Jim
(James McRae)
| James McRae VERIFIED | |
| Black belt 2nd degree VERIFIED | |
| 26 year(s) and 0 month(s) of training | |
| Columbia, Missouri, | |
| Westminster MMA Club UNCLAIMED | |
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Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Carlson Gracie > AndrΓ© Pederneiras > John Lewis > Egan Inoue > Burton Richardson > James McRae
I am a second-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a level 3 instructor in Jeet Kune Do and MMA, and an instructor in Krav Maga under Burton Richardson. I have been training with Burton since 1999. I'm also a second-degree black belt in Judo under Randy Russell (Mid-Missouri Judo / USA Judo).
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| Won 5 gold medals | |
| Won 10 gold medals | |
| Won 25 gold medals | |
| 10 competition matches | |
| 50 competition matches | |
| 100 competition matches | |
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June 1, 2024 - Waimanalo, Oβahu, Hawaii
1 year(s) 2 month(s) 1 day(s)
Promoted by: Burton Richardson
Burton promoted me in person the last day of my visit to Hawaii (June 1, 2024). My black belt anniversary is technically on June 5, but Burton wanted to do the promotion in person before I returned to the mainland.
June 5, 2021 - St. Louis, MO
2 year(s) 11 month(s) 27 day(s)
Promoted by: Burton Richardson
Burton awarded me my first stripe in person at a seminar in St. Louis, Missouri a few weeks after the date indicated above. He called me on the phone on June 5, 2021 to tell me that he was awarding me my first degree on the third anniversary of my black belt test, but he announced the promotion at the St. Louis seminar. I didn't get a certificate, but I have attached a photo of us at the seminar after the promotion (including Jimmie Johnson, who earned his brown belt). There is also an attached image of a Facebook post that Burton made on the fourth anniversary of my black belt.
June 5, 2018 - Honolulu, HI
3 year(s) 0 month(s) 0 day(s)
Promoted by: Burton Richardson
The attached photos include my black belt certificate from Burton Richardson, a photo of me after receiving my belt (with Burton and his first two black belt students, Shelton Yamashiro and Scott Ishihara), and a Facebook post that Burton made about the promotion.
August 30, 2015 - Cincinnati, OH
2 year(s) 9 month(s) 6 day(s)
Promoted by: Burton Richardson
Burton promoted me after I trained with him at a seminar in Cincinnati, OH. Attached are photos of my original brown belt certificate, a Facebook post by Burton about the promotion, and my four-stripe brown belt certificate from a few years later. Ten years elapsed between earning my purple belt and earning my brown belt because (1) I moved from Hawaii to the mainland (so I only trained with Burton at seminars and when visiting Hawaii), (2) my wife went through cancer treatment (so I didn't train for over a year), and (3) I had a spinal injury that took over a year to rehabilitate.
February 17, 2005 - Honolulu, HI
10 year(s) 6 month(s) 13 day(s)
Promoted by: Renato "Charuto" Verissimo
Burton Richardson was my primary instructor at the time (though I also cross-trained with Charuto at HMC that year). Since Burton was a brown belt in 2005 (he got his black in 2006), he brought Charuto in to do rank evaluation for his students. The attached photos are of my rank certificate, the students who tested that night (Charuto and I are the tallest guys in the back), and a post that Burton made on the old JKDU forums about the testing.
February 17, 2005 - Honolulu, HI
0 year(s) 0 month(s) 0 day(s)
Promoted by: Renato "Charuto" Verissimo
I was promoted directly from white belt to purple belt by Renato "Charuto" Verissimo. At the time, I had been training MMA and Jeet Kune Do under Burton Richardson for five and a half years, so I had a lot of grappling experience, but no official BJJ rank. I'm following the "I have skipped a belt..." instructions in your FAQ and making a blue belt listing even though I was never awarded one.
August 1, 1999 - Honolulu, HI
5 year(s) 6 month(s) 16 day(s)
I trained MMA and Jeet Kune Do with Burton Richardson starting in August of 1999 after I moved to Honolulu, HI. Burton was a purple belt at the time and incorporated a lot of BJJ into his classes, but didn't officially start teaching BJJ until years later. I officially started doing BJJ full-time in 2005 with Charuto Verissimo, but Burton was my first grappling coach with a BJJ background.
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