Gaunlet A few students have been enquiring in the past so it is only fair that I have a write up about the carrots of Martial Arts (the belts). Each belt comes with a black tab, you will receive up to 4 stripes on each belt. BJJ is notorious for waiting for a long time between belt so it is nice to receive one stripe once in a while (Hint, it usually happens during graduation time every 6 months which are traditionally held in June and December). However, we do give stripes outside the graduation ceremony. To be honest, I would rather have one grading ceremony per year so we can just concentrate on training instead. It is not required to have the complete 4 stripes in order to move to the next belt. The complete 4 stripes does not guarantee you that you will be promoted automatically to the next belt as well. Your instructors will discuss and assess the students during training and will decide who is ready to do the exam for the next belt. It is mostly a...