Carlos Andrés Robles Álvarez is an Ecuadorian-born Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who trains and teaches in Miami, United States. Widely known by the nickname "El Guerrero Ciego" (The Blind Warrior), he is a black belt under Henrique Gama Filho and competes and instructs out of Gama Filho Martial Arts. His earlier grappling development began in Ecuador, where sources also connect him to instructor Leo Iturralde before his continued progression in the United States.
According to his own account, Álvarez lives with congenital glaucoma and lost his sight around 2012. Rather than stopping, he adapted his training to a non-visual approach built on grip, feel, and constant contact, and went on to earn his black belt. His blindness is a self-disclosed and central part of his public identity and his advocacy for adaptive jiu-jitsu.
Álvarez has been described in Brazilian jiu-jitsu media as the first blind Hispanic practitioner to earn a BJJ black belt. This "first" claim originates in his own account and in profile pieces by BJJ-focused outlets rather than in any independent record-keeping body, so it is reported here as an attributed claim rather than an independently verified fact. He has continued to compete after receiving his black belt — a competition record exists on public event platforms — but individual placements are not independently verifiable from the available public sources.
Beyond competition, Álvarez is known primarily for his teaching and for demonstrating that jiu-jitsu can be practiced and taught without sight. His story has been covered by Ecuadorian broadcast media as a national-interest subject and by international BJJ publications, making him a recognized figure in the adaptive and para-jiu-jitsu community.