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Enson Inoue demotes self to purple belt in BJJ

Mixed Martial Arts veteran Enson Inoue has been a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for 18 years now, however he has felt the game has passed him. It takes a very strong man to do what the Japanese-American did on Tuesday morning — demote oneself.

The man has walked across Japan on a 1360 mile journey from Hokkaido to Kyushu. He did the 67 day walk to raise awareness for the plight of the victims of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. So realizing oneself was not the toughest thing that Inoue has had to do in his life.