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tom Hardy You know him as the intense
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brooding actor from Venom and Warrior
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But when he's not filming fight scenes
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he's out there grinding in a real fight
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on the jiu-jitsu mats For years now
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Hardy has been training Brazilian
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jiu-jitsu He's not just some celebrity
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taking a few classes for fun Nope The
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dude competes wins gold and keeps coming
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back for more This is the story of how a
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Hollywood star went from learning BJJ
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for a movie to becoming a serious
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grappler and why he's still rolling
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today 2011 the year it all started A lot
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of people start training in jiu-jitsu
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for fitness self-defense or just to
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challenge themselves Tom Hardy he
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started for a movie role In 2011 Hardy
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was preparing for Warrior a film where
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he played an MMA fighter And in
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Hollywood you can't just look the part
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You have to move like a real fighter To
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prepare Hardy trained in wrestling
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boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu His coach
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a legit grappling expert And here's
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where things get interesting Most actors
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train for a few months shoot their fight
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scenes and then walk away from martial
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arts forever Not Hardy Something about
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BJJ clicked for him The techniques the
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mental challenge the grind He loved it
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And once filming wrapped instead of
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quitting he kept training That was over
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12 years ago 2011 to 2021 The white belt
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grind Let's be real being a celebrity
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doesn't mean anything in jiu-jitsu On
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the mats everyone gets smashed And Hardy
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was no exception He started training
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like any beginner getting choked swept
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and tapped out by teenagers office
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workers and military veterans But
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instead of getting discouraged Hardy
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leaned into the process He trained
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alongside Royal Marines through the
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Reorg Jiu-Jitsu Foundation an
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organization that helps military
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veterans and first responders heal
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through jiu-jitsu Why did Hardy get
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involved because he saw firsthand how
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jiu-jitsu isn't just a sport It's
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therapy a mental reset a way to stay
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focused and grounded even with the chaos
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of Hollywood Through injuries busy
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filming schedules and non-stop travel
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Hardy kept training After 10 years of
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dedication he finally earned his blue
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2021 2022 entering the competition scene
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and winning Most people get promoted to
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blue belt and slow down Not Hardy
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Instead of just training for fun he
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started competing in jiu-jitsu
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tournaments Think about that for a
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second He's a world famous actor yet he
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willingly steps into local competitions
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where nobody cares about his celebrity
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status They just want to choke him out
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And guess what he started winning At the
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Milton Kane's BJJ Open Hardy entered as
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a blue belt and shocked everyone by
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dominating his division He showed clean
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technique strong control and solid
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submissions Then a few months later he
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competed at the Reorg Jiu-Jitsu
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Championship and won double gold Imagine
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signing up for a small tournament and
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realizing you're fighting Tom Freaking
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Hardy Wild right but the best part Hardy
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didn't even announce he was competing He
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just showed up put in the work and let
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his jiu-jitsu do the talking 2023
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leveling up to purple belt By June 2023
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after years of grinding Hardy hit
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another massive milestone He earned his
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purple belt For those outside the BJJ
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world this is a big deal Purple belt
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isn't just intermediate It's the point
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where you start developing your own game
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dominating lower belts and even coaching
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newer students At this level you're no
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longer just learning techniques You're
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thinking several moves ahead setting
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traps and breaking down your opponent's
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game plans And Hardy he earned it He
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wasn't gifted a belt because of his fame
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He trained competed and put in the mat
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time like everyone else He transitioned
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from learning jiu-jitsu for a movie to
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becoming a serious grappler capable of
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competing against skilled opponents
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Hardy's white to purple belt journey
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took over 12 years and he's not done yet
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If he keeps training which let's be
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honest he will we'll probably see him
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with a brown belt soon and eventually a
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black belt He's already proven that
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jiu-jitsu isn't just a phase for him
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It's part of who he is And if a
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Hollywood superstar can make time to
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train compete and improve what's
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stopping you in conclusion Tom Hardy's
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jiu-jitsu journey isn't about being a
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celebrity who trains for fun It's about
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dedication resilience and a love for the
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grind He started as a complete beginner
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in 2011 got humbled on the mats kept
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training for over a decade won
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tournaments and earned his purple belt
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in 2023 That's real commitment And who
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knows maybe in a few years we'll see him
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compete as a black belt Until then he's
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still showing up still rolling and still
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improving And that's what jiu-jitsu is
