Five Finger Death Punch s Zoltan Bathory s pursuit of martial arts has yielded a new milestone - the guitarist has just earned his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Bathory s latest accomplishment was confirmed this past Saturday (March 13) when he was presented the black belt by his instructors - four-time world champion and 7th degree Red/Black Belt, Master Royler Gracie, and fifth degree Black Belt BJJ World Champion, Professor Mica Cipili.
The musician has pursued a variety of martial arts over the years and also is a Judo Black Belt, a Wing Chun Kung Fu practitioner under Grand Master Randy Williams and earned his U.S. Army Modern Combatives Close Quarter Combat instructor certificate under Professor John Simons III and Professor Iako Kalili.