2006, he was promoted to black belt by Brazilian Black Belt Kazeka Muniz. In 2009, he became a member of Gracie Humaita under Royler Gracie. He now trains under Saulo Ribeiro of Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu. In May 2010, he was promoted to 1st-degree black belt by Royler Gracie. Martial arts career Aguilar is a decorated fighter and grappler. He is a 3-time Undefeated Fighter, Sari-An Annual Sparing Meet, and he won in many underground fights. His first notable accomplishment was winning silver in the 1999 Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Tournament at Detroit Michigan, United States. Four years after earning the title as the first Filipino BJJ black belt in 2006, Aguilar achieved the record for being the first homegrown Filipino BJJ black belt to win a match at the Mundials. In the same year, Aguilar competed in the Philippine Wrestling National Open where he recorded the fastest pin (17 seconds) in Philippine wrestling history. He settled with a silver in the competition. In September 2016, he won gold in Asian Jiu-Jitsu Championship at Tokyo, Japan Controversy In his younger days, he was known to roam bars in Manila looking for fights in bars or clubs to test his fighting skills. He has been involved in numerous street fights including a case involving fraternity violence through which he was expelled by the administrators of De La Salle University due to injuries inflicted on a member of a rival fraternity. He filed a lawsuit against the university and the court eventually ruled in his favor. In 2003, Aguilar was the victim of a drive-by shooting. A gunman opened fire at Emiliano and Aguilar. Familiar was pronounced dead on arrival while Aguilar survived three gunshots from an M16 rifle. On February 19, 2011, Aguilar choked out a fighter for attacking the referee during the event at his own promotion, URCC Baguio 3: Invasion. This incident remains the only time a promoter took physical action against a competitor, in defense to the referee being attacked by the fighter. DEFTAC Pilipinas In the year 1996, Aguilar formed DEFTAC Philippines a Mixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team and is known as one of the biggest BJJ academies in the Philippines. Under Aguilar's complete and direct guidance, DEFTAC has trained and produced martial arts champions in BJJ, MMA, Muay Thai, Wrestling and FMA including first Filipino World BJJ Gold Medalist: Maybelline Masuda, National and International MMA and BJJ