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Benjamin Westrich 🇺🇸

Black belt 2nd degree Verified by the community9,190 / 1,000 points−175 against
Warrior Fitness CenterColorado Springs, United States of America22 years on the mats
1,734 profile views · Last seen 2 year(s) ago

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  • Training since first belt22 year(s) and 5 month(s)
  • Medals31Gold21Silver5Bronze5

Achievements

12 of 20 unlocked
Beltchecker.com pioneer (first 50)
Name verified by credit card
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Profile manually reviewed & certificate issued
Current rank verified by promoting instructor
Verifications received90
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Years trained22
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Gold medals21 / 25
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Competition matches0 / 10
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Forum posts23 / 500
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Students

Natalie Salcedo
Natalie
Guy Rouelle
Guy
Angie Guy
Angie
Jeremy Senn
Jeremy
Darion Murdock
Darion
Squilly
Squilly
Rigatoni
Rigatoni
Terry Guy
Terry
Bradley Slocum
Bradley
Conrad Jahn
Conrad
James Lockhart
James
Adrien Banks
Adrien
Logan Burch
Logan
Caylor Williams
Caylor
Donald Hendee
Donald
Michael Lamb
Michael
Brice Patrick
Brice

Belt promotions

Larry Ruiz
Larry
Devin Hightower
Devin
Natalie Salcedo
Natalie
Terry Guy
Terry
Bradley Slocum
Bradley
Jeremy Senn
Jeremy
Joshua Bahneman
Joshua
Thomas Fischer
Thomas
Darion Murdock
Darion
Adrien Banks
Adrien

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Promotion history

  1. Black belt 2nd degree Current belt

    March 20, 2022

    4 years, 7 months, 3 days

    (Promotion by time served)

