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Is he a good coach, or did he just rope some talented people into his little cult for awhile?
Lloyd Irvin - The Grappling Gameplan
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Is he a good coach, or did he just rope some talented people into his little cult for awhile?
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Good coach. Taking a bunch of guys and housing and feeding them and making them train all day is part of coaching. He is not necessarily a good instructor. All his best guys had different games rather than using some kind of top down Lloyd system.
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He's a good coach obviously. Every high level grappler that loyde had or who had left, all speak highly of him and his training methods .
It they were in a cult, after the left they would've said negative things about him and the training.
Some did. It was kind of a thing.
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I remember some old stories but they weren't validated from Keenan ,Jt Torres, Aly and other guys who left. They said they liked it there.
Back in the days, he offered any good competitors to stay at one of his house and train on a "full time" basis.
The house was called the jungle house or something like that.
It did attract some students from outside his region like Keenan.
But actually it was not free and students had to pay.
The ones that did not pay were like assistant instructor etc...
After the court case for rape, most of the students left him.
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No it’s not.
(Source: I’m a professional mma coach)
he also had the money to bring in tons jt torress wasnt home grown keenan was already a talent before going there at purple i think mike flower i think started there i dont think lloyd is super technical but actually cares tog et guys good by having legit camps tbh most bjj coaches from what i seen wana teach and go home and dont give a fuck about their students they do it for money and to get a quick little workout but when you have a guy like lloyd who has mats 24 7 for you then yeah your gonna produce some monsters
yeah iv never seen a coach do this lol
why didnt you affiliate with lloyd?
man fuk lloyd for doing conor mcgregor like that
Hum.
Lot of other bjj teams do also cares about their students.
The like of Alliance which ten times world champions.
The only difference was that loyid Irwin was going to be the first American bjj team to become a strong bjj team.
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Keenan was good before going to loyde , he lost all competitions before going to loyde.
keenan was a blue belt or veyr early purple i seen him win advance no gi tourneys as a 16/17 yearold obviously he wasnt winning worlds yet but kid was truly talented without a doubt
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I did not mean that it is common. But if you team is winning because you do stuff that I would still treat you as a good coach even if you bring other instructors in or your athletes do a lot of self study.
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Alot of guys win no gi tourneys at his age and belt..
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Because I don't associate with rapists. I also don't affiliate with anyone. Why would I split money with anyone but gym owners and employees?
Edit: Nowadays, I run a business network. No one is forced into it. They wanna go operate dolo, they can do so. We do suggest they buy our stuff sometimes, mainly equipment and apparel, but there's no upline. No passive income. Its funny that the graft I experienced in BJJ, I channelled into doing business fairly.
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If was good before going to Lloyd how did he did lose in competitions?
