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Video: BJJ black belt stops suspected car thief, declines to press charges

A suspected car thief ran into a bit of trouble in Chicago recently, when they tried to break in to a SUV parked outside of a BJJ studio. Little did they know that the vehicle belonged to one of the studio’s instructors, Idriz Redzovic; who was watching the whole time.

The story of this encounter comes from Redzovic himself, who posted a video to YouTube that included surveillance footage of the incident (per Book Club Chicago). In the video Redzovic, who — along with his brothers — earned his black belt from legendary grapplers Carlos Gracie Jr.