It was long believed that Italy, land of Julius Caesar, Marco Polo, Dante Alighieri, Cristoforo Colombo, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Galileo Galilei, had produced the world’s highest ranking martial artist. Shang-Men-Rem Prof. Gilberto Pauciullo holds 22 10th degree black belts, including five in Jiu-Jitsu alone, and one in mexed martial arts.
That’s Pauciullo in the middle, with the yellow jacket, paunch, and giant white belt.
Shang-Men-Rem Prof. Gilberto Pauciullo’s official certificates include:
11th Duan – Man Seer Kung Pai Kung Fu
10th Dan – Katory Yama Ryu Ju-Jutsu
10th Dan – Okonawa Go Ju Ryu
10th Dan – Street Rapid Defense System
10th Dan – WOSD/Kapap System
10th Dan – Self-Defense
10th Dan – Agni Kempo
10th Dan – I.F. Knife Fighting System
10th Dan – Ju-Boxing Full Contact
10th Dan – Shin KakutoJutsu Hanshi
10th Dan – Gung Chi Pai Gung Fu System
10th Dan – Ju-Hitsu AJJIF
10th Dan – Ju-Jitsu IJJF
10th Dan – Ju-Jitsu ACJJ
10th Dan – Ju-Jitsu UAJJ
10th Dan – Martial Arts Police Method
10th Dan – Makoto Ryu Ju-Jitsu
10th Dan – Bu-Jutsu Sigung
10th Dan – Mexed Martial Arts
10th Dan – SERCSU
10th Dan – DIM MAK
10th Dan – Nefusen Submission Ju-Jitsu
10th Dan – Vietnamese Combat Martial Arts
Grade A – Hanshi – Soubukai Karate-Do / Japan-Tokyo
Si Gung Wing Chun – In Yp Man Martial Arts Sifu Council
Si Gung Chi Kung
9th Dan – Ken Jitsu
9th Dan – Tatsu Seiki Kikou-Do
9th Dan – Kamishin Kai Ju-Jitsu
9th Dan – Karate-Do
9th Dan – Pinoy Eskrima S.Miguel de Abanico Ming Sune Do
9th Dan – Chinese Kempo
9th Dan – Kokusai Sin Jutsu Kempo Kai
Muk Yan Chong – Wing Chun Institute
Chi Sao – Wing Chun Institute
8th Dan – Judo
8th Dan – Kimuchino Aikido
7th Dan – A.O.S. Tai Chi System
7th Dan – Ashihara Bu-Do Kai
7th Dan – Ting Ho Dao
7th Duan – Shaolin Yang Sheng Fa
7th Dan – OSTCS
6th Dan – Seishinryoku Goju Kick Boxing
6th Dan – Kendo.
6th Dan – OSR Karate-Do
4th Dan – FULUNGJJ
2nd Dan – Sakibo
Master of MARMA ADI
Master of KALARIPAYT
Master of KAPAP – Level B – cert.n:704788
Master of Military – Police Special Force
Master of Special Commando Force – S.O.G.
Master Expert of Krav Maga
Master Expert of Close Combat System
Depositary Master of Italian Traditional Knife
Depositary Master of Italian Hand Weapons Combat System
Most of us had the same three reactions, in quick succession:
1. “Only a 4th dan in FULUNGJJ??!? Pull yourself together man, and put some real effort into Sakibo.”
2. Jiu-jitsu is pathetic for having no living 10th degrees, while this luminary alone holds 22.
3. Is Shang-Men-Rem Prof. Gilberto Pauciullo truly the world’s highest ranked martial artist?
It turns out, he’s not.
With 45 years documented study of the martial arts, India’s Supreme Grand Master (Guru/Dean) Dai Soke Prof/Dr. Jagdish Singh Khatri (Ph.D.) M.A. (IGF) has earned 43 10th degree black belts, and two 12th degree black belts. This rate of nearly one 10th degree per year shows he is REALLY good. Where Shang-Men-Rem Prof. Pauciullo has a mere five 10th degrees in jiu-jitsu, the Supreme Grand Master (Guru/Dean) Dai Soke Prof/Dr. holds twelve!
Dean Professor Dr. Khatri also lists a Cinturon Negro 10th Dan. This means he is a 10th-degree black belt in black belt! That’s pretty cool. He has a 10th-degree black belt in mixed martial arts too, and according to his bio, another 10th degree in mixed martial arts. Shang-Men-Rem Prof. Pauciullo only has one 10th degree in MMA, and he can’t even spell it right – he wrote mexed martial arts. What a goof Pauciullo is.
Supreme Grand Master (Guru/Dean) Dai Soke Prof/Dr. Jagdish Singh Khatri (Ph.D.) is also a COLONEL GRAND MASTER – India & Nepal Alians Bulgarian Commandos (ABC). He’s too modest to mention it, but he is in 17 Hall of Fames. And he has 12 PhDs. So in sum, the world’s highest ranked martial artist is not Shang-Men-Rem Prof. Gilberto Pauciullo, but is in fact Supreme Grand Master (Guru/Dean) Dai Soke Prof/Dr. Jagdish Singh Khatri (Ph.D.) M.A. (IGF).
Anyone doubting the Dean (Guru) Dai Soke Prof/Dr. probably doesn’t even have one 10th degree, and is jealous. So for the few doubters, here is the proof – his certificates have a Flickr account:
The moral of the story of these dual numpties is, to quote Royce Gracie, “The belt only covers two inches of your ass, you have to cover the rest.” Given the giant belts that Supreme Great Grand Masters wear, it’s a little more than two inches of ass that are covered, but then, these asses always have oversized asses.
And to close with the opening question, phrased properly – Who is the world’s most knowledgeable martial artists? The real answer is probably Dan Inosanto, a global treasure,.