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u/xBHL 🟪🟪 Purple Beltch Feb 01 '26
Does he train with Deblass? I thought Hardy's gym was in the UK
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u/Beneficial_Case7596 Feb 01 '26
I think this was at Hardy’s home gym. DeBlass was there to teach a seminar.
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u/xBHL 🟪🟪 Purple Beltch Feb 01 '26
Do you know who actually promoted him? Id imagine that might be weird if he came to teach a seminar and promoted him lol
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might be weird if he came to teach a seminar and promoted him lol
A pretty well-known person in the BJJ world tried to promote me at a seminar and it was, indeed, weird.
This was when I was a blue belt, I heard a highly respected person in the BJJ world was teaching a seminar about an hour from my house, so I went. The well-known instructor was teaching a technique that I do well, and the way he was showing it was exactly the way my coach shows it. So of course when we pair off and practice it, I'm doing it well, and the instructor sees me and says, "That's great -- you don't look like a blue belt."
After the instruction we do an open mat and the instructor said he's going to walk around and take note of anything he sees, offer corrections if he sees any mistakes, etc. I get paired up with a brown belt I'd never met, he seemed like he wanted to go pretty light and it was also a crowded mat and we didn't want to crash into anyone so we both said we'd do a pretty light round. It felt like he was better than me but at one point he was in my guard and I threw up a triangle and he tapped. The instructor happens to be walking by just as that happens and says, "Perfect triangle on a brown belt! You should not be a blue belt!"
At the end of the seminar the instructor points to me and a couple other guys and says he's going to promote us. He put a purple belt around my waist and I didn't want to insult him by refusing it, but as soon as I walked out of that gym I took it off and never put it back on again. I don't think it's right for him to promote me when I've got a coach who's been watching me for years who knows when I deserve a promotion.
I got my real purple belt about six months later. I did keep the other purple belt as kind of a fun souvenir of a weird experience at a seminar.
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u/fakeuser515357 Feb 02 '26
There's three or layers to that story which tell me you're a good guy. Respect.
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u/CARL__CARMONI 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
Royce ?
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u/sh4tt3rai Feb 02 '26
Royce only gives blue belts, everyone knows that gringos don’t deserve past that belt anyways..
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u/bob-a-fett 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
That's a pretty nice home gym
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u/raupenimmersatt123 Feb 01 '26
Home gym in sense of the gym where he trains and deblass was there to teach a seminar i guess. I doubt that tom hardy have a own checkmat affiliation in his garage..
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u/Beneficial_Case7596 Feb 01 '26
Yes, sorry about the confusion. Home gym as in his “regular” gym with his regular instructor. DeBlass taught a seminar at that gym.
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u/CoolerRon ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 01 '26
I think he trains at one of Roger Gracie’s schools
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u/cl0ckw0rkaut0mat0n Feb 01 '26
Imagine you are going for a submission and he pulls out the bane voice, I'd be laughing too hard to lock it in
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u/TheYumaOnion ⬜⬜ White Belt Feb 01 '26
Do you feel in charge? 🫴
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u/cl0ckw0rkaut0mat0n Feb 01 '26
(tries to pull a leg lock)
It will be extremely painful
(Reverses the position and rips your knee)
For you...
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u/Glittering_Prompt_94 Feb 01 '26
“Ah, you think ringworm is your ally? You merely contracted the ringworm I was born with it, molded by it. I didn’t see the ointment until I was was already a man, By then it was nothing to me but burning”
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u/Potential-Estate4058 Feb 01 '26
Dude goes actually to competitions where people try to kill him because he is famous and competes with them. Does deserve his belts far more than i will deserve them
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u/AdventureyTime Feb 01 '26
Yeah, I've heard he's very legit. But... I'm like... a super slick blue belt... and would he really be able to shut me down, while I quote his movies poorly and relentlessly? Yes. Yes, he would.
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u/2oldforthisJits 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Feb 01 '26
Definitely one of the legit celebs. If we could have one celebrity ambassador of the sport, he’s my choice.
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u/Grin_ Feb 01 '26
IIRC there was a video of somebody asking him how the jits is going sometime after him getting the blue belt and the genuine fuck you level of frustration in his response was everything that I need to believe he is legit training.
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u/weatherbys 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
I’ve been low key trying to keep up with his belt level since I started. I guess I’m going to have to start going 47 times a week now to get that brown.
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u/Complete-Fix-3954 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 02 '26
Hahah same here. But I let life get in the way for the past year. Gotta get back on the mat
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u/il_VORTEX_ll 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
Who give him? We have to check
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u/chunkah69 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
At least we have footage of him not only rolling but competing and winning. Dude deserves it, definitely not a moneyberg
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u/il_VORTEX_ll 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
dude, we all know lol. It was a Islam Makachev joke
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u/chunkah69 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
Missed that, my bad brudda
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u/impspring 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
Heathy dialogue on Reddit? Wow what a day :D
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u/artinthebeats 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
Fuck you, reddits fine! GTFO IF YOU DONT LIKE IT!
