Two different ways to tie your BJJ belt

White Belt · First Principles

Two different ways to tie your BJJ belt

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Deivid's caption says it plainly: "Two different ways to tie your BJJ belt." The clip runs two demonstrators in white gis side by side, each tying a black belt at the same time so the two ways can be compared.

The breakdown — piece by piece

STEP 1 · 0:00–0:05

Wrap the belt around the waist

Both demonstrators hold the belt at the front of the waist and wrap the ends around the back, crossing them behind before bringing them forward again.

STEP 2 · 0:05–0:09

Bring the ends to the front and cross them

With both ends back at the front, they cross the ends over each other at the centre of the waist, over the wrapped belt.

STEP 3 · 0:09–0:14

Form the knot, two ways

Each demonstrator finishes the knot his own way — one end is tucked up under the wrapped layers and the ends are worked into a loop and a cross at the front. The two sides of the screen do not make the same movements here; this is where the two ways separate.

STEP 4 · 0:14–0:17

Pull tight and settle the knot

Both pull the two ends outward to tighten, and finish standing with the knot centred at the front and the ends hanging level.

Key details

The caption gives no step list — it only states the premise, "Two different ways to tie your BJJ belt," so this breakdown rests on the frames.
The whole clip is a side-by-side comparison: two demonstrators, two backgrounds, tying at the same time.
Both ways start the same way in the frames — wrap around the waist first, knot at the front last.

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