Brazilian jiu-jitsu Black Belt Ruben Alvarez out of Black House MMA (Miami Beach) confronts a fake black belt.
Take that f***ing belt off right now, Ruben Alvarez, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) instructor commands to a student.
Alvarez, an imposing presence in a white robe, was towering over his student, also robed, who lay sprawled on his back on a mat inside Black House, a Miami Beach martial arts studio.
You’re not a f***ing black belt. You’re a f***ing white belt. And you come in my gym, here, saying that you’re a f***ing black belt!
The student, still on the ground, untied his belt. For nearly three minutes the verbal lashing continues, until Alvarez finally tells the student to get out.
He walks out shrinking. And when you decide to come back, you come back with a white belt!
Several weeks earlier, the student had come into the gym and said he was a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt—among the martial arts’ most prestigious designations—who had been trained under a famous Brazilian master known as Macaco.
Alvarez welcomed him, eager to have such a distinguished student in his classes. But soon the ability of the student, a middle-aged man who spoke poor English, seemed nowhere near that of a former champion’s: He seemed lost when the class did a basic shuffle. He struggled with a forward roll, then flubbed the backward roll.
This guy’s going to kill himself, Alvarez thought.
Still, the instructor wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. The guy was older, and had said he had a back injury. Maybe the language barrier was also messing him up. I’m thinking of every excuse in the book, Alvarez said.
Soon Alvarez grew more suspicious. He contacted other martial artists who knew Macaco, and the Brazilian master said he’d never met the guy.
Then another student recognized the man as the same guy who claimed to be an experienced tattoo artist, then botched $600 worth of ink. This guy’s a fake black belt, dude, Alvarez said.
When the man showed up in class again, still wearing the FAKE black belt (which was tied funny), Alvarez decided to test him again. He told him to demonstrate 20 arm bar drills, another basic move. He’s like, ‘what?’ Alvarez said.
That’s when the instructor lost it. Watch the video below:
[source : miaminewtimes.com]
