After the session I asked him for a white belt and then began my jiu-jitsu journey. Many years later as an adult I finally had an opportunity to go to the source and train with probably the most recognized martial artist of all time next to Bruce Lee, the legendary Royce Gracie. “Famous martial artists would travel to Brazil to fight them and the Gracies remained undefeated decade after decade. “I’ve been practicing judo since I was nine years old, but I was always interested in jiu-jitsu as i knew about the Gracie family’s open challenge (which later became the UFC),” Zoltan said. Zoltan began his jiu-jitsu journey in 2008 after a training session with the legendary UFC Hall Of Famer Royce Gracie. Army modern combatives close quarter combat instructor certificate under Professor John Simons III and Professor Iako Kalili. He is also a judo black belt, a wing chun kung fu practitioner under grand master Randy Williams and earned his U.S. On Saturday, March 13, Zoltan Bathory, founding guitarist of platinum rock band FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, was awarded his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt by his instructors, four-time world champion and seventh degree red/black belt, master Royler Gracie, and fift degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Professor Mica Cipili.īathory is a lifelong martial artist often featured in martial arts magazines.
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