Emily Kwok is a Canadian submission grappler, born on 5 October 1980 in Aomori, Japan, to a Japanese mother and a Chinese father, and raised in Canada from infancy. A third degree black belt instructor in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a former mixed martial arts competitor, she was the first Canadian woman to receive a black belt in the art and the first to become world champion. She is widely regarded as an early pioneer of the sport in North America, and she founded Princeton BJJ with Art Keintz in 2010.
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Kwok is the first Canadian woman to receive a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
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the first Canadian woman to receive a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and the first to become world champion
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is a Canadian submission grappler
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A 3rd degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) instructor
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