BJJers who train Judo?

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