Thanh Le receives black belt from Ryan Hall
ONE Championship featherweight world champion Thanh Le has earned his black belt in jiu jitsu from famed grappler and UFC competitor Ryan Hall.
Le took to Instagram to announce his promotion.
“What an amazing night last night.
I was extremely honored to receive my black belt from @ryanhall5050. I had no idea that the fam made plans to come all the way out to VA, and man, what a surprise it was.
This journey started with me learning jiu-jitsu bc I HAD to… which relatively quickly turned into learning jiu-jitsu bc I WANTED to. What originally started as a “just learn enough so I can stay on the feet in fights” naturally molded it’s way into a passion driven desire to learn as much as I possibly can. There’s a genuine love that I have for this art that @smgayton @ryanhall5050 & @adambenayoun have mentored me through. I been trying to tell y’all, 2nd to being a striker, I’m a jiu-jitsu dude! 😂 It’s been an amazing growing process that has taught me so much about life, martial arts, competing and so much more. I am forever grateful for meeting these two gentlemen and having them as amazing friends in my life. Thank you to the endless list of training partners between my gyms @midcitymma @5050academy & @mooncollegetkd. The learning will never stop and the pursuit of moving in a positive direction constantly is what wakes me up in the mornings… along with Mina of course 😉”
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According to Hall’s post, his pupil (Le) is the 10th student to be promoted to black belt at the famed Fifty/50 school.
“Had the honor of moving @thanhlemma to a well-deserved final rank in Jiu-Jitsu tonight, surrounded by family and friends in a gym he has helped put on the map,” Hall said.
