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“Dude, Al Bundy could kick our asses!” was how my friend Brad explained that Ed O’Neill – an American actor famously known for playing Al Bundy in the sitcom “Married…With Children” – was a Jiu Jitsu black belt under Rorion Gracie.
This got me thinking: what other celebrities or famous people practice Jiu Jitsu? I started to do research in Wikipedia, but I soon discovered that someone had already done the work. Wikipedia used to have a page titled “List of Celebrity Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Practitioners” but the Wikipedia community deleted it.
Thankfully, because of the wonders of the Internet (and Wikipedia’s liberal sharing policy) the contents of the article have been preserved at a couple places around the Web. Here is the article at a site named Wikibin; here is a direct link to a PDF version.
Some of the more interesting people on the list include Maynard James Keenan (lead singer for Tool), Milla Jovovich, Jason Statham, Paul Walker and Guy Ritchie.
I'm a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) fanatic and blogger. Currently a blue belt under Relson Gracie, this is where I share insights, stories and reviews related to the sport and martial art of Jiu Jitsu. I train in Colorado at 