so if anyone needs info or questions about the training at these places....pm me north carolina team roc chapel hill team rock raliegh royce network charlotte sucuri bjj joe hurst acadamy cmati Locust BJJ south carolina lexington martial arts cmatc modern combatives rock hill georgia alliance sandy springs alliance mid town straight blast gym athens Team Praxis- Griffin Gracie Barra-sandy springs Gracie Barra Douglasville Gracie Barra Atlanta Virginia joe grey linx acadamy dc area yamasaki chantilly yamasaki rock springs ohio jorge gurgel middletown wisconsin fox valley grappling club minnesota greg nelson acadamy indiana ringsports marcelo monterio greg eldred caique assc. oklahoma lovatos missouri springfield fight club Texas dallas machado ndbjj plano lutter jiu jitsu travis lutter granbury bujitsu mohlers irving relson gracie austin phil cardela vandrys austin san marcos Barra affiliate bjj san antonio ama...senki marra affiliate benevides san benito tpc silsbee hawk hardy leo xavier h-town pauls bjj katy Solis humble illinois carlson gracie chicago Rio, Brazil iate guanabarra daniel moraes Florida North Florida bjj....victor huber in Jacksonville theres other blue belts with small places i have trained at also.
Wow, quite the list... And you can remember details about each of those acadamies? Your a regular BJJ directory.
Damn, Charles you get around! I only been to one jj place, Relson Gracie Main Academy - Honolulu, Hawaii but plan on a lot more in Europe.
i will probably be at a lot more places next year while traveling. i will update my list as it happens. i talked to phil while in austin, he is coming out to the hawaii acadamy soon, watch out for the triangles. he is the master of them.
which school in north carolina was the best? how about dc area and virginia? I may be moving in a year and a half or so.
Hey Guardpasser, do you know about any good places to train in Kansas? I want to do some MMA/Thai/BJJ. Any suggestions?
Georgia Team Praxis/Academy of Fighting Arts (competition team) - Griffin/Macon/Carrollton Velocity Kickboxing - Kennsaw Velocity - Prado SBG GA/Hardcore - Athens VMAC - Valdosta Carrollton Wrestling and Boxing (assistant) - Carrollton University of West Georgia wrestling - Carrollton Indiana Integrated Fighting - Indianapolis Illinois House of Pain - Chicago Gracie Barra - downtown Chicago Some fitness center on Wacker in Chicago - trained with Shidokanartist Alabama Cleburne County jr and senior high school - (wrestling program) Auburn University wrestling Louisianna Anconas Gym - Mettarie (or some shit like that...New Orleans) List of people of some recognition I have rolled with: Cam McHargue (chief instructor/mentor) - Former WEF world champion, ISCF champion, several other grappling and MMA titles. "Chainsaw" Charles McCarthy - leglock wizard, UFC Veteran Junior Assuncao - Gracie Barra brown belt Rafael Assuncao - Gracie Barra Brown Belt Diego Saraiva - Nova Uniao black belt (Currently 4th in RANKED point total) Ricardo Murgel - 7th degree black belt under Flavio Behring Rory and Adam Singer - head instructors at the Hardcore Gym Forrest Griffin - TUF season 1 winner Melvin Guillard - TUF season 2 competitor Andy Foster - Gracie Barra brown belt, ISCF World champion Dan Simmler - Matt Serra purple belt, Grappler's Quest/NAGA national competitor Ninja and Shogun Rua - Chuteboxe dudes with kicks big and stomps good. Chris "Lights Out" Lytle - UFC, Pancrase, WEF, Cage Rage et al veteran, IBF ranked boxer Davion Peterson - Purdue wrestler, ADCC competitor. not that great, but just thought I'd try to put something together.
good list blake my wife is the hold up in getting over there with you guys. it will happen when we get a job over there, we are bidding some in cherokee county, i will make the drive if we get them.
4 stripe blue, i dont get a lot of training due to traveling, i have ben the same level for two years. i do get to visit a lot of places, so it keeps the interest up.
Ok Charles, thanks for the warning. I got to make sure and ask Relson which escape works better for his triangle. Only two I know of that works with awesome triangle guys.
ttt for my updated list. With this new job I have, my training list is going to expand. Before summer, I already have plans to visit Matt Serra, ATT, Jorge Gurgel, and Cobra Kai. Anyone else have any ideas of good academies?
