# Nicolas Gregoriades

> Black Belt 4 Stripes

## Overview

**Name:** Nicolas Gregoriades

**Belt Rank:** Black Belt 4 Stripes


## Bio

Nicolas Gregoriades was born on the 2nd of September, 1979 in Cape Town, South Africa. Martial arts were already instilled in the Gregoriades family hold as Nicolas’ father was a karate black belt, so it didn’t come as a surprise when “Nic” picked up on his training at the age of 7, through judo.

Nicolas got up to brown belt in judo, but while going through the ranks his true intent was to pursue Brazilian jiu jitsu, a style he believed to be more effective as a self defense/fighting method. As BJJ was not available in Cape Town at the time, he chose to join a submission wrestling club, with Coach Ludwig Strydom, in 2000.

Gi jiu jitsu became part of Gregoriades’ life in 2004 when he joined Roger Gracie’s academy in West London, England. Nicolas stayed with Roger throughout the belt system, reaching the degree of black belt on August 2008, becoming also Roger Gracie’s first black belt. Since then Nic has launched his own BJJ endeavor, the Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood, a BJJ association with several affiliated academies spread out all over the world.

JJ Brotherhood web:  jiujitsubrotherhood.com
 Digital Communion web:  digitalcommunion.com

Nicolas Gregoriades vs Luke Costello

Nicolas Gregoriades vs Norman Paraisy

Nicolas Gregoriades vs Max Carvalho

Nicolas Gregoriades @ The Grappling Dummy

Manto Presents: The Grappling Dummy – Nic Gregoriades  from  martial farts  on  Vimeo .
## Gym Affiliations

- **Subconscious Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy** (North Hollywood, United States) — Instructor

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**Last Updated:** March 21, 2026

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