Andrew Smith is a fourth degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a judo black belt, and a founder of Revolution BJJ. After wrestling in high school, Andrew started training judo at VCU Judo in January 1997. Nine years later, Andrew received his black belt in judo, and in November 2008, Andrew was awarded the rank of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt by the legendary Julio “Foca” Fernandez after training with his instructor and friend Eric Burdo at Richmond Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Beyond Revolution BJJ, Andrew helped found Revolution BJJ Ashland, US Grappling, and BJJ Path, the online tutorial encyclopedia for jiu jitsu.

During his competitive career, he learned through “trials by fire” what works and what doesn’t in competition, earning over 300 grappling competition wins. His accomplishments include three gold medals at the 2008 Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championship (brown belt, masters), Pan Am silver in 2003, Pan Am bronze in 2004, five Virginia State Judo Championship gold medals, and several superfight titles. Andrew has traveled to Brazil twice to train jiu jitsu and has trained with dozens of instructors across the country.