BJJ Gifts for Blue Belts
These BJJ gifts for blue belts are for the rank people quietly find hardest: the first promotion is behind them, and the next one is a long way off.
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Guide
Blue Belt Blues: How to Get to Purple
Most advice says push through the blue belt blues. Read why they happen at all, and the one rule that stopped them for me. Start with...
Read the guide: Blue Belt Blues: How to Get to Purple
Why the blue belt is a strange gift to buy for
At white belt everything is new, so everything is progress. At blue belt that stops. The rank lasts a long time at most academies, the easy gains are gone, and the people who started after you begin catching up. Grapplers have a name for the mood, and one of the designs here is built around it.
That makes the useful gift one of two things: something that marks the rank they actually hold, or something that helps them see progress they cannot feel. A training journal does the second job, because the entries from six months ago are the proof the mat does not give you. See BJJ training journals.
Avoid anything that jokes about them being a beginner, and avoid anything implying the next belt is imminent. Neither lands well at this rank.
If you want a second small item, BJJ stickers go on the bottle and the gear bag. The full range is in BJJ gifts and BJJ apparel and gear.
If you are in that stretch right now, we wrote about it: Blue Belt Blues: How to Get to Purple. It is about why the plateau ends people's training, and the rule that stopped it ending ours.
Frequently asked questions
What are the blue belt blues?
A name grapplers use for the flat spell that often follows the first promotion, when early rapid progress slows and training stops showing obvious results.
How long do people spend at blue belt?
It differs by academy and by training frequency, and it is usually one of the longer ranks. Their coach is the only reliable source.
Is this the same as a Judo blue belt?
No. This shelf follows the BJJ belt order. Judo grading and colours vary by country and club.