Lineage BJJ® Youth Belt System: Minimum Requirements for Promotion

At Lineage BJJ®, we believe in nurturing our young martial artists with a rich foundation in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We ensure that our students are well-prepared and that promotions are earned through genuine skill and dedication. In this article, we are focusing on the promotion requirements within our Lineage BJJ® Youth Belt System. This includes the minimum requirements and testing that our young practitioners must go through to earn their stripes and progress in their belts.

Minimum Requirements for Promotion

  • Attendance and Time: 20 classes and a minimum of two months for each promotion (stripe or belt).

  • Stripes: 4 stripes are awarded for each belt level.

  • Age Requirements: We adhere to the standard IBJJF age requirements for each belt level.

  • Testing: Students must pass basic testing for each solid belt color change. If a student fails a test, they may retest two weeks later. We do not charge for promotions nor do we have testing fees.

  • Certificates: Certificates will be awarded for each solid belt color promotion.

  • Behavior: Students may lose stripes/rank for misconduct during class (at the instructors’ discretion) or at home/off the mats (at parents’ discretion).

Detailed Belt Testing Requirements

Grey Belt Test Requirements:

  • Demonstrate Push / Pull base

  • Demonstrate standing in base (basic variation / knee check variation / follow the attacker variation - “teeter-totter”)

  • Demonstrate ear slap

  • Demonstrate elbow strike

  • Demonstrate distance management

  • Demonstrate the clinch

  • Demonstrate head butt defense from standing position

  • Demonstrate sucker punch defense

  • Demonstrate haymaker punch defense

  • Demonstrate all wrist release techniques

  • Demonstrate tackle the giant

  • Demonstrate maintaining the mount

  • Demonstrate bulldozer

  • Demonstrate crazy horse

  • Demonstrate mount escape (trap and roll)

Yellow Belt Test Requirements:

  • Demonstrate proper shrimping technique

  • Demonstrate mount escape (elbow escape technique)

  • Demonstrate hip throw from the clinch

  • Demonstrate trip to mount from the clinch

  • Demonstrate side control (wrestler and Relson variations)

  • Demonstrate scarf hold

  • Demonstrate back control

  • Demonstrate closed guard

  • Demonstrate cross choke from the closed guard

  • Demonstrate arm lock from the closed guard

  • Demonstrate Kimura from the closed guard

  • Demonstrate 2 sweeps from the guard

  • Demonstrate arm lock from mount

  • Demonstrate Americana from mount

  • Demonstrate Americana from side control

  • Demonstrate sneaky mount from side control (wrestler variation) position

  • Demonstrate arm lock from scarf hold

  • Demonstrate one submission from the back mount

  • Demonstrate 1 standing headlock escape (punch defense)

  • Demonstrate 1 headlock escape from the ground (frame)

Orange Belt Test Requirements:

  • Demonstrate headlock escapes (ground) – Rickson escape / frame (they don’t let go / balled up)

  • Demonstrate headlock escapes (standing) – attacker standing tall / your head pulled down regular stance / head pulled down wide stance

  • Sweeps from guard – pendulum / elevator

  • Escape scarf hold

  • Demonstrate Bear hug defense (5 variations)

  • Demonstrate Choke defense from behind (4 variations)

  • Re-guard from side control

  • Demonstrate Guillotine Chokes (standing, 2 variations)

  • Guillotine escapes (standing, 2 variations)

  • Demonstrate Wall defense techniques (5 variations)

    Demonstrate 3 Judo throws

  • Demonstrate triangle from the guard

  • Demonstrate one triangle escape

  • Demonstrate three guard passes

  • Demonstrate three sweeps when an opponent stands up in your guard

Green Belt Test Requirements:

  • Demonstrate “All” of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu self-defense system, minus the weapons.

*Note: At the Green Belt level, students must also demonstrate all prior belt testing requirements.

It is important to note that the testing requirements may change as our curriculum evolves. These tests are constructed to evaluate a student's proficiency in various BJJ techniques and also assess their personal development, understanding of principles, and commitment to the art.

Final Thoughts:

At Lineage BJJ™, we take immense pride in the quality and authenticity of our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training. We believe that each belt is not just a rank, but a symbol of the hard work, dedication, and growth of the student. Our structured and rigorous promotion requirements ensure that our students truly earn each stripe and belt, and develop into skilled, confident, and respectful practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

For further questions or inquiries about classes and promotion requirements, feel free to contact us.

James Thrift

Retired PSS/TSI - U.S. Secret Service. Navy Veteran. Founder of Lineage BJJ and Calvert MMA Academy. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu 4th Degree Black Belt.

https://lineagebjj.com
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