Canuckster wrote:If you never trained GI and have a purple, you don't actually have a purple and should be wearing a white belt for now. You'll likely progress quickly though.
Kind of a grey area there. I've got tons of experience, and will only get subbed by Black Belts. Does not knowing proper collar chokes, the scissor sweep and pant-grabbing passes really put on par with the first-year White Belts?
I get that giving up the belt is an exercise in humility, but what if I'm not really loyal to the said Dojo? I come from another background and am simply paying to be able to continue training.