In order to advance your belt in BJJ , you have to compete in tournaments ?

I know that BJJ is pretty tough for injuries, and the danger increases during injuries because players play for victory and triumph , so they don;t care about the opponent. So i' d like to know this. If in order to advance from whit to blue, from blue to purple, from purple to brown and from brown to black and etc... if you have to compete in tournaments .

In order to advance your belt in BJJ , you have to compete in tournaments ?software

I think real fights are an important part in attaining the highest belt possible in any art. If all you do is kata and practice, you're not really what you are training for are you....

In order to advance your belt in BJJ , you have to compete in tournaments ?vincent

you have to take exams before geting promoted to a higher degree belt obviously they know you can fight but theyre going to test you in skill ,knowledge,your degree of leadership,and many more cause you have to prove you are more then a fighter
I don't think tournaments are neccessary.
they are not necessary but they help. They show that you can actually apply the techniques in a live setting. You can also learn alot of little things from competing against another person at full force.

At my school none of the blue belts have not competed atleast once but the pressure to compete is not there. We do enough live rolling after classes that our instructors can see how well people are progressing.
If not, how do you know you're learning anything? Tournaments should come as close to the real world as any of us truely hope to get, so they become the proving ground for everything we're learning. Some say tournaments are not necessary, and I say that they are just as important as learning how to close your fist properly.
depends on the academy..at my academy you do not have to compete in tourneys to promote..but there is annual inter-academy tournament where we compete against each other in our own school, which also determines belt promos. bottom line is we're all there to make each other better not to harm each other, although every academy has the meathead white belts that refuse to tap and crossface the hell out of their opponent's nose etc. but for the most part it's geared towards improvement in bjj. p.s. dont enter 'grappling' tourneys that allow heel hooks, spine locks etc. because that's where all the meatheads kick it
Yes you do, you have to show proficiency, you have to prove that you can apply what you've learned, and you do so in tournaments.