Last weekend, movie star Paul Walker tragically passed away in a car accident in Santa Clarita, California. Many people may not have known that Walker practiced Brazilian Jiu Jitsu when he was not on the silver screen, but he was very talented on the mat and held a brown belt.

A brown belt is one step below the black belt, which is one of the biggest jiu jitsu honors you can receive for your skill and dedication to the sport.

In a sign of respect, Walker was awarded his black belt posthumously at his family memorial by Ricardo Franjinha Miller, the man who had previously awarded Walker his brown belt in jiu jitsu.

Miller is the owner of California’s Paragon Bjj Academy and Ventura Paragon Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, where Walker had trained and he commented on the ceremony and decision to give Walker one of the sports highest honors.

“I know he will reach it one day,’ said Miller, via the MMA Underground. “So in his memory, I presented it to his Dad at his family memorial.”

Instructors don’t take awarding a black belt lightly, so the gesture from Miller shows the amount of respect he had for the late Walker.