Anthony Bourdain Beat Down A Bunch Of Old Guys In A Jiu-Jitsu Tournament

Anthony Bourdain isn’t just a bad-ass in the food world, he’s a bad-ass in the martial arts world as well.

The 59-year-old Bourdain has been training in the grappling art of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and won a gold medal during the Blue Belt Masters 5 Middleweight Division at the IBJJF New York Spring International Open Championship, this weekend.

First competition turned out okay!

A photo posted by anthonybourdain (@anthonybourdain) on Apr 9, 2016 at 12:23pm PDT

Both Bourdain and his wife Ottavia, who is actually a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, proudly posted photos from the event, including Bourdain getting his arm raised.

Photo by @d_kline_design It wasn’t the first-timey stall-fest. It was the getting there that mattered. Thanks @igorgracie @eddie_wolverine @renzograciebjj Will do better next time.

A photo posted by anthonybourdain (@anthonybourdain) on Apr 9, 2016 at 7:00pm PDT

Although it’s something he picked up, kind of because his wife made him, he took it seriously, trained with Igor Gracie and the world-famous Gracie family, and eventually earned a blue belt, which is the second belt of five in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

Yeah, it sounds a little unbelievable, but check out Bourdain being used as a test dummy in Kurt Osiander’s instructional video:

This pretty much kills the Bourdain and Guy Fieri “feud,” because we now know for sure than Bourdain would take him down and choke his ass out.

h/t jiu jitsu times