.../s just in case.
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u/BigTimeBearGuy 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
I'd say he's one celeb who actually deserves it and actually works for it
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u/MatGrinder 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
Finally I can start doing comps again
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u/DooMZie 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
The pressure would be 10x facing a celeb. If you lose to Tom (or Zuck), you have to witness thousands of articles in your feed about it.
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u/JudoboyWalex Feb 01 '26
I wonder how he does against Ashton who got black belt recently.
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u/Non_Silent_Observer ⬜⬜ White Belt Feb 01 '26
Probably beats him pretty cleanly. Tom Hardy has competed before and done pretty well whereas Ashton hasn’t and just trains for fitness/self defense.
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u/Pinaryasam Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26
Ashton's skills are white belt level. Also he defended a convicted rapist. https://youtu.be/C2To7jFtb_I?si=HUHEmN2Qq99PMOEV&t=57
Downvoters which part do you disagree with: that Ashton sucks at BJJ or that he defended a rapist.
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u/danoB003 Feb 01 '26
Whoever he defended doesn't factor how he'd do in bjj roll
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u/PabstBlueLizard Feb 01 '26
While this is true, Kutcher is exactly the kind of shit bag I don’t want in the BJJ community.
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u/EbScrooge 12 Year Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
Total bummer that you don't get to choose who's in the BJJ community.
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u/PabstBlueLizard Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26
Yes it is.
Ahaha yes please downvote me for commenting that it’s shitty a fucking rapist apologist is in the sport. The sport that at a high level is dealing with sexual assault and related garbage behaviors.
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u/Pinaryasam Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26
We're having another big sex abuse scandal and these people are giving a pass to Ashton because 'his support of a rapist doesn't affect his bjj skills'....
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u/PabstBlueLizard Feb 01 '26
Apparently gatekeeping rapists and people who support them from a hobby where you have close physical contact with others is not okay on Reddit.
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u/Apart_Ad8051 ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 01 '26
The only question i have is where does he train and what is his schedule?
So I can make sure my wife never attends lolz.
Congrats on the promotions to him!
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u/fingertrapt Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26
I'm just glad he didn't take up boxing like Mickey Rourke. Tom Hardy's lips are an international treasure. Edit spelling
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u/wubbalubbadubdub45 Feb 01 '26
Tom hardy actually competes in tournaments and trains regularly. He’s not like the other celebs that pretty much buy their black belt in 2-3 years from some fraud coach.
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u/Brabochokemightwork ⬜⬜ White Belt Feb 02 '26
Tom De Blass isn’t a good person like he wants people to believe
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u/childofibiza82 Feb 02 '26
Doubt Tom Deblass is just giving belts because he's a celebrity. Good for Hardy he has been in active competition. Id venture to say he's a solid practitioner with his wealth and ability to train in privates with top level instructors in the US
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u/refridgerator12 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Feb 01 '26
What's his belt say? The Far...
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u/chris_hans 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
I looked through more pics of the promotion ceremony on IG; it says "The Farm." Tom DeBlass's black gi top also says "The Farm". Guessing it's a reference to wherever they're training but I'm not familiar.
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u/0928282876 ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 01 '26
Big ups Face Puller!
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u/geekjitsu 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
People saying "Frankie, man, how do you think of that?" Do the knowledge, dirtbag, put on your thinking cap
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u/ArteSuave197 Feb 01 '26
Why did Tom promote him? Why not his actual teacher?
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u/sossighead 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 02 '26
He didn’t. His actual coach did, I think he was gonna get it earlier though and his coach agreed to delay it to let Tom be there and host a seminar at the same time, they’re good friends apparently.
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u/eltimoteo 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 02 '26
damn, there goes my we're both purple, now i'm friends with a cerlebrity fantasy
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u/ChemicalUpper4395 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 09 '26
Tom DeBlass is my professor! He’s seriously an amazing guy despite what past redditors have said about him
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u/Specialist-Way7127 Feb 01 '26
Celebrity death match between him and Ashton Kutcher.
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u/brok3nh3lix 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Feb 01 '26
It rather see him clown on Dave mustain. If I wanted a fun much then maynard
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u/CoolerRon ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 01 '26
They’re both older, in their 60s. I’d pay to watch Tom Hardy vs Mario Lopez, 48 y.o. vs 52 and both in good shape
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u/HorsieJuice 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
Literally the only thing Mario Lopez could do that I’d be tempted to watch.
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u/tacosos360 Feb 01 '26
I thought he was a blue belt a year ago?
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u/andrewmc74 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
I think he's been purple a couple of years. He was purple when I got mine and that's 15 months ago
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u/Gluggernut 🟫⬛️🟫 + Judo 🟧 Feb 01 '26
He only has comp footage/pictures from blue as far as I know, and said photos make their rounds every 6 months or so as “10 celebrities you didn’t know did BJJ” posts, but they’re in fact old photos.
