Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belts

Stephen Kamphuis - 5th degree
2023 - 5th degree awarded by IBJJF
2022 - 5th degree awarded Fabricio Martins (Aug)
2018 - 4th Degree awarded IBJJF
2017 - 4th degree awarded Fabricio Martins ( Brazil)
2013 - 3rd degree awarded IBJJF
2012 - 3rd degree awarded Fabricio Martins (Brazil)
2010 - 2nd degree awarded Fabricio Martins (Brazil)
2007 - 1st degree awarded Fabricio Martins (Brazil)
Black belt awarded 2004 - (Master Fabricio / Anthony Lange )

Kamphuis - Fabricio Black belts
Black Belts 3rd degree
Jangwon Byeon
3rd degree May 2023
2nd Degree May 2020
1st degree May 2017
Black Belt - May 2014

Black Belt 2nd degree

Ariel Valenova
Mat 2023 3rd degree
May 2020 2nd degree
May 2017 1st degree
May 2014 (Master Fabricio / Stephen Kamphuis )

Sangrim Kim
May 2023 2nd Degree

Black Belts 1st degree

Alcer Lozada
1st degree - August 2022
Black Belt - December 2019

Phạm Trí Dũng 1st degree
- March 2023

Black Belts
Hiro Kitamura - May 2014
Brad Co - November 2019
Sari Ghassan Alkhasi - June 7 , 2021
John Cruz - July , 2021
Jerry Legaspi - November 27 , 2021
Gilbert Ombao - Dec 5 , 2021
Marc Lim - September 2022
Ziggy Roces - Dec 11 , 2022
Rosenberg Rosete - March , 2023
Alan Guerrero - March 2023
Tony Yoo - March 2023
Gordon Preston - March 2023
Rian Serranilla - June 2023
Stephen Rey Salazar June 2023
C Phillips S. Manalaysay II - Nov 23
Edward Neil Fereira. - Nov 23

As with many other martial arts, the black belt is the highest common belt within the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, denoting an expert level of technical and practical skill. Estimates vary on the time required to achieve the rank, with 10 years total (or more) an often heard estimate. No matter how many actual years are required, every Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt will have undoubtedly invested thousands of hours of mat time (randori) into the art and hold a skill-set that demonstrably reflects such.

The IBJJF requires that a student be at least 19 years old and have spent a minimum of 1 year ranked as a brown belt to be eligible to receive a black belt.