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He also was the Massachusetts full-contact taekwondo champion for four consecutive years. Now he trains in muay Thai kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, practices yoga and lifts weights. Rogan began competing in taekwondo tournaments at 15 and claimed his U.S. Open title four years later.
Joe Rogan is a BJJ black belt with well over a decade of training and has some excellent TKD kicking skills. He could hold his own in a grappling roll (no punches) against most UFC fighters who aren't elite grapplers. But, and it's a big but.
So for now, Conor McGregor has a brown belt in Jiu-Jitsu.
Keanu, a black belt in Judo, has been intermittently training Jiu Jisu under Rigan Machado for the past decade. Keanu reports that it was the intense training for the role of John Wick that got him to engage in BJJ more frequently.
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.
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.
Joe Rogan, a successful comedian, podcast host, and UFC commentator, has an estimated net worth of $120 million.
Here's the short of it: You can expect to get your black belt after a minimum of 10 years of training, but it will almost certainly take longer than that.
His routine, adapted from the teachings of kettlebell gurus Mark Cheng and Steve Maxwell, is so effective, he says, that he's stronger than ever —even on conventional gym lifts. Rogan can do 40 dips, “which I could never do before,” he says. “And I can still bench 315.”
Rogan is a legitimate martial artist and has worked for the UFC since UFC 12, however, he has never competed in the UFC, or any mixed martial arts contest, for that matter. He has competed in Taekwondo, holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and trains in a variety of martial arts.
The 10th Degree is only awarded to those martial artists who have given a lifetime to the furtherance of the martial arts and have demonstrated a lifetime of significant achievement.
" Hanumantha Raju told ESPN. Zuckerberg beat Hanumantha Raju to win the no-gi white belt, 149-pound division at BJJ Tour Silicon Valley.
In addition to music and dance, Michael Jackson enjoyed martial arts, and was a black belt in karate.
He said there are about 20 to 30 10th-degree black belts in the world, and earning one is an amazing achievement that comes after years of dedication.
As the UFC commentator for events, Rogan earns a reported $2 million dollars per year. In addition to his commentary duties, Rogan also hosts a post-fight show called The Joe Rogan Experience, which gives him a chance to dive deeper into the action with the fighters. What is this?
And he's also released 6 comedy specials (some are on Netflix) and we estimate that he got paid around $5 million for his Netflix special, Strange Times. So if Joe does one comedy special per year, plus tours about 4 times a month, then he'll make over $23 million dollars a year from just doing his comedy stuff!
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.
Pop star Demi Lovato, who has long espoused the benefits of a jiu-jitsu practice for her mental health and general well being, has earned her purple belt, according to an Instagram post from Rigan Machado.
Paul Walker
Walker was a long-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner at Ventura Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in California.
Scarlett Johansson
Belt rank: White belt.
He has studied Wing Chun, karate, and kickboxing.