Questionnaire for the forum

Name: Guillaume

Age: 25

Location: Belgrade,Serbia / Paris, France

Grappling style(s): BJJ, Judo (sporadicaly in the past)

Rank(belt): blue three stripes

Who awarded your rank: Orlandivo Goncalves (Alliance)

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: Sometimes when the instructor is absent.

Team/Club Name: Jovan Zerjal jiu jitsu academy

Length of time training: 4 years

Number of tournaments:7

Tournament Record: 12 wins- 11 losses

Gi/Kimonos owned:
white krugans
blue atama
white atama
white Koral
white BGG
blue gameness

Striking style (if any) and rank: one year muay thai

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: knee pads and cup

Last injury that sidelined you: brocken finger, and ripped abdominal muscle

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: Sambo
 
Name: Sam Serpentine

Age:25

Location: San Fernando, Los Angeles County, CA

Grappling style(s): Freestyle Submission Grappling

Rank(belt): N/A Blueish

Who awarded your rank: Self taught

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: 3 fighters I've trained from day one

Team/Club Name: Pit Vipers Submissions Academy

Length of time training: 4 Years

Number of tournaments: 11 or more

Tournament Record: 9-8-0

Gi/Kimonos owned: 3

Striking style (if any) and rank: Boxing (Not Ranked) Muay Thai (Not Ranked)

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: (e.g. knee pads) Mouth piece, a cup, Wrap Gloves

Last injury that sidelined you: Broken Metacarpal 2 months and School

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: Tai Chi
 
Name: Sam Serpentine

Age:25

Location: San Fernando, Los Angeles County, CA

Grappling style(s): Freestyle Submission Grappling

Rank(belt): N/A Blueish

Who awarded your rank: Self taught

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: 3 fighters I've trained from day one

Team/Club Name: Pit Vipers Submissions Academy

Length of time training: 4 Years

Number of tournaments: 11 or more

Tournament Record: 9-8-0

Gi/Kimonos owned: 3

Striking style (if any) and rank: Boxing (Not Ranked) Muay Thai (Not Ranked)

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: (e.g. knee pads) Mouth piece, a cup, Wrap Gloves

Last injury that sidelined you: Broken Metacarpal 2 months

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: Tai Chi
 
Name: Eduardo

Age: 19

Location: MD

Grappling style(s): BJJ, wrestling, some Judo/JJJ

Rank(belt): Blue in BJJ, almost purple

Who awarded your rank: Renzo

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: Only wrestling

Team/Club Name: I train at various places, Rallo's and I used to train in Pasadena, now I'm going to a Maguilla school and I can train 4-5 times a week.

Length of time training: I wrestled when I was in 7th or 8th grade. I have been doing BJJ since I was 15.

Number of tournaments: Too many

Tournament Record: Don't even know anymore

Gi/Kimonos owned: Three.

Striking style (if any) and rank: Trained in boxing for two years and did a little Muay Thai

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: Mouth guard, knee pads sometimes, Gi....

Last injury that sidelined you: Bad back, broken arm, teeth knocked out.

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: Judo or Muay Thai
 
if you ever see victor, he goes there sometimes. purple belt, maybe a brown by now, tell him charles from luis' in charlotte said what up.
 
Name: john

Age:25

Location:bcn

Grappling style(s): bjj

Rank(belt): blue belt

Who awarded your rank: robin gracie

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: hahaha

Team/Club Name: gracie bcn

Length of time training: one year and a half

Number of tournaments: 2

Tournament Record: 0-2-0

Gi/Kimonos owned: ippon and atama

Striking style (if any) and rank: kickboxing black belt ( some organizations has belts . still means nothing.

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: (e.g. knee pads): gloves

Last injury that sidelined you: knee injury

any style you don
 
Name: Ralph Smorra

Age: 29

Location: Long Island, NY

Grappling style(s): Japanese Jiu Jitsu, BJJ from tapes, books, and seminars

Rank(belt): Blue Belt w black stripe

Who awarded your rank: John Giotis

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: occaisionally, in my basement, and on open mat day at the dojo

Team/Club Name: American Jiu Jitsu, Commack

Length of time training: 5 years, but about a year and a half off in-between due to injuies and relationships.

Number of tournaments: 5

Tournament Record: 12, 5

Gi/Kimonos owned: Basic White Judo gi, Gameness gi ripped, had to throw it out, free flimsy gi

Striking style (if any) and rank: We do atemi waza and muy thai style striking and sparring, with protective gear.

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: (e.g. knee pads): When grappling, none. When striking, or mma sparing: headgear, shin pads, boxing gloves or mma gloves.

Last injury that sidelined you: Broken shoulder from a throw where I fought it too long, and torn meniscus from a knee compression that didn't hurt until it popped

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: Boxing; I'm a big fan. We already do basic boxing and kickboxing, but mainly as part of a grappling centric style.
 
