What do you think of this school?

[Viper555]

Well i'm guessing since no body responded to my other thread that no one knows of any BJJ schools in my area. The closest thing I could find is this place: http://ctabjj.com/ which is about an hour and a half to a 2 hour drive from where I live. I'm not really sure what to make of these guys seeing as how they only have purple belts in BJJ. Im guessing they mostly teach ju-juitsu mixed with BJJ and various striking arts based on their backgrounds. What do you guys think? Worthwhile or not?

[Oso]

V555, where are you?

I'm in Asheville, only about 20 miles from these guys.
Never heard of them but when I have a free evening I'll go by and talk to them. Won't be this week but maybe next.

thanks for the tip. been looking for someplace else to train.

[PT-Kali]

"they only have purple belts in BJJ"

you know how long it took to JUST get purple belt in BJJ...I would say at least 4 to 5 years. Purple Belts in BJJ CAN teach under the BJJ guidelines. It also means they are pretty good fighters, as those belts aren't easily handed to you...

In a nutshell, don't expect your first belt rank in BJJ until a year or two of training, then it will be blue. Here's a good article:

http://www.hendersonsdc.com/Grappling.htm

or

heck, blue belts can even teach the basics http://bjj.org/academies/blue.html

or you can just go to the school, say "you guys only have purple belts", point and laugh at them

[Viper555]

^ Thanks for the heads up. I wasn't aware if that. I figured it was like most of the karate schools around here as far as getting belts goes. I'll definitely have to check that out when I get my license(sp).

Oso: I live about 10 minutes from hickory.