  2. Black belt 1st degree

    March 20, 2019Colorado Springs, Colorado

    3 years
    Promoted by
    Chris Haueter
  3. Black belt

    March 20, 2016Redondo Beach, California

    3 years
    Promoted by
    Chris Haueter
  4. Brown belt

    August 17, 2010Colorado Springs, Colorado

    5 years, 7 months, 3 days
    Promoted by
    Rigan Machado
  5. Purple belt

    May 30, 2009Killeen, Texas

    1 year, 2 months, 18 days
    Promoted by
    Jarrod Clontz
  6. Blue belt

    November 5, 2006Atlanta, Georgia

    2 years, 6 months, 25 days
    Promoted by
    Romero Cavalcanti
  7. White belt

    April 30, 2004Babenhausen, Germany

    2 years, 6 months, 6 days

Votes received for current rank

+9,365 for−175 against= 9,190 points
Christopher Haueter
Christopher Haueter
Black belt 6th degree
+250 pts
"Black belt under me"
Verified2 year(s) ago
Pedro Duarte
Pedro Duarte
Black belt 6th degree
+250 pts
"Legit, osssss"
Verified6 year(s) ago
Michael Manceau
Michael Manceau
Black belt 4th degree
+200 pts
"Nice pictures 🔥 Looks legit 💯"
Verified1 year(s) ago
Henrique Novaes
Henrique Novaes
Black belt 4th degree
+200 pts
"Bons registros em fotos. Não conheço pessoalmente, mas seu perfil parece legitimo."
Verified2 year(s) ago
R. David Gonzalez
R. David Gonzalez
Black belt 4th degree
+200 pts
"I do not know Benjamin but adding my vote to correct the excessive disputes. NO DOUBT - LEGIT"
Verified2 year(s) ago
Jochem Branderhorst
Jochem Branderhorst
Black belt 4th degree
+200 pts
"verified by pics & competition & voted for by trusted coaches"
Verified6 year(s) ago
Jay Bell
Jay Bell
Black belt 4th degree
+200 pts
Verified6 year(s) ago
Jay Pages
Jay Pages
Black belt 4th degree
+200 pts
Verified6 year(s) ago
Christian Graugart
Christian Graugart
Black belt 4th degree
+200 pts
Verified6 year(s) ago
Johan
Johan
Black belt 3rd degree
Voted against the accuracy of this profile
−175 pts
"Revenge voting destroys the whole purpose of Beltchecker. I cannot by myself nullify revenge votes, but will place my own downvote on you and anyone else who engages in that kind of behaviour. I'm totally open to discussing previous votes you disagree with, if you want to do some research. Tell my if you want to take that path instead and I'll gladly remove my downvote here."
Disputed2 year(s) ago
Benjamin Westrich
So you are revenge downvoting me for not agreeing with you skipping degrees on your black belt? Interesting.
2 year(s) ago
Johan
No, I'm downvoting you for not having more imagination than that in trying to disguise your revenge vote as something else. You have no consistency what so ever with any of your previous voting.
2 year(s) ago
Benjamin Westrich
Give me an example of inconsistent voting. And either way, my inconsistency doesn't change me disagreeing with your phantom stripes. You know you were awarded multiple internet stripes on the same day, so I'm not sure why you disagree with the content of my downvote.
2 year(s) ago
Benjamin Westrich
By the way, even if we accepted your fake stripes, you didn't spend enough time at those stripes to then get real promoted to the next one by the time criteria you say you hold other people to. It probably makes you feel better downvoting legitimate black belts but maybe just work on improving yourself.
2 year(s) ago
Johan
So what did you work on to deserve the last stripe on YOUR belt, considering it's a stripe automatically given by Beltchecker with the only criteria being you haven gotten three years older (and not necessarily wiser) since your last stripe? Would it be just as legit to you if I instead had claimed my stripe 1-2 that way, spaced out evenly over time?
2 year(s) ago
Benjamin Westrich
I worked on producing multiple National and Pan AM medalist, growing my gym, developing my understanding of teaching by doing a pedagogy fellowship with my PhD and also worked on developing the upper belts that work with me into good instructors as well as competitors. In order to facilitate that, I also worked on rounding out my knowledge of jiu jitsu and MMA by branching out and training with more people and trying to learn from more groups than I had previously. I probably made more advancements in those 3 years than the 3 before it, tbh, and I hope the next three is similar. What I didn't spend my time doing was making new criteria for skipping degrees on my belt like you did, so maybe my time was wasted according to your revealed preferences
2 year(s) ago
Johan
So now we're going after family too, despite not having cast a single downvote? How alpha of you, Benjamin Westrich! What a great human being and inspiration, inspiration for your students and pride of your old instructors you are! What's the next step, after having some students join in on your extended downvoting? Going after my daughter on Instagram? I'm sorry you can't downvote yourself for not even being promoted to your last degree by any human involvement, as I'm sure your true feelings is that not getting degrees from a physically present senior black belt is the real problem here.
2 year(s) ago
Benjamin Westrich
Back to making stuff up again? Man. Your dad does need fix his profile though, as he also claims multiple stripes on the same day. If you guys fix your promotion history I will change my vote, but as long as you are claiming illegitimate stripes based on multiple promotions a day the downvotes remain no matter how upset you are.
2 year(s) ago
Johan
If I was making new criteria for getting several cued up BB degrees at once, like you wrote, what criteria that I should had considered do you mean I made up new criteria in relation to?
2 year(s) ago
Benjamin Westrich
You could be honest like your dad and just say that your instructor didn't give you those stripes, he just allows you to claim them but he didn't "promote" you, the passive passage of time did. No matter how much of a hypocrite you seem to claim I am for claiming one of my degrees was awarded based on time, even though I have a certificate from the combat base and IBJJF saying what degree I am, it was in fact awarded on "time" and not personally by my professor so I did the honest thing and claimed that. You seem to have a huge problem with me being honest and you not and would rather me put something else
2 year(s) ago
Johan
Considering my instructor physically put all three stripes on my belt, he literally gave me those stripes, if you want to go into semantics. Had I (and he) known he would come to Finland only later the same year, all three stripes would had been awarded at the same time anyways. If we do your interpretation of the semantics, I hade two promotions - one where I with permission put on the stripes myself (actually I never did, so was there no promotion of any sort at that date?) and another, at the same date as the third stripe, when he also put on stripe 1 & 2. Heck, it's stripes, not rocket science! But really, no matter how I would modify, it wouldn't make any difference, only reset my points. Which is why I personally try to make profile change corrections which won't trigger reverification. So please tell me if you have such a suggestion that you'd be ok with.
2 year(s) ago
Benjamin Westrich
I think you can change them all to just be time and the profile won't require reverification, correct? Or will it? I honestly don't know
2 year(s) ago
Johan
I would actually think it tidier myself with spread out time served degrees (with notes that I myself consider them preliminary and never wore them) and then go directly to 3:rd in person with Alexandre. Would you personally think that would look better?
2 year(s) ago
Benjamin Westrich
If I am understanding it, that does sound more representative
2 year(s) ago
Benjamin Westrich
Even after giving you a clear way of fixing your profile that we both agree on, you haven't done it and your revenge downvote remains. How petty and small of you.
2 year(s) ago
Johan
I checked with the mods and there's basically no guarantee it won't reset the verification points. https://www.beltchecker.com/forum.php?p=read&type=7&id=66783
2 year(s) ago
Johan
Btw, you can check on https://bjjliitto.fi/info.php?lang=en that many of the highest degree BB:s in Finland (where I was promoted) were also on one point or another awarded several degrees on BB at the same time/year. With degrees also accepted by IBJJF (see https://ibjjf.com/certified-black-belts).
2 year(s) ago
Profiles Benjamin Westrich has voted for

