What's new
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November 2026
The new Black Belt Legacy app
- Rebuilt from scratch for your phone, with a bottom tab bar and a Back button on every screen.
- Join in about a minute with a sign in link by email: your name, where you train, your school, your belt and a short bio.
- Your profile: edit your belt, school, country, city and bio, and choose who can see it.
- Public profiles show your lineage back to the founder, your shareable BJJ Passport, your ranks and achievements, your video intro and your highlight videos.
- Members directory: People of the Legacy and Schools & Academies carousels that swipe like the old site, school logos, search by name and filter by belt.
- Schools: search by school or city, and see who trains at each one.
- The Rigan Machado lineage tree: zoom and drag the whole tree, browse it as a list, or search it by name.
- Technique map: tap from one move to the next and see what each move leads to.
- Anyone without a photo shows the Black Belt Legacy gi.
- Terms, Privacy and Cookies pages, with privacy requests by email.
June 2026
Black Belt Legacy launches
- Black Belt Legacy launched at blackbeltlegacy.com on June 19: the public lineage network, one tap sign in links and profile claims.
- The full member roster, member photos and the Dirty Dozen lineage moved to the site.
Coming next
- Languages: Tiếng Việt first, then Português (Brasil) and Filipino.
- Pick an 8 bit fighter as your avatar.
- Verify a black belt: search the registry from the lineage.
- Schools linked to the lineage.
- Highlights: news, photos and video, tagged with the athletes in them.
- Tournament and seminar calendar, with results on profiles.
- Belt guide.