<P> Not all Brazilian jiu - jitsu schools or regulatory bodies award the blue belt as the second adult belt . Although many Brazilian jiu - jitsu organizations adhere to the IBJJF standard of awarding the yellow, orange, and green belt exclusively as part of a youth belt system (under 16 years of age), some supplement the time between white belt and blue belt with one or more belts of these colors . </P> <P> The IBJJF requires that a practitioner be at least 16 years old to receive a blue belt, thereby officially entering into the adult belt system . </P> <P> Purple belt is the intermediate adult ranking in Brazilian jiu - jitsu . The purple belt level practitioner has gained a large amount of knowledge, and purple belts are generally considered qualified to help instruct lower - ranked students . </P> <P> The IBJJF requires students to be at least 16 years old and recommends they have spent a minimum of two years ranked as a blue belt to be eligible for a purple belt, with slightly different requirements for those graduating directly from the youth belts . </P>

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