Question about celebrities who train BJJ

I think everyone knows Maynard from Tool is at least a purple belt if not higher and has been training a pretty long time. I think Norman Reedus is a black belt as well.

And if anyone watched S2 of the Punisher, the one tall girl who is kind of the villian early on is a brown belt and reportedly trains daily.

EDIT: It's Sean Patrick Flannery, not Reedus. Got my Boondock Saints confused.
 
Te Huna Matata said:
I think everyone knows Maynard from Tool is at least a purple belt if not higher and has been training a pretty long time. I think Norman Reedus is a black belt as well.

And if anyone watched S2 of the Punisher, the one tall girl who is kind of the villian early on is a brown belt and reportedly trains daily.

EDIT: It's Sean Patrick Flannery, not Reedus. Got my Boondock Saints confused.
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Sean Patrick Flannery is a 2nd or 3rd degree black belt and owns his own school. He is far and away the most legit grappler out of all the celebrities.
 
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lts5025 said:
Sean Patrick Flannery is a 2nd or 3rd degree black belt and owns his own school. He is far and away the most legit grappler out of all the celebrities.
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Just looked it up...3rd degree. That's really impressive as he's got to have many years under his belt. My 2nd Degree Renzo BB instructor has 19 years of BJJ under his belt on top of his D1 NCAA wrestling experience so SPF has been in the game for a minute now.
 
biscuitsbrah said:
Is that.... a black belt?
Or just a super dirty karate blue belt
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It’s a black belt. Apparently he lost his belt or something so they gave him an old black belt to wear that day.
 
Foppa21 said:
You plebs was probably all he had to roll with. How was he? He had a good run
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Very polite. Showed pointers and tips to the newbs in the beginner no gi class. Was practicing with Michael Chapman
 
I trained with Jimmy Smith for a couple years when I lived in Los Angeles. Not exactly the same, but he rolled with everyone. And anyone who thought he’d be an easy poach to gloat about was in for a rude awakening. Relentless shit talker too.
 
what kind of loser hangs their hat on a gym win against a celebrity? how hard is it not to be an asshole?
 
I always had a lot of respect for Anthony Bourdain because he was also an older student starting out, but he would take group classes and roll with everyone.
 
liuk3 said:
I always had a lot of respect for Anthony Bourdain because he was also an older student starting out, but he would take group classes and roll with everyone.
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Except for Joe Rogan...
 
RJ Green said:
what kind of loser hangs their hat on a gym win against a celebrity? how hard is it not to be an asshole?
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For real? You've been here since 08 and have to ask that question? BJJ has masses of tremendously insecure man-children.
 
EGDM said:
I was at the same table as Jimmy at a mutual friend's wedding reception. He's like that off the mat as well.
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Why am I not surprised?

I should have mentioned in my OP that he's a really nice guy and I think his shit talking is a distraction tactic rather than full on douchebaggery. He's an excellent grappler, and I'm happy that I got to be there when he got his black belt.
 
revoltub said:
Or Imagine if Justin Beiber walks in to train with you and you wanna beat him up but he lights you up. Id kill myself
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I heard he has a blue belt. Apparently some toronto bjj black belts offered to challenge it with their students.

Can anyone confirm?
 
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