Mark Zuckerberg is a White Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as he just started training in 2021 during the pandemic.
“There's just something that's so primal about it,” Zuckerberg told Rogan in his podcast appearance. Even if Zuckerberg got a bad call from the referee, he didn't do too bad in his first jiu-jitsu event, by all accounts. He reportedly took home two medals and won a match against another opponent, an engineer for Uber.
" Hanumantha Raju told ESPN. Zuckerberg beat Hanumantha Raju to win the no-gi white belt, 149-pound division at BJJ Tour Silicon Valley.
Zuckerberg trains at Guerilla Jiu-Jitsu, founded by veteran Judo and BJJ black belt Dave Camarillo. Camarillo wrote in an appreciation post: "It's inspiring to see someone so known challenge themselves in a new arena. This goes to show how amazing the art of Jiu-Jitsu really is.
Zuckerberg, who reportedly began BJJ training during the COVID-19 pandemic, competed in the BJJ tourney as a representative of Guerilla Jiu-Jitsu–a team founded and run by Judo and BJJ black belt master Dave Camarillo.
Tom Hardy was promoted to Blue Belt in December 2021, approximately after 10 years of his grappling career. By 2021, he had acquired the technical knowledge of BJJ necessary for being a Blue Belt.
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has publicly disclosed that he used to train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Jim Carrey
Earning a brown belt in Jiu-Jitsu is no small task. This belt represents the final stage before black belt mastery. (There is actually one level higher than a black belt; a red/coral belt is the highest honor in BJJ and has been awarded to fewer than 100 people.)
Keanu reports that it was the intense training for the role of John Wick that got him to engage in BJJ more frequently. Belt rank: White. Status: Intermittently training.
Although Keanu Reeves is currently a White Belt in BJJ, he is proficient in several martial arts like Judo, Karate, Krav Maga and Jiu Jitsu. He is coached by the legendary Machado brothers who are BJJ world champions and have close ties to the Gracie family.
Steven Frederic Seagal (/sɪˈɡɑːl/; born April 10, 1952) is an American-born actor, screenwriter, and martial artist. A 7th-dan black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan and eventually ended up running his father-in-law's dojo.
Most notably, Ashton Kutcher of 'That 70s Show' and 'Two and a Half Men' fame, is the proud owner of a BJJ brown belt after taking up the sport 10 years ago.
I'm sure you're familiar with Joe from his comedy, podcast, or UFC commentating. But Joe is a legitimate BJJ black belt and pioneer of the sport.
Jim Carrey BJJ Footage on Social Media
Unfortunately, Jim Carrey declared to leave all social media for good in 2022. Since there has been no footage of Jim Carrey training or competing in BJJ on the Internet up to this point, the probability of training footage making its way to us is rather low.
In 1996, he began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Carlson Gracie at his school in Hollywood, California. He is a black belt under Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, a style of no-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and a black belt in gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Jean Jacques Machado.
At 22, Lee received informal training from Wally Jay in the Japanese art of Jujutsu, from which come the styles of Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He also practiced Judo and catch-wrestling with Gene Lebell. He began teaching a modified form of Wing Chun when he came to America at the age of 19.
Nicolas Cage. Nicolas Cage is a Black belt in jiu-jitsu and studied martial arts for years under the guidance of the jiu-jitsu royalty, Royce Gracie.
Jason Statham is a lifelong martial artist and Purple Belt in BJJ that has been training Jiu Jitsu inconsistently for more than 20 years now.
John Wick Changes the Game
He spent four months learning Judo and Jiu-Jitsu for the first film. For the sequels, he embarked on a grueling boot camp with BJJ experts and mixed-martial artists the Machado brothers.
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.
Pop Music Sensation, Justin Bieber has just earned his 10th planet purple belt under Eddie Bravo.
She walked away from Marvel movies with a love for Jiu-Jitsu. It's one she shares with co-star Robert Downey Jr., who trained in the technique for another film franchise, Sherlock Holmes. Since appearing as Black Widow on screen, Johansson has continued to train in with Master Rigan Machado.
Ashton Kutcher came back in BJJ news when he was promoted to brown belt in late 2019 by his long time instructor Rigan Machado. Kutcher has been training more or less regularly for the past 5 years (He got his purple belt at the end of 2014).
They found preliminary evidence that the BJJ athletes had a higher resting blood flow to the brain, alongside intact cognitive function, when compared to a control group of athletes matched by age, gender, and cardiorespiratory fitness.
Gisele Bündchen Opened Up About Her Relationship With Her Jiujitsu Instructor. “He's a person that I admire and that I trust.” Since Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady divorced last year, the supermodel has been spotted in Costa Rica several times with her jiujitsu instructor, Joaquim Valente.