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

Instructors (1)

• 
  Bert Becerra

  Head instructor

  expand_morefact_check 1 source

  Becerra Judo. (2011). Becerra Judo & Jujitsulinkhistoryinfo

Trained here (1)

• 
  John Carmack

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 2

  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 and records Carmack's 2007 brown belt promotion, but the episode never names the coach explicitly, leaving some doubt about which instructors he learned from

  under Bert Becerra badge

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  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 and records Carmack's 2007 brown belt promotion, but the episode never names the coach explicitly, leaving some doubt about which instructors he learned from

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "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 Experiencelinkinfo

  "John Carmack promoted to Brown Belt"

  — Becerra Judo. (2011). Becerra Judo & Jujitsu linkhistoryinfo

Tags

Sources