Maybelline Masuda

She has earned the Philippines prestige by winning and becoming the first Filipino Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion as a white belt in 2009[1] and for winning the Country's 1st ever gold medal at the Asian Beach Games for Ju Jitsu in 2014.

At age 18, during her 3rd year in college at De La Salle University Manila, she was encouraged by a friend to join a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class held in school and led by URCC MMA Champion Allan Co and DEFTAC Philippines coach Pichon Garcia, due to her prior experience in Yaw-Yan.

They eventually invited her to train and join the team Deftac in 2008, where she met Alvin Aguilar, the first home-grown Filipino Brazilian jiu-jitsu 1st degree blackbelt and founder of the URCC.

[3] With Hard work and dedication, she further developed her special talent in Jiu Jitsu under his guidance.

She is among the two who brought home the first gold medals for the Philippines at the Asian Beach Games during the 2014 edition in Phuket, Thailand.