Superstar actor is now just one step away from getting his black belt in BJJ. He today received his brown belt from the hands of Rigan Machado, the BJJ instructor to the stars:
Rigan Machado Designs Jiu-Jitsu System without Sparring for Celebrities
A little recap of Ashton Kutcher’s BJJ journey.
When news broke out that actor Ashton Kutcher had been promoted to purple belt by Rigan Machado back in the end of 2014, the BJJ community had mixed reactions. Some were happy about the news, many were not and some made comments about Kutcher not knowing how to tie a belt (according to the picture below)
The problem seems to be the speed at which he was promoted to purple belt. Back in February 2014 he was a promoted straight to a ‘2 stripe blue belt’ by Machado. Kutcher wrestled all throughout his chilhood but he only started training under coral belt Rigan Machado in California about two years ago. While on trips abroad he has trained namely at Ricardo De La Riva’s in Rio de Janeiro and Roger Gracie academy in London. After daily private lessons for a year, he was promoted to BJJ blue belt (2 stripes) under Rigan Machado in February 2014.
Just how legit is Ashton Kutcher in BJJ?
Rigan Machado: ‘Ashton Kutcher Would Beat McGregor in a Grappling Match’
Rigan Machado on Ashton Kutcher’s Real Level in BJJ. Compares His Body Type to Roger Gracie’s
Ashton Kutcher on BJJ: ‘If I Lose, I Double Down on How I Train & I won’t Lose The Same Way Twice’
In the video, you can see Ashton Kutcher first resisting the promotion saying that ‘ it isn’t right’, “I’m not ready’. But Rigan Machado brushes it off with ‘It’s time’
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Congrats to my bro today 👊🏽 and my Master the legendary Rigan Machado the 🐐
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