The 2026 summer belt promotions at Mizfits were held on Monday, 22.06.2026, starting at 19:00 in the Ju-Jitsu Club Mizfits training space. Along with stripe promotions, the club also held a student belt grading under the rules of the Croatian Ju-Jitsu Federation, and 12 members were successfully promoted to a higher belt.
Who received a new belt?
The grading committee, Ivo Vatavuk, Aljoša Grassi and Nikola Pogačar, made a unanimous decision that the candidates had passed successfully and earned the following student belts:
- Ivan Bosančić – brown belt
- Frane Mišetić – brown belt
- Denis Kapetanović – brown belt
- Nikola Čarapina – purple belt
- Duje Dobronić – purple belt
- Andrea Bilić – blue belt
- Mateo Bilođerić – blue belt
- Vice Radonić – blue belt
- Ante Zekan – blue belt
- Luka Elez – blue belt
- Andrija Košta – blue belt
- Nikola Ercegović – blue belt
What did the candidates show during the grading?
During the grading, the candidates showed knowledge across the areas included in the Croatian Ju-Jitsu Federation student belt system: theory, breakfalls, throws, defenses from control positions, guard passing, sweeps, joint locks, escapes from joint locks, self-defense and a display of sparring.
On paper, that sounds neat and official. On the mats, of course, it feels much more alive: partners, nerves, sweat, small mistakes and the moment when you have to stay calm while someone is actively working against you. That is where you can see the difference between a technique someone has learned and a technique they can actually use.
Stripe promotions are part of the same path
Along with the new belts, Mizfits also held stripe promotions. We will not list each stripe promotion individually, but they deserve a mention because a stripe in BJJ often means exactly what members need most: proof that the work is being seen, even when the next belt is still far away.
From the first promotions at the club until today, the idea has stayed the same. A belt or a stripe is not decoration. It is a mark of work built up through training sessions, sparring rounds, competitions, seminars and ordinary days when someone shows up and does the work.
A good mid-season checkpoint in the new academy
Summer promotions are a good checkpoint in the season. Last year we published the 2025 summer promotion results, and this year we are keeping the same rhythm in the new academy at 114. brigade 12 in Split. More mat space, more people training and one more page in the club’s story.
Congratulations to everyone who received a new belt, everyone who received a stripe and everyone who was part of the evening. A special thank you goes to the training partners, because without them there is no grading, no progress and no feeling that the club is moving as one team.
If you are reading this and thinking about your first training session, the best moment is usually much more ordinary than people imagine. You show up, put on a gi or a training shirt and start slowly. For a first step, you can check our open enrollment information, and for directions to the academy there is the Mizfits visit us page.
Congratulations once again to the whole team. See you at the next training session. 0% politics, 100% Jiu Jitsu.