Medals

Bronze
IBJJF No-gi Pan American Championships
Black Belt Master 1
Dec 2016
Gold
Fight To Win Tournament of Champions
Black Belt
Feb 2016
Bronze
IBJJF No-Gi World Championships
Brown Belt
Sep 2015
Silver
Fight To Win Colorado Open
No-Gi Absolute
Aug 2015
Silver
Fight To Win Colorado Open
Brown Belt, Gi
Aug 2015
Gold
Fight To Win Colorado Open
No Gi Advanced
Aug 2015
Bronze
IBJJF American Gi Nationals
Brown Belt
Jul 2015
Silver
IBJJF No-Gi American Nationals
Brown Belt
Jul 2015
Gold
SBJJF Arizona Open
Brown Belt No-Gi
Apr 2015
Gold
SBJJF Arizona Open
Brown Belt Gi
Apr 2015
Gold
Fight to Win Nationals
Brown Belt
Apr 2014
Gold
Fight To Win Nationals
No-Gi Advanced
Apr 2014
Gold
Fight To Win Nationals
No-Gi Advanced
Apr 2013
Gold
Fight To Win Nationals
Brown Belt
Apr 2013
Silver
Denver Judo Open
Brown Belt
Apr 2012
Gold
Fight To Win Nationals
No-Gi Advanced
Apr 2012
Gold
Fight To Win Nationals
Brown Belt
Apr 2012
Gold
Fight To Win Nationals
Brown Belt
Mar 2011
Gold
Fight To Win Nationals
No-Gi Advanced
Mar 2011
Bronze
Army Combatives Tournament
140 lb Open Skill
Jun 2010
Gold
5 Oz Fight Club
No-Gi Advanced
Sep 2009
Bronze
ADCC Texas Regional
Expert
Jul 2009
Gold
5 oz Fight Club
No Gi Advanced
Jun 2009
Gold
Lone Star State Showdown
Purple Belt
Mar 2009
Gold
Lone Star State Showdown
No-gi Advanced
Mar 2009
Gold
Army Combatives Tournament
170 lb Open Skill
Jan 2009
Gold
Army Combatives Tournament
155 lb Open Skill
May 2008
Gold
Army Combatives Tournament
155 lb Open Skill
May 2007
Gold
Battle For H Town
No-Gi Advanced
Mar 2007
Gold
Battle for H Town
Blue Belt
Mar 2007
Silver
Tournament Hosted by Andreas Schmidt
No-Gi Absolute
Jan 2007
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