{"id":9140,"date":"2026-10-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havenbjj.nl\/?p=8001"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:00:00","slug":"what-if-i-am-not-promoted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havenbjj.nl\/en\/wat-als-ik-niet-gepromoveerd-ben\/","title":{"rendered":"What if I haven't been promoted?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What if I haven't been promoted?<\/h1>\n<p>Others feel that they deserve a new belt, but do not receive it.<\/p>\n<p>As coaches, we notice that beginners often rush to earn belts, while advanced practitioners actually prefer not to be promoted.<\/p>\n<p>BJJ belts are not given as gifts. It takes years of hard work to earn a new belt. If you compete, our requirements are even higher. Enjoy it while you have nothing to lose at your lower belt.<\/p>\n<p>The secret is in all cases: <strong>keep training consistently and trust your coaches<\/strong>. Those belts will come naturally.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wat als ik niet gepromoveerd ben? Anderen vinden dat ze een nieuwe band verdienen, maar krijgen hem niet. Als coaches merken we dat beginners vaak haast hebben om banden te verdienen, terwijl de gevorderde beoefenaars juist het liefst niet gepromoveerd worden. BJJ banden krijg je niet kado. Het kost jaren van hard werken om een [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nieuwsbrief"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wat als ik niet gepromoveerd ben? - HavenBJJ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/havenbjj.nl\/en\/what-if-i-am-not-promoted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wat als ik niet gepromoveerd ben? - HavenBJJ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wat als ik niet gepromoveerd ben? 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