I understand alot of BJJ Black Belts also have black belts in Judo. Could you guys help me out with some names?
megaton
Edson Carvalho who teaches in Paterson NJ is a Judo blackbelt. 5th degree I think.
I thought most of the Gracies actually had high level... if not black belts in Judo.
XP-Magus
Minotauro has a black belt in Judo.
ricardo texeira and joe moriera.
Mario Yamasaki, Fernando Yamasaki, and Francisco Neto of the Yamasaki JJ Academy here all are BJJ and Judo black belts.
I really enjoyed a recent class where we focused on gaining grips on the guy's gi, and breaking their grips off your gi.
david & dan camarillo. rhadi ferguson. well, technically, they began in judo and then started bjj later.
i dont really think it matters which was first... chickens and eggs are both food. just one's breakfast and one's lunch/dinner.
Lloyd Irvin
Royler Gracie
Ze Mario Sperry
Royler Gracie comes to mind. There's lots.
Is Zé Mário Sperry a judo black?
TH
I'm pretty sure about Saulo Ribeiro. His brother Xande might as well...
Royler Gracie has one.
I think Mario Sperry has one, heard it somewhere, not sure where tho...
I'm pretty sure Royce holds black belts in judo and karate, too.
I think the answer is: most all upper BJJ'ers have judo BBs. Others include Ricardo Almeida, Toni Emanuael, lots more.
Edson Carvaldo - 5th Dan Judo, 5th Degree BJJ
http://edsoncarvalho.com/biography.htm
As I've heard it, Mario Sperry was a Judo BB before he started training BJJ.
I would wager that 90% of the top 20 sport-BJJ guys started out in judo and received black belts before becoming black belts in BJJ. Nog won BJJ white belt championships with 2 weeks of BJJ training (but 10+ years of judo training). One famous BJJ player even went to university in Brazil on a judo scholarship, I forgot his name unfortunately.
Here is an interesting article:
http://www.geocities.com/global_training_report/mehdi.htm
Me. I have a brown belt (san kyu) in judo and a blue belt in BJJ. I haven't done judo in close to 10 years so I'd likely get tossed around by a judo white belt in tachi waza.
Carlos Gracie Jr, has a Black belt in Judo. Im not sure what degree.
Eddie