Name: Matt

Age: 24

Location: Form Tampa currently in Bahrain Moving to San Diego

Grappling style(s): BJJ, Wrestling, Very Light Judo

Rank(belt): White

Who awarded your rank: Rez Monafardi (Student of Roy Harris)

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: No although I usually roll with the new people because I don't go apeshit on them. I roll with everyone else as well but thats the closest I get to instructing.

Team/Club Name: Bahrain BJJ

Length of time training: 6 Months

Number of tournaments: 0

Tournament Record: 0

Gi/Kimonos owned: Blue Atami BTT Gi

Striking style (if any) and rank: Karate (Orange Belt), Light MT and Bas Rutten System

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: (e.g. knee pads) None

Last injury that sidelined you: Right now I have 3 that caused me to take a break. Tendonitis in arm, Torn muscle in back and inflamed knee that has a torn ligament.

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: Sambo
 
Age:20

Location:NYC

Grappling style(s):Submition Wrestling, BJJ, novice Greco Roman wrestling

Rank(belt):WHITE

Who awarded your rank:n/a

Do you instruct/coach any classes?:NO

Team/Club Name:SBGiNYC

Length of time training:7MONTHS

Number of tournaments:0

Tournament Record:0-0

Gi/Kimonos owned:Atama Gold Weave in white

Striking style (if any) and rank:Standup for MMA/Street novice

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: Mouthpeice, Cup

Last injury that sidelined you: NONE

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: JUDO!!!!
 
Name: Andre

Age: 25

Location: Colorado

Grappling style(s): BJJ, TKD (awhile ago)

Rank(belt): blue BJJ

Who awarded your rank: David Ruiz

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: use to w/ TKD

Team/Club Name: Colorado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Length of time training: 1.5yrs, TKD 7yrs

Number of tournaments: 1 bjj, 20+ TKD

Tournament Record: 3-0-0 BJJ, over .500 in TKD

Gi/Kimonos owned: 2

Striking style (if any) and rank: 2nd Dan TKD

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: TAPE

Last injury that sidelined you: Pinched nerve in my neck

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: Muay Thai
 
Name: Justin

Age: 23

Location: Lovely Indiana

Grappling style(s): BJJ/Wrestling

Rank(belt): Blue

Who awarded your rank: R. Diaz

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: No

Team/Club Name: Martial Concepts

Length of time training: 3.5 Years

Number of tournaments: ?

Tournament Record: ?

Gi/Kimonos owned: Gameness

Striking style (if any) and rank: Muay Thai/ Level 3

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: (e.g. knee pads) Mouth Piece, Shin Guards, 10oz. Gloves (Stand Up), Elbow pad (Sometimes), cup

Last injury that sidelined you: Second Degree Seperation of the AC joint (Shoulder)

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: Saku style
 
Pointless I know, but something to pass the time. Take part if you like - if not, don't and feel free not to post complaining.

Name:Sanni

Age:15

Location: Los Angeles California

Grappling style(s):Wrestling (Freestyle/Greco Roman/Scholastic) GracieJiu-Jitsu

Rank(belt): (White) Have two first places at National level Tournaments for wrestling

Who awarded your rank:N/A

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: I teach the kids class at Wrestling

Team/Club Name: Team Gracie

Length of time training: 13 months

Number of tournaments:13 (I think)

Tournament Record:18-8

Gi/Kimonos owned:1

Striking style (if any) and rank:Tae Kwon Do Purple Belt

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: (e.g. knee pads) Pads

Last injury that sidelined you:None

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: Muay Thai
 
Name:Dan

Age:17

Location:Oz

Grappling style(s): Currently in I Go Ryu Jiujitsu

Rank(belt):white

Who awarded your rank:

Do you instruct/coach any classes?:no

Team/Club Name: Trilogy Academy/I go Ryu Jiujitsu

Length of time training:8 months in IGRJJ

Number of tournaments: no idea

Tournament Record:no idea.

Gi/Kimonos owned: Nfi what brand

Striking style (if any) and rank:boxing

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: (e.g. knee pads)no

Last injury that sidelined you: Crushed disc

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?:Greco Roman def.
 
Name: Guido
Age: 30

Location: Sydney, Australia

Grappling style(s): Judo

Rank(belt): Brown

Who awarded your rank: Rob Katz

Do you instruct/coach any classes?: Yes

Team/Club Name: Budokan Judo Club

Length of time training: 15 years

Number of tournaments: Too many to remember

Tournament Record: Probably something like 80-85% wins

Gi/Kimonos owned: Mizuno Eurocomp

Striking style (if any) and rank: Some MT, not much.

What (if any) saftey equipment do you use when training: (e.g. knee pads) . Lots of tape

Last injury that sidelined you: Torn toe webbing

Any Style you don't train in that you'd like to?: BJJ, Sambo, Sub wrestling, MT. Probably MT first.
 
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