[Palma]

Originally Posted by Frasedog

Sounds a bit long to me. Most guys at my gym reach blue belt in 6-12 months. Blue to purple can certainly take years. One of my other instructors I believe achieved his black belt in 7 or 8 years, but it sounds like he was a bit of a prodigy, picking things up faster than average. Hereis what Wikipedia says regarding the yellow, orange, and green belts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjj#Graduation

Some schools use slightly different belt systems, such as having more colored belts before blue belt, but the above are the only widely accepted ranks as they are the standards for tournaments. There are minimum age requirements for belt promotions. Blue belts are never awarded to anyone under the age of 16. For promotion to black belt the minimum age is 19 years old according to the main regulating body of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the International Federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

That's way faster then our gym gives out blue belts. It's a solid year and a half or 2 and half years for most people.