Black Belts
A Combatives Black Belt is one of the highest honors in Martial arts. It means that the person honored is at the master class level across all of the skills of the modern warrior. It isn't an award for hobbyists who train only in the aspects of fighting that they enjoy. It is for the most serious warriors in the world, those who have dedicated themselves to being what their brothers need them to be when they are in harm's way.
Few people who start training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ever make it to black belt. Still, becoming a blue or purple belt is quite an accomplishment. The average blue belt can beat almost anyone they meet in a fight and the average purple belt would most likely be the best fighter in any infantry brigade in the world.
The same thing can be said about people who take up action shooting as a hobby. Very few will ever be a master class shooter. Still, the average B or C class USPSA shooter or IDPA Sharpshooter is better with weapons and much more likely to win in a gunfight than the vast majority of people.
The people on this list are the ones that any warrior would want with them when going into a fight. They can all fight at the brown or black belt level in BJJ/MMA. They can shoot, know trauma medicine, and are fit and ready. And we are very proud to call each other our brothers.
Black Belts
Ben Aubin
Jeff Adams - https://www.teamsofast.com/
John Anderson
Keith Bach
William Bader
Donnie Bowen - https://bowencombat.com
Cecil Burch
Jeremy Brown
Cliff Byerly - https://hillcountrycombatives.com/
Josh Chambers
Michael Andrew Chappelle
Timothy Charpenter
Brennan Deveraux
Craig Douglas - https://shivworks.com/
Dave Durnil
Tim Farris
Mike Ferriter - https://nationalvmm.org/resilience/veteran-jiu-jitsu/
Nate Ford
Sam Ferguson
Matt Gallagher
MacGregor Glasgow
Chris Gordon
Jeremy Horn - https://eliteperformancegym.com/
Iako Kalili - https://sheepdogresponse.com/pages/sheepdog-response-instructors
Tim Kennedy - https://sheepdogresponse.com/
Matt Larsen
Chad Lebrun - https://www.3rangecombatives.com/
Michael Loyd
Rob Magao - www.bushidobjj.com www.officersurvivalseries.com
Randy Malacas
Stephen Martin - https://sheepdogresponse.com/pages/sheepdog-response-instructors
Jason Martin -
Dirk McComas
Rich Miranda
Tohonn Nicholson
Mike Pagano - https://paganobjj.com/
Kris Perkins
Trever Prangley -
John Renken
Jason Reyes
Sean Roberts
Brandon Sayles - https://www.facebook.com/Armyfighter808
Guy Schnitzler
Adam Scholl
Al Seiring - https://guardian-point.com/about/
Paul Sharp
John Simons - www.OdysseyMA.com
Colton Smith https://www.e9fcva.com/
Kawika Smith
Matt Smith - https://condition1combat.com/
Damien Stelly
C. Ryan Stephens - www.s7tactical.com
Tim Stone
Troy Thomas - https://www.focobjj.com/
John Valentine https://deedsofarms.com/
Jerry Wetzel https://rzthreatmanagement.com/
Piet Wilhelm - http://tritonfightcenter.org/
Stephen Wyatt
Brown Belts
Sean Boland
David Boling
Sean Broussard
Vincent Cruz
Kim Dees
Patrick Diego
Townley Hedrick
James Hanson
James Johnson Jr
Tara LaRosa
Pat Miletich
Steve Moses
Jason Steiner
Jesse Montez Thorton Sr.
Shane Lees
Rob Robinson
Eric Trudell
Vince Vargas