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Very few were elite BJJ players in their youth.The usual explanation is that those athletes lost motivation for competition and winning and do not feel the need to prove themselves again. When looking at black belt master divisions (from master 3 and onwards) at big IBJJF competitions, you will notice that most of the competitors are the ones that started BJJ later on in life. Staying in shape and keeping up with the young guys in the academy becomes their motivation. Some athletes will come back to competition in the early 40’s once they have gotten their initial parenting duties taken care off. Think of how many times Saulo Ribeiro has retired from high level competitions, only to come back when he still had the fire in him.įor those who have accepted that fact, comes the master and senior division. Some athletes have a hard time to accept that their best days are behind them. By the time you reach you early 30’s, your high level BJJ career is often over due to life eventually getting in the way. To have a chance at world class success, you will need to have started in your teens. High level BJJ competition can be considered to be a young person’s sport (up to around 33 yrs old on average). At black belt master the level is still very high (although still below adult black belt where all the elite athletes compete) due to the fact that you have BJJ legends still competing and black belt is the belt that you keep the longest of all. So in a nutshell master at white, blue, purple and brown can be seen as slightly easier than adult for the respective belts. Not only am I facing some guys who have been black belts for 5-10 years, I’m facing some legends of our sport who were still active in competitions.
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I’m now competing at black belt master 1 division (Soon to qualify for Master 2) during IBJJF tournaments and the competition level immediately went up 3 notches. Although it was still very tough, I was able to get among other wins, a third place at the Europeans after beating two tough guys on the way there. I then started competing in IBJJF tournaments at Masters as a brown belt. I was basically a late 20’s working guy competing against 18-23 yr old studs who trained 2x a day. The differences between Masters and adult competition could be summarized to 3 main areas: Belt level, life cycle, and motivation.Īs a blue and purple belt I competed in some major IBJJF tournaments in the adult division. If you have taken a COVID test and are awaiting the results, please refrain from training until you have received a negative test result.BJJ legend Comprido Medeiros, photo by: Mike Calimbas /
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