The IBJJF system has 5 belt colors for children: white, gray, yellow, orange, and green.

Adults may be promoted through belts in the following order: white, blue, purple, brown and black. Each belt has 5 levels, a clear belt and then 4 stripes that may be awarded for time, knowledge, behavior, and tournament performance.

Black Belt

Black belt

He is a brown belt in Jiu-Jitsu. He absolutely does. He’s an MMA fighter, meaning he spends significant time on all aspects of his game. He prefers to fight on the feet, though.

The UFC is the biggest MMA competition, and since his debut in February 2018, Adesanya has cleaned out the middleweight division to become the undisputed champion. Adesanya only lost his first attempt at Light Heavyweight division, which means he still has his Middleweight belts.

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UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya receives jiu-jitsu purple belt. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya continues to take his skillset to the next level. On Tuesday morning, Adesanya took to Instagram to reveal that he’s been awarded his jiu-jitsu purple belt from his coach Andre Galvao.

#1 Robert Whittaker – faced Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 Robert Whittaker is easily the frontrunner to be Israel Adesanya’s next opponent. The former UFC middleweight champion, who lost his title after being knocked out by ‘The Last Stylebender’ at UFC 243, has since gone on a tear.

The average person can usually obtain a BJJ blue belt after 2-3 years of training Jiu Jitsu. Each BJJ school has different requirements and you have to prove to your coach that you’re ready for a blue.

If you are a beginner or a “casual” Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, aim for two to three days a week. Training around two days a week is a good starting point when you’re just starting Jiu-Jitsu. You get enough time on the mats to learn and work on your technique while not getting burned out or overtrained.

The average time it takes to achieve this is usually around 10 years. There are some individuals like BJ Penn and Kit Dale, who have amazing rapid rises up the ranks to very high levels. But they are the exceptions to the rule.