Ok. Last night I got my purple belt in BJJ.
This is the part where you all tell me congratulations and stuff!
Seriously, I’m just a little excited about it… the blue belt doldrums are where a lot of people stagnate. Very few purples compared to the number of blues floating around.
One more tiny little step on the road to Black…
Congratulations Merryprankster!!! Keep it up, and you will have your black belt in no time. And maybe soon, you too will be able to kick the holy h3ll out of Ralek!
~Wen~
Awesome…grats man
Yeah, well last night I lost a standing 8 count after recieving an elbow to the noggin in a technique line.
So there.
Well, come to think of it, yours is a little more cool.
Congratulations, jack@ss. Most of the instructors that teach BJJ around here don’t have their purple yet.
JWT
Merry, I’ll be the first to congratulate!
That’s a hard earned belt and not many do it. Congrats man!!
I’m jealous. 
Seriously congrats. I could always tell you were an awesome grappler, and actually considered you a “sempai” to my grappling skill. 
Ryu
Congratulations!
Is it true that you have to choke out a dog to get your purple belt? I heard you have to kill a man to get your black belt.
You punks…
guess I’ll be the 4rth to congratulate…
Ryu
congratulations and stuff! !!
so, how many belts are there after blue? And when u have the black, will u get ‘dan’ as in japanese ma?
in a related story, i kicked arse at ‘jagged alliance 2’ last night.
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i got nothing.
stuart b.
Thanks guys,
LOL at Tigerstyle!
No dogs to choke… I did have to run the line though. 30 or so minutes with a new guy every 2 minutes… you start with the newest white belt so by the time Lloyd gets you, you’re burned out…
not that it matters 
After Purple are brown and black.
There are only 5 belts in BJJ–white, blue, purple, brown, black. I don’t know if they call them “dans.” We tend not to use the Japanese terminology.
Ryu–oddly enough I’m MUCH better at BJJ than I ever was at wrestling. My takedowns were never very good, and once they figure that out in college, they take you down for two and let you back up for one. Even if your counterwrestling is good (mine is) they are bound to get you once in awhile. It doesn’t take long to lose that way
whoaa.. I thought I was the first poster.. God **** chicks.. :rolleyes:
Congrats! Nice when hard work pays off.
Congrats MP!!! Although my wing chun will defeat your BJJ
on another note, what the hell is a technique line?
Also, as long as we are all bragging, I scored 244 on Tekken Bowl last night. I got 2nd place!
hey answer my q:
“so, how many belts are there after blue? And when u have the black, will u get ‘dan’ as in
japanese ma?”
Congrats on Tekken Bowl!!!
Kris I did!
I edited my post above!!!
Thanks MP! It was tough but Law came through for me! 
oh sorry, I missed that. Thx.
so what exactly is the major differences between wrestling and BJJ? Besides the gi thing.
Congrats MP. BTW, how long were you a blue belt?
Technique line,
lots of people line up single file, the person in the front turns around. From there, a couple of versions;
The guy turned around in the front must defend against a specific attack from the person in front of him with a specific response
The guy turned around in front must defend against any attack fro the person in front of him with any response
The guy turned aroudn in front must defend against a specific attack with any response.
When the attack and self defense technique have been completed, the person in fron moves to the back, and the next guy comes up. Try to move through the line as fast as humanly possible.
JWT