John Louro gets his Brown Belt May 7th, 2010

John finally tested for his long overdue Brown Belt. John has been training in BJJ at BDB for a very long time and it has been very exciting to see him compete in grappling and MMA over the years. While Roy Harris was in Calgary early May, he tested John for 3 hours to earn his belt. John had some very tough partners in his test to push him with 2 Black belts Rich Martens and myself, 2 Brown belts Dan Buchwald and Brad Cardinal, 2 Blue belts Fabian Cortez and Igi Vasiljevic.

At the end of all tests with Roy Harris, he rolls with the student so the student has a chance to show heart and determination while under Roy's crushing pressure. John took it a step further and made history to be the first BDB student to go unconscious while Roy had him in a collar choke. He kept fighting after he woke up, and within 5 minutes was awarded his Brown Belt.

Every guy at the club no matter what size has the highest respect for John's BJJ abilities because he weighs 135 lbs on a fat day but is unstoppable on the mat with any guy of any size. John has always been one of my best training partners and friends. I was proud to be given the honour to wrap his Brown belt around his waist.

Congratulations to John.

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