A black belt under Vinicius Amaral, Bruno Malfacine is commonly believed to be the absolute best rooster weight of all time. Being the only person to win ten world championships (IBJJF) in the same weight class is bound to help that cause.
Joe Rogan
He was a frequent Taekwondo competitor in his younger days. He's also Black Belt in BJJ under Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu. In 2012, his first black belt was given to him by Bravo and then subsequently with a Gi (a martial arts uniform) by Jean Jacques-Machado.
Jason Statham is a BJJ purple belt under Renzo Gracie. The purple belt is the third of 5 belts in the BJJ belt system. This means he's legit, because Renzo doesn't hand out belts to people just for being famous. Jason also doesn't train BJJ specifically for his movies, he trains BJJ for its own sake.
Keanu Reeves is a Canadian actor who starred in movies such as The Matrix and John Wick. To prepare for his movies, Keanu trained Brazilian jiu jitsu (BJJ). Keanu Reeves BJJ belt rank is currently white belt.
Norris has received many black belts. These include a 10th degree black belt in Chun Kuk Do, a 9th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, an 8th degree black belt in Taekwondo, a 5th degree black belt in Karate, a 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from the Machado family, and a black belt in Judo.
Red Belt. The 9th degree red belt is the highest rank awarded to any currently living practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
When doing that, one grappler narrowly edged out the rest. The best male no-gi grappler of 2021 is Atos representative Kade Ruotolo. Although he competed as a brown belt throughout 2021, Ruotolo competed against and beat — and regularly submitted — world class black belts.
He also never had a black belt in any discipline. Lee's primary martial arts background was in wing chun, which he studied directly under the famous Ip Man. He excelled, but it was also a martial art that offered no belt system.
Keiko Fukuda, 98, Becomes First Woman to Earn Highest Level Black Belt. Keiko Fukuda is the first woman ever to be declared a tenth level black belt.
Jason Statham
He's a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has trained in multiple martial arts disciplines including: Wing Chun kung fu, karate and kickboxing.
Action movie star hailing from England, Jason Statham, is an avid practitioner of BJJ. Statham has starred in Hollywood hits, The Transporter, The Italian Job, The Expendables series, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Crank, and many more. For Statham, BJJ is the perfect martial art to be in, given his profession.
Conor McGregor is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in MMA. However, one aspect of his game is highly underestimated - his Brazilian jiu-jitsu. 'The Notorious' is currently a proud holder of a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. McGregor has even competed in grappling tournaments in the past.
TV and movie star Ashton Kutcher was awarded his brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, putting him just one step away from a black belt. A true A-list celebrity has leveled up in the “gentle art.”
Jim Carrey is a natural-born comedian – known for his humor, his ridiculous facial expressions, and his funky personality on screen. But, he's also an extremely skilled martial arts athlete and has achieved his brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Earning a brown belt in Jiu-Jitsu is no small task.
Roth has earned belts in Kung Fu, Jeet Kune Do, and Karate, and has practiced sword-fighting for decades. So what we're basically saying is, he's pretty hardcore.
Hardy's been working out using mixed martial arts, boxing, and jiu-jitsu, training up to five times per week—and at times, twice per day—with pro MMA fighters Nathan Jones and Dan 'Villi' Edwards, according to Metro UK.
The common explanations are that jiu jitsu is too hard, takes up too much time, causes injury, or that it is too expensive.
Lovato earned her blue belt in August 2017, about a year after she started practicing Brazilian jiu jitsu. She's stuck with the sport through her 2018 drug overdose and recovery, and previously said that she loves the confidence it gives her.
In BJJ there are 2,658 black belts according to the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
After entering the film industry, Chan along with Sammo Hung got the opportunity to train in hapkido under the grand master Jin Pal Kim, and Chan eventually attained a black belt. Chan joined his parents in Canberra, Australia in 1976, where he briefly attended Dickson College and worked as a construction worker.