Who do you train under/with?
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So in. Only had one class so far, but my coach was jim fitz, an awesome dude that I've met from viewing parties, bbqs and what not at the gym
A bunch of coaches there. On the jj side, I'll be training under mike pagano, Sean shorty rock santella, and dan/jim miller
A bunch of coaches there. On the jj side, I'll be training under mike pagano, Sean shorty rock santella, and dan/jim miller
My instructor might be the nicest guy I've ever met. Super humble dude. He's a BB under braulio estimo.
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You got some great coaches there buddy
technically, i have to go to take advantage of it. but i will. banged up shoulder yesterdday snowboarding which sucks
if ur ever near north jersey, stop in to roll for a day. i know most of the coaches and students really well. its a great atmosphere. awesome, friendly, respectful people of all ages and skill levels
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@Vicious Hellbows Good to see you drumming up topics in here.... On this forum not many guys train unfortunately (but they do have a lot of opinions about MMA.... Even a topic in cage side asking if BJJ is dead.... I laughed). You'll get interested parties in here when EBI events come around, or during SUG announcements. Guys I know who regularly train are
@Darqnezz
@SC MMA MD
@Kneeblock
@ECC170
@Leigh
@Star-Lord.... There are others, but I'm drawing a blank. Check out the Grapplers Bucket List thread, the Promotions thread, and Who Would You Want to Train With thread
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@DrizztDoUrden I see you there too, Jersey trained, nice.... If you ever get to Orlando/Central Florida, please stop by our gym here
Will do bro. I had no reason to come here before I started to train though so I can see why others don't come here. I've already realised there's only a handful of the same people who contribute to this sub forum :/
Guys I know who regularly train are
Check out the Grapplers Bucket List thread, the Promotions thread, and Who Would You Want to Train With thread
I train directly under Brad Strain, but thanks to being at a school owned by his father in law I get to train with Carlos Machado pretty frequently. Between traveling and dropping in at other schools and people coming here to train striking with Wonderboy, I have gotten to train with quite a few high level grapplers. I am pretty sure I posted at least some of them in the grapplers bucket list thread, but I will check later to be sure. Glad to see some new faces in this sub-forum
my pops and his brother are both around daytona. ive fallen out of touch with him. ill definitely stop by if im near orlando (and gained some experience...not gonan roll up anywhere besides home gym at this point. im a joke right now lol)
there actually used to be a big jersey school or fight team called rhino (i think frankie edgar was part of it pre-ufc). were u part of that at all?
theres only one direction... up
its a slow burn, but im hard pressed to see this site not being the industry leader down the road unless other sites are able to drastically change their technology and moderate very disturbing bully cultures. i think the latter will be hard to do, which means as people mature, they are going to get sick of it and find their way here
@Rhino i think my cousin has, co owns, or works at a bjj gym in florida
mike budnik. might be called spartan something or other since he grew up here in sparta, nj with me. or might triton (but that might be the Oklahmoa gym. triton bixpy or something)
if u ever hit up his place (im guessing its near daytona since i think his family is near my dad nowdays), throw my name out there. i dont keeo in touch with family except face to face, but im just an arse. hes basically a big brother i never had
mike budnik. might be called spartan something or other since he grew up here in sparta, nj with me. or might triton (but that might be the Oklahmoa gym. triton bixpy or something)
if u ever hit up his place (im guessing its near daytona since i think his family is near my dad nowdays), throw my name out there. i dont keeo in touch with family except face to face, but im just an arse. hes basically a big brother i never had
i love when coaches stil have coaches. always a student of a game. thats awesome
That's the way it goes. My coach has a coach, Ricardo De La Riva. We train with him when he comes over from Brazil.
where? my guys are all from jamie cruz, who is under serra. are u tristate?
Frozen shoulder is no fun. I dealt with that a little over two years ago- it sucked and recovery was a pain
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@Leigh how did I not know that you were a de la Riva guy? That's awesome.... I've trained with some of his black belts in the past here (William Bittencourt, Batata, Rafa).
@DrizztDoUrden I remember the Rhino team, I grew up in NYC...My nickname was because of an old band I was in, when I started training in 99 one of coaches referred to me as Rhino and it's stuck with me into Jiu Jitsu. There is a Spartan team here that I've seen at a bunch of tournaments
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I am a black belt, got mine in 2014, I've been actively coaching the last two years, but I'm getting back into competing in 2017. Prior to that, for 5 years I was a national tournament director and head official for a tournament here in America
thats sick. well done, sir
i knew i saw a bunch of pics recently. i thik maybe u posted a bunch here or maye i ran into an old thread
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I did post a here and posted pics recently... And the other day I was promoted from a black belt with a white sash to a black belt with a red sash (something Royce does, Caique too, and a few others in the non IBJJF belt system).
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