Originally Posted by
j410s
White belts are the only people who cut weight? I've watched blues and purples going to IBJJF, and ADCC cut 10-15 in a suicide no water low carb cut just to make sure they fight with an advantage. ... Was your school not competitive? This was very normal for my school. In fact, depending on the competition we even encouraged white belts to cut weight because the white belt divisions in some locals/regionals tend to be filled with underpromoted brazilian teenagers. So if you weren't fighting, ideally, in the weight class below where you train you were probably going to be up against some kid whose cycling tren at 16.