Brazilian Jiu JItsu, eh?

You know how being ahead of the typical development curve makes you appear impressive? What if you could lie about your development curve so that you could make yourself appear more "ahead" than you really are? On the menu: sandbagging and promotion timelines.

On the menu for discussion: history of the BJJ belt system, semantics of the belt grades.

BJJ is a grappling art. You also hear "grip fight! grip fight!" a lot. Yet, it is a criminally neglected subject. Hopefully I can provide insight on the matter.