The Rise Of Keenan Cornelius - The JiuJitsu Phenom (stuartcooperfilms)
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Check out my latest documentary on Keenan Cornelius, its runs 70mins approx and is my longest documentary to date. It was a real challenge. It was a pleasure meeting Keenan and i got to know him really well and he is one driven individual who knows what he wants and jet keeps getting better every time we see him. Im a huge fan of his style of jiujitsu and for sure he will go down as one of the best ever. In this documentary he talks about his entire road from when he first discovered jiujitsu and when exactly did it all click and come together for him to become the amazing athlete he is today.
Keenan Cornelius is an American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner known for his competitive achievements, most notably including what has been dubbed a grand slam in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, having won double gold medals at four major tournaments - the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Pan-American Championship, European Open Championship, and Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship - at his given belt rank, a feat never before accomplished in IBJJF history.
Keenan's first exposure to martial arts training began at a young age, under his step-father, martial arts teacher Tom Callos, BJ Penn's first Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor. At the age of 14, began casual grappling training with friends. Shortly thereafter, he began receiving formal Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instruction under Cassio Werneck, then training for three years under BJ Penn, before ultimately joining with Team Lloyd Irvin. Despite his high-level victories as a purple belt and above, Keenan claims to have had a poor competitive showing early in his career, prior to his joining Team Lloyd Irvin, a move which Keenan held responsible for his later success.
On February 27, Keenan announced his split from Team Lloyd Irvin. A few days later, it was officially announced that he would be joining Atos Jiu-Jitsu. After his transition to Atos, Keenan continued his run as the most accomplished brown belt in the history of the sport, winning nearly every major tournament at his weight and open class.
On September 14, Keenan was promoted to black belt under André Galvão.
On December 8, Keenan won the medium-heavy/heavyweight division of the 2nd IBJJF Pro League for the prize of $5,000 by defeating Diego Gamoral and Jackson Souza.
