Rituals are important. When I got my blue belt, the promotion itself meant a lot to me — but what meant just as much was going through the Triangle Jiu-Jitsu “belt train,” which was our ritual for newly-promoted students. I’ll tell you about the TJJ train in a moment, but the point of this post is to explain what our Bellingham BJJ belt promotion ritual is — and what happened when we did it for the first time ever tonight. The TJJ train is tough. I’ve been through one at each belt level, and so have all of my teammates. Read more »