Description

Judo and jujitsu club in the Dallas, Texas area run by Bert Becerra. John Carmack trained there in his thirties and was promoted to brown belt in 2007; the club later listed him among its sponsors.

Also known as

Bert Becerra Judo & Jujitsu

Locations (1)

• location_onGarland, Texas

  3035 S Shiloh Rd

  warning No sources cited

Instructors (1)

• 
  Bert Becerra

  Head instructor

  Probable

  Probable

  The dojo's own site, with no passage quoted; one side only.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  The dojo's own site, with no passage quoted; one side only.

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  “Welcome to Bert Becerra Judo & Jujitsu”

  — Becerra Judo. (2011). Becerra Judo & Jujitsu linkhistory info

Trained here (1)

• 
  John Carmack

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Carmack describes resuming judo in his thirties at Becerra Judo and later training with "one of my coaches"; the club's own website identifies its head as Bert Becerra, but the episode never names the coach explicitly, leaving some doubt about which instructors he learned from

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  under Bert Becerra

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Carmack describes resuming judo in his thirties at Becerra Judo and later training with "one of my coaches"; the club's own website identifies its head as Bert Becerra, but the episode never names the coach explicitly, leaving some doubt about which instructors he learned from

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  “I got back into it in my thirties [...] the place that I wound up is called Becerra judo. And [...] he was a Cuban Olympian [...] Then I had judo with one of my coaches another day.”

  — (2019). The Joe Rogan Experiencelink info

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “John Carmack promoted to Brown Belt”

  — Becerra Judo. (2011). Becerra Judo & Jujitsu linkhistory info

Tags

judo · jujitsu · dallas

Sources