Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. (husband of Sarah Michelle Gellar) is among the growing list of celebrities who practice Jiu Jitsu.
Prinze is a blue belt under the Gracie Academy.
In 2014, Prinze revealed that he had spine surgery and was learning to “walk again.” The actor was sharing his progress with fans via Twitter:
#KeepItPlayful Learnin to walk again is like learning jiu-jitsu – 1 technique at a time pic.twitter.com/HvFwVFHpuL
— Freddie Prinze Jr (@RealFPJr) November 26, 2014
#GracieAcademy #JediTraining … When your X and Open guard are like, ‘Just try it…’ pic.twitter.com/DGn0STKe98
— Freddie Prinze Jr (@RealFPJr) November 5, 2015
Freddie Prinze Jr. joins Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen on The Fighter and The Kid podcast and talks about how he started Jiu-Jitsu.
Prinze Jr stated on what he’s been up to recently:
“Bro, I’m retired. I roll, I surf and I play with my kids”
Freddie actually started when he was 12 with a private lesson with BJJ legend Jean Jacques Machado: