John and Thomas McGuin are twin brothers and BJJ/MMA instructors.
A few days ago, as they were finishing up the refurbishment of their new BJJ academy, McGuin Jiu Jitsu Academy, a man walked in asking about training. He claimed that he was a BJJ purple belt under a local gym that the twins had never heard of and he also claimed that he was a police officer.
The twins grew suspicious but stayed friendly and offered to roll with him, just grappling, no strikes to test his level.
John is a professional MMA fighter and a BJJ brown belt and he was a gentleman the whole time, smiling and being friendly. The tap came very fast and John asked him off the bat if he was really a purple belt in BJJ, and the man said “no”, with a smile.
He asked to have another go at him, which every time ended in the same way.
*Fake jiu-jitsu purple belt and fake cop gets exposed at McGuin Jiu-Jitsu Academy* -a guy walks in and claims he’s a purple belt and a cop. What happens next is pure gold. He was a good sport and I made sure no one got hurt.
Why do people about their rank? BJJ instructor Keith Owen says that for him, fake black belts are sociopaths and compulsive liars:
People who pretend to be something they are not are sociopaths and compulsive liars. This is why I’m unapologetic about my words and have no sympathy for these guys. It amazes me that so many people on social media don’t think the fake black belts should be humiliated for lying. These people simply go through life “feeling” and not “thinking.” These naive people appear to lack critical thinking skills and just want to reflexively hug these wolves because these guys have problems. It’s always, “You shouldn’t humiliate him like that,” until it happens to them then the huggers get a real dose of reality and the anger and hurt that follows. It’s called being victimized.
The hugger’s words humiliate the true victims in this story, the white belts who he promoted to blue and the high level black belt he conned into affiliation with. Fake black belts are no different then the two escaped convicts from the New York prison in personality traits, they lie and manipulate to get what they want and sometimes wreck lives. They just haven’t killed anyone..or have they? Who knows the truth. You can never get to it.
To end, I would like to say it took me 13 years of very hard work and dedication to earn my BJJ black belt. I’ll be damned if I’m going allow someone to get it in 30 seconds! Public humiliation is not too great a punishment in my eyes. People need to know as to be on the look out for these charlatans!
