John Danaher trained with mega-popular actor Tom Hardy who has been not just actively training, but competing at BJJ as a blue belt and had nothing but praise for the English actor’s grappling abilities.
Two of the world’s greatest celebrities in their respective niches, Tom Hardy in acting and John Danaher in Jiu-Jitsu met up for a training session on the mats. John Danaher later shared his impressions of the joint training session in one of his trademark Instagram posts.
“Jiu-jitsu with Mr Tom Hardy: The team had a blast training the last two days with the great English actor Tom Hardy, who is also a talented Jiu-Jitsu player!!” wrote Danaher. “Mr. Hardy is here with some of his British Special Forces friends. Mr. Hardy does truly great work helping the welfare of former soldiers coming back from war into civilian life through the @reorgcharity foundation.
Jiu-jitsu is often useful as a means of getting soldiers back together in a healthy environment that builds the old camaraderie they had in a civilian setting and can help smooth the transition back home. I’ve always been a fan of Mr. Hardy’s cinematic work after Georges St Pierre, who was obsessed with The Batman movie in which the Caped Crusader takes on arch-villain Bane (played by Mr. Tom Hardy), used to quote endlessly from the movie during fight camps! When I was demonstrating technique with him I kept expecting him to say “do you feel in charge?” – as he grabbed me by the neck! 😂😂 He is a very kind man and a really great representative of jiu-jitsu.”
Tom Hardy also trained with Renzo Gracie and Rayron Gracie, thanking the Renzo Gracie Academy for the experience in an Instagram post of his own.
After winning gold at three tournaments in a row as a blue belt, Tom Hardy is preparing two enter two more in December, already signed up for the No Gi Jiu Jitsu British Open on December 3, and for Grappling Industries: London on December 11.
The 45-year-old is set to compete at Master 3 in IBJJF and Senior at Grappling Industries and will try his luck in both Gi and No-Gi.
