A student preparing to learn Gracie Jiu Jitsu in the Fall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has asked this question : "How is the belt system in jiu-jitsu different from Karate and other forms of martial arts?" Just like colleges, martial arts schools establish their own criteria for achieving recognition. As a Certified Training Center under Gracie University (GU), we are qualified to speak about rank promotions through GU. Students start at white belt and t