As far as I can tell, there's the obvious 10th Planet, Gokor and the Hayastan guys, and Cobrinho's school. To me it seems like Cobrinho's would be the easy choice but am I leaving anyone out? Does anyone know anything about his gym or who they've produced? Thanks
LA is a big place and the traffic can be horrendous, so it's tough to ignore location in the choice of a school. Where are you located/ how much time are you prepared to spend commuting to a school? Cobrinha's instruction is second to none and he has a fantastic attitude. In that regard, it's an easy choice, yes. However, you're lucky to live in a city in which the density of high-quality schools is high. What are your goals?
That's all north la? Is north ridge even considered la? It seems criminal to mention gokors and 10P HQ but not Xande and Five Star
Shawn Williams school Shawn Williams teaches at: Five Star Martial Arts/ Renzo Gracie Los Angeles 4201 Wilshire Blvd. #236 Los Angeles, CA 90010
I run some of the drilling classes at Xande's. Come visit us. Location is a big priority in selecting a school in LA.
thanks for all the replies guys. I forgot to mention Xande and had no idea about Shawn Williams. As for the location thing, my choice of where I move to LA will be based on what school I want to train at so location is not an issue. As for my goals I want to compete first and foremost. I prefer NoGi but would be willing to train in the gi for a high level Gi school. Who caters the most to NoGi out of those ooptions? (other than 10th planet obviously)
Ya like the thread says, that's who Im leaning towards but Im also curious as to how well his guys do in competition.
You haven't even mentioned why you want to train and what you are looking for. If you want to enter competitions, Cobrinha's is probably the most competition-focused school out there right now, gi or nogi.
I think it's probably fair to say we're if not the best, than one of the best competition schools in la. Tons of medalists at worlds/pans/no gi worlds at every belt level.
if you want to know the best place i can tell you that: Instructor Jean Jacques Machado only Red and black belt in the area and he has many blackbelt world champs. price is high but it is worth the price.