As the 2. degree blackbelt uploaded that vids publicly for everybody on his social media, I felt free to ask what they are training there and who promoted mr. Rogers to coral belt. I suppose though it will surely be deleted soon.

You are my idol

I just posted a review to his Facebook school site with questions https://www.facebook.com/[...]e_internal

I just posted a review to his Facebook school site with questions https://www.facebook.com/[...]e_internal

Well done in a classy manner

I usually don't like to do things like that but this guy is so out there someone has to do something.

I usually don't like to do things like that but this guy is so out there someone has to do something.

Mathematically, this gentleman is not a 7th degree black belt. I don't think there is any question about that. He may or may not be a legitimate black belt of up to 2nd degree, we don't know for certain. I've was called 'fake' by members of other schools when I began teaching since I was not part of either of the big BJJ affiliations around the area, so I'm extremely hesitant to call this gentleman a complete fraud. Maybe it's just me, but if he produced a legitimate black belt certificate and just said 'hey, my bad, I got caught up in some bullshit' and just advertised himself at his legitimate rank, the issue would be dropped pretty quickly. Has anyone just reached out and asked who promoted him? Not to 1st or 2nd degree in an affiliation, but who did he get his actual black belt from? Does he have a picture or a certificate? I'm hoping that as a community, maybe we can turn this guy around.

I think the review was well written and nothing was out of line. I would hate for someone to train under him not knowing any better and get hurt due to this. Great job!

Yes, he’s been directly confronted about it. He says he has been promoted by Tom McGonigal, whose legitimacy is not in question. But Lasu’s timeline is way off. He claimed last year he got his black belt ”20 years ago” but McGonigal got his in 1999, so McGonigal shouldn’t have awarded black belts of his own as no-degree BB right away the next year (although of course this could’ve happened with the blessing of one higher up, and the protocol also might’ve been different back then). He also says he’s been doing BJJ for 47 years. Now this is obvs not true. Yeah and you can perhaps add a little spice to your training time stories but when you promote students directly from brown to 2nd degree black & go buy a coral belt for yourself, I think it’s justified to publicly call out the bullshit.

Actually Bridgett I would love to see him try as he would have to prove he is a 7th degree

Yes, he’s been directly confronted about it. He says he has been promoted by Tom McGonigal, whose legitimacy is not in question. But Lasu’s timeline is way off. He claimed last year he got his black belt ”20 years ago” but McGonigal got his in 1999, so McGonigal shouldn’t have awarded black belts of his own as no-degree BB right away the next year (although of course this could’ve happened with the blessing of one higher up, and the protocol also might’ve been different back then). He also says he’s been doing BJJ for 47 years. Now this is obvs not true. Yeah and you can perhaps add a little spice to your training time stories but when you promote students directly from brown to 2nd degree black & go buy a coral belt for yourself, I think it’s justified to publicly call out the bullshit.

Had anyone contacted Mr McGonigal? A direct confirmation or denial from him would clear up if he's even a black belt at all, regardless of his claimed degrees.

And why not simply answer the simple question instead of deleting everything? They could have written:“ thanks for your questions. We are drilling this or that in that exercise, to keep our reflexes sharp...“ whatever. And:“ of course, my „mestre“ was promoted to coral belt 2 months ago by Grandmaster Deepak R.“ something like that.....

Yes, but (playing devil's advocate here): what even is a 7th degree black belt? Who gets to say what a 'degree' is in jiu-jitsu and when you earn one? Not everyone goes by IBJJF belt rules or recognizes them as an authority. Is that something a court would be able to understand and make a ruling on? Do courts really care about pajama wrestling and belt colors? That said, I think you have enough CYA language in your review since you do invite him to explain himself. A lawsuit against you would almost certainly fail (but they can be a headache even when they're doomed).

I just posted a review to his Facebook school site with questions https://www.facebook.com/[...]e_internal

Has nothing to do with his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu rank/skills, but it looks like the assistant coach of Lasu Rogers, Mr. Gregory, was involved into boxing some years ago: https://boxrec.com/en/pro[...]xer/775261 https://www.facebook.com/[...]211555813/

0-3-2... impressive!

The only problem is that even though you question his rank, you still 'Recommend' his school.

I surprised that no one has run with this as a story yet.