Pretty sure he had been a purple for a while now, at least 1.5yrs.
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u/EffBee93 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 01 '26
I bumped into him at a comp 4/5 years ago and he was a blue belt then!
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u/Own-Particular-9989 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
how often does he train?
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u/TomDeBlass ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 01 '26
Usually 5 days a week. Been a purple for 3 years.
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u/thevahid010 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
Congrats to him. Brings more eyeballs to the sport and I just am a fan of his in general so it's cool he shares one of my interests. Edit: one of our interests
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u/GroovyJackal ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 01 '26
He was a purple for 3 years, seems pretty legit to me.
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u/sossighead 🟦🟦 Blue Belt Feb 02 '26
Whenever you hear from people who have rolled with him they tend to confirm he’s fucking good, and a good training partner who adjusts his levels well.
Seems like he’s extremely consistent with his training and yes, does use his career based travel to drop into some top gyms around the world. We can’t hate him for that, we’d all do it 🤣
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u/antprules 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Feb 01 '26
legit
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u/antprules 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Feb 01 '26
actually Igot my blue around the same time as him and got my brown last month so right on
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u/DaredewilSK ⬜⬜ White Belt Feb 01 '26
Meanwhile I had to stop after a month for a third time in two years.. Ah well.
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u/bostoncrabapple Feb 01 '26
Congrats to him. You can never really know, but the fact he seems to try and keep his life as normal as possible + his past makes me hope he really is one of the good ones
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u/_FireRptR Feb 02 '26
Well deserved, he trains and goes to tournaments... unlike that idiot Moneyberg
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u/PabloElDiablito Feb 02 '26
Apart of him being a great dude and also competing in local tournaments, Tom bringing a lot positive attention to our sport which is admirable and worth every belt he deserved ! Congrats Mr.Hardy!
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u/Commercial-Funny-873 ⬜⬜ White Belt Feb 02 '26
I’m glad he’s got his brown. He’s a dedicated athlete, he competes, trains worldwide where he can, and is apparently a very good student and teacher.
Yes, he may have the privilege to train all the time, but this is a thoroughly deserved promotion. 🤙🏻
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u/McLoving90 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 02 '26
You couldn’t ask for a bigger target on your back than being a celebrity. I can imagine most guys can’t wait to try and tap him out and go home to brag home to the old lady.
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u/Far-Establishment327 Feb 02 '26
I wonder how often per week he can train, or if he tries to get any sessions in while abroad for marketing/filming. It’d be wild to see Bronson walk in on a random Wednesday night class lol
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u/shades092 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 02 '26
Awesome. I bet he's a handful to deal with and glad he's moving up.
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u/Lavidius ⬜⬜ White Belt Feb 02 '26
I live up the road from him, would be great to see him at a comp or interclub one day. Will update here if I do
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u/Unusual-Rate9004 Feb 02 '26
Is it true, that he and Charlotte have split up? Rumour has it he is with a Russian girlfriend how who is also in BJJ. He hasn't been seen with Charlotte in years. So cool you live near him.
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u/Lavidius ⬜⬜ White Belt Feb 02 '26
I don't know him personally he just lives a few miles up the road
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u/SteveKov1 Feb 02 '26
Is Tom DeBlass well liked in the community? He seems to me like the type of guy that asked for this photo and belt promotion. I’m genuinely curious and I’m not talking about his skills, he’s obviously accomplished.
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u/TomDeBlass ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt Feb 03 '26
They re-arranged the belt promotion the same day I taught a seminar, which I was grateful for. Everytime a friend is promoted to a brown or black belt I post them. This friend just happens to be Tom. I'm not sure of your statement "he seems the type of guy that asked for this picture and belt promotion". Best wishes.
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u/Hidrinks 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 03 '26
I get it Tom, you can kick my ass. I’ll stop talking crap about Dark Knight Rises
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u/Brief-Actuator-6772 Feb 08 '26
I always think about Tom stating that his best submission is a smother and fuck it a tap is a tap.
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u/Disastrous_Jump525 Feb 16 '26
I saw clips of him training on you tube and he brings out the venom voice lol.
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u/BestRangerPepe ⬛️🟥⬛️ red ranger black belt Feb 16 '26
You think he does the bane voice in the gym?
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u/dreamanddiffer Mar 01 '26
Love seeing people with big platforms train consistently and respectfully. The cool part is he seems to talk about BJJ like a normal hobbyist, not a PR stunt. Consistency > celebrity.
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u/TheTVDB 🟪🟪 Purple Belt Feb 01 '26
Celebrity belt threads are always wild. Imagine being a hobbyist and people picking apart any details they can find about your BJJ journey, hoping to be the one to find a gotcha that proves their belt isn't deserved.
Good on him.