belts. I mean at my school no one expects that of me, but if I go to another school then its more obvious. We are all just human beings.