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John D. Machado Promoted To Red-And-Black Coral Belt

John D. Machado Promoted To Red-And-Black Coral Belt

 

 

 

When it comes to the Machado family all the controversy has been contained or there’s barely any anyway but in the Gracie family there’s been an assortment of various disputes. When asked why are there so many controversies related to Gracie’s Rigan answered: 

“I’ll explain why. When you grow up was one bag, Carlos Gracie, Helio Gracie, everybody under their supervision . When you come to America the older guys died. We kinda lose the guide a little bit – who is the mentor of these 200 guys under them, this group.  Because we lost this guidance a little bit. And suddenly you put in this group power, fame – elements like that which are in the nature of a human being like whoa I want this for me the other ones (say) oh no, I want this for me. And let’s break because I want the same you want the same and they start to break for the lack of guidance,”

Rigan continued: ” Everybody the same age at the time creates different groups different factions. When I saw that I said the power is the brotherhood, the family, this beautiful culture created by the pioneers like Carlos and Helio and suddenly I start thinking like how can I change that for my brothers. Because this is gonna happen to us. Things are gonna get right between us and I didn’t want to lose that because at least in my world it is the most beautiful thing  the family . To be around this group when it was so united was the most beautiful honor and pleasure to be in their group and to break into pieces like that it’s kind of sad because we still have that kind of the learning we had from the masters Carlos and Helio but wish everybody was together. But because of the evolution things happen, we break in different groups.

I went to my brother and said let’s do one thing, we need to create a culture between us, the first thing what’s the problem between us we can have? Ego. Who is the best? Let’s not have the best let’s put the ego outside. We don’t have ego. Now, we maybe work together maybe not but whatever you do I will support you. “

The Machado’s recently celebrated a momentous occasion – John D Machado has been promoted to the rank of red and black coral belt!

When a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt reaches the seventh degree, he or she is awarded an alternating red-and-black belt similar to the one earned at the sixth degree in Judo. This belt is commonly known as a coral belt. Coral belts are very experienced practitioners, most of whom have made a large impact on Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and are often addressed within the art by the title master.

 

The promotion was recorded by The Mach Life – John’s son famous for putting out humorous bjj content like: