Founder & head coach · Mikado Jiu Jitsu

Shaheryar Khalid

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Professor Pedro Falbo, and the founder and head coach of Mikado Jiu Jitsu. Thirteen years after his first jiu-jitsu class, he still competes, and he led Mikado’s first international team to second place out of 61 teams.

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Black belt Under Pedro Falbo, 2024
Since 2013 On the mats
2nd of 61 Teams he led at Grappling Industries KL

Shaheryar Khalid in a white gi and his new black belt, holding his black belt certificate beside Professor Pedro Falbo at GFTeam Malaysia

Lineage

Where his jiu-jitsu comes from

Every student can trace their jiu-jitsu back, teacher by teacher, to the founders of the art.

Mitsuyo Maeda
Luis França
Oswaldo Fadda
Monir Salomão
Julio Cesar Pereira
Pedro Falbo
Shaheryar Khalid

The journey

From a dare to a black belt

2011

The dare

A friend dared him to sign up for a Pak Fight Club bout with no training and no experience. He lost the fight and found something more important: a purpose.
2013

First steps on the mats

Starts Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a white belt under his first coach, Jazzie Lone, and trains at Izza MMA in its first year under Coach Salman. One of his amateur MMA fights ends in a TKO win in 15 seconds.
2015

First medals

Takes bronze at 76 kg at a GFT No-Gi tournament, and silver in the open-weight absolute division at Pakistan Grappling Challenge 3.
2016–17

Training in Malaysia

Trains and competes in Malaysia, medalling in the absolute division at Copa da Malásia.
2018

Purple belt

Promoted to purple belt on 18 December 2018 by Jazzie Lone, the coach who started him as a white belt five years earlier.
2023

Grapplefest

Sidelined for months by an ACL injury, he puts that energy into founding Grapplefest, his own jiu-jitsu and grappling league, to give athletes in Pakistan a well-run competition. Later that year he is back competing against experienced black belts, and teaching kids and adults at GFTeam Malaysia under Professor Pedro Falbo.
2024

Black belt, and Mikado

Receives his black belt from Professor Pedro Falbo in March, almost twelve years after his first class, and opens Mikado Jiu Jitsu in Lahore the same year. In August he promotes his own students for the first time.
2026

Black belt debut

Warms up with four wins from four fights and double gold in February. In August he makes his black belt debut at Grappling Industries Kuala Lumpur, going 3–1 and taking silver.
2026

Team Mikado goes abroad

Leads the first local jiu-jitsu gym from Pakistan to compete internationally as a team. With just 9 adults and 2 kids, Mikado finishes second overall out of 61 teams, with 7 gold, 9 silver and 2 bronze medals.

In his words

On jiu-jitsu and coaching

“When I began this journey almost 12 years ago, I remember viewing black belts as some kind of mythical creatures, but today, I stand among them.”

On receiving his black belt, 2024

“There’s no secret sauce overseas that magically makes training better. It’s fundamentals, consistency, and how coaches structure their classes. That’s what really matters.”

On training in Pakistan, 2026

“As a coach, I’ve always wanted the best for my students. I’ll always go the extra mile for them.”

After Grappling Industries Kuala Lumpur, 2026

Follow Shaheryar on Instagram: @sherri.jitsu

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Shaheryar’s classes

Shaheryar teaches these classes at Mikado Jiu Jitsu. Your first class is a Day Pass — message us to book.

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Adults Gi Jiu Jitsu

Mon – Fri mornings · Mon, Wed, Fri evenings

Fundamentals for white belts, Advance for four-stripe white belts and up. We don’t just teach techniques — we build understanding and problem-solving.

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No Gi Grappling

Tue & Thu · 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm

Dynamic movement, leg locks, wrestling integration and the latest competition-tested techniques, from leg entanglements to back takes.

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Kids Jiu Jitsu

Ages 3–5: Mon, Wed, Fri 4:00 pm · Ages 6–12: Mon – Fri 5:00 pm

Led by a black belt coach with international experience teaching children. Discipline, respect and confidence — and our young athletes have brought home international medals from Malaysia.

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