USA Gets a New Female BJJ Black Belt

December 11, 2009

Paragon Jiu-Jitsu Katie Weilbacher
Katie Weilbacher is promoted to black belt. Photo courtesy Katie Weilbacher.

Women’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu in the United States takes another important step forward. On Saturday Ricardo “Franjinha” Miller awarded his first-ever female black belt to Katie Weilbacher.

At the age of twenty-four, Weilbacher is likely the youngest American female to be promoted to black belt in BJJ. Like fellow Paragon jiu-jitsu prodigies Bill “The Grill” Cooper and Jeff Glover, Weilbacher is a fierce competitor. She has taken home the gold medal at the Mundial at lower belt rankings three times in the gi and once in no-gi.

Congratulations to Weilbacher on her accomplishment. This is a good step forward for women’s BJJ here in the United States. And it should make for an even more exciting Pan-Ams and Mundials in 2010!

Written by Caleb · Filed Under BJJ 
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3 Responses to “USA Gets a New Female BJJ Black Belt”

  1. Benjie "Monstro" Cruz on December 11th, 2009 11:43 am

    Wow, congrats!!!

  2. patrick on December 13th, 2009 5:17 pm

    Congrats! Good to hear about anyone that gets promoted to black belt!!

  3. Justin on January 8th, 2010 1:43 pm

    Amazing! Congrats on such a huge accomplishment! Faixa Preta!

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