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Lixy Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Timeline

By Lmarti4

  • Started Training BJJ

    Started Training BJJ
    On February 11th 2018 Lixy began her journey to become the best black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Training began right away with private lessons from her black belt instructor, brollikk.
    https://www.grapplearts.com/what-do-white-belts-need-to-learn-in-their-1st-year-of-bjj/

  • First Stripe on White Belt

    First Stripe on White Belt
    On March 4th 2018 the first stripe on Lixy's white belt was obtained. The first stripe was the first real indication of progress being made by Lixy on her journey to being the number one black belt.

  • Second Stripe on White Belt

    Second Stripe on White Belt
    On May 6th 2016 the second stripe was placed on Lixy's white belt. Two months after receiving the first stripe, and three moths after starting BJJ training.

  • Injury During Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Training

    Injury During Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Training
    On June 14th 2018 during a training session live roll/sparring, Lixy's index finger metacarpal bone broke. Lixy was unable to train to the fullest extent for 12 weeks. During that time training was done very carefully in a small 7 by 15 squarefoot area; never live rolling but rather working on perfecting technique carefully. https://www.verywellhealth.com/metacarpal-fracture-a-broken-hand-2549405

  • Medical Clearance Received to Begin Training Again

    Medical Clearance Received to Begin Training Again
    After many weeks of physical therapy, the bone and hand was finally healed enough to train to the fullest extent. Hard training began immediately again.

  • Third Stripe on White Belt

    Third Stripe on White Belt
    On September 9th 2018 after her injury, Lixy began training again and was given the third stripe on her white belt. This was a huge milestone, especially after being injured terribly during training.

  • Fourth Stripe on White Belt

    Fourth Stripe on White Belt
    On October 21st 2018 the final white belt stripe was obtained.

  • Blue Belt Obtained

    Blue Belt Obtained
    On December 2nd 208, just 10 months after begining the journey to become the best black belt, Lixy obtained her blue belt. A belt that is obtained in an average time of 12-18 months.

  • First Black Belt Level Roll

    First Black Belt Level Roll
    In January 2019, In an attempt to better understand the differences in skill level, in January abter obtaining the blue belt, Lixy challened her instructor to live spar without holding back for 5 minutes.

  • First Stripe on Blue Belt

    First Stripe on Blue Belt
    On February 10th 2019 to current, One year from when Lixy began her journey to become the best black belt in BJJ, the next progress was made.