You may know Matt Skiba for his roles in Alkaline Trio and Blink 182 where he’s a guitarist. However, it turns out that he’s also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner too. He was seen showing off his 10th Planet rashguard online and saying he’d just had his ‘ass kicked’ which hints at Skiba being a newbie in BJJ. On his Instagram profile, his bio also reads “Tinker tailor, soldier, spazz” which further hints at his involvement in BJJ.
Interestingly, Skiba isn’t the first musician to be involved with martial arts of BJJ. In fact, his bandmate Travis Barker is also a BJJ practitioner. It’s understood that both of them train when they can, but due to their age and other commitments, they are fairly casual for the most part.
Still, it’s pretty cool and shows the growing presence of BJJ. Whether Skiba was introduced to BJJ by Barker is unknown, but it would be cool if we got to see some footage of the pair rolling some day.
