Your dream instructors

[123 MMA]

Imagine you were opening a school and could choose any 5 instructors to teach BJJ there, who would you choose and why?

Basically this is who do you think are the 5 best instructors in BJJ, not 5 best competitors remember!


I would choose;

1- Rickson, just the things i've heard about how he can break down your game an completely shut it down an because of his technically perfect but basic game.

2- Romero 'Jacare' Cavalcanti- founder of Alliance and teacher of fabio gurgel, Cobrinha among many others.

3- Carlos Gracie Jr- founder of Gracie Barra, the most successful BJJ school in the world arguably. The legendary names that he has trained to black belt is endless.

Now I am struggling here, it is very hard to put it down just to 5.

Opinions?

[123 MMA]

Others I would love to train with- Gurgel, Saulo, Renzo, Mauricio Gomes, Comprido, Royler.

[123 MMA]

Come on guys!

I want Creonte or faixa's response aswell!

[ade76]

Braulio - because he makes things look so easy

Dave Camarillo - for his use of judo and jiu jitsu

[Darkne$s]

Mitsuyo Maeda the OG himself.


Sasha Grey for her filthyness.

[Sir Tapsalot]

Rickson back in the days when he was actively teaching

Renzo

John Danaher

Kashiwazaki

[Malcontent]

John Danaher


Yeah, this guy is supposedly the dogs bollocks.

[Sir Tapsalot]

He is. Have never come across someone who teaches like he does.

James

[JJK]

1. Rickson Gracie
2. Renzo Gracie
3. Roger Gracie
4. Fabio Gurgel
5. Marcelo Garcia

Wow, I struggled to narrow it down. Honourable mention goes to:
Dave Camarillo
Lloyd Irvin
Osvaldo Alves
Romero "Jacare" Calvalcante
Mario Sperry

[creonte]

Oswaldo Alves
Sergio Penha
Roberto Leitao
Marco Ruas
Cassio Cardoso

[Manik]

Danaher
Saulo
Marcelo Garcia

[MongooseTrianglez]

Terere
Rickson Gracie
Saulo Ribeiro
Marcelo Garcia
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza

[JJK]

How could I have possibly forgotten Terere!!!! The man was a legend both on the mat as a fighter and as an instructor!!!

[speedball]

Carlson
Rolls
Rickson
Renzo
Saulo Ribeiro

[liamwandi]

Rickson
Saulo
Renzo
Neil Adams
Roy Harris

[marc goddard]

Rickson - just for the "is it true"
Renzo / Danaher
Wallid Ismaill
Terere
Roger

Would also like some western / british influence from guys who have been around in bjj for a long time, simon hayes, jude etc these guys must have a ton of stuff to pass on.

[would say braulio but have already been very fortunate enough to have spent a couple of years with him ]

[undercard]

Rickson - just for the "is it true"
Renzo / Danaher
Wallid Ismaill
Dan Gable
Freddy Roach

Freddy Roach- as in the BOXING trainer?

Carlos Jr
Danaher
Bravo
Jacare
And I'm lucky enough to be taught by one of the VERY best, Mauricio Gomes

[marc goddard]

Freddy Roach- as in the BOXING trainer?

Carlos Jr
Danaher
Bravo
Jacare
And I'm lucky enough to be taught by one of the VERY best, Mauricio Gomes

Sorry,

please put down your truncheon, i am very sorry my list was not exclusively bjj guys after all this is the bjj forum, hell what do i know ?

ps - mauricio is awesome

[david5]

i'd like to train with rolls and carlson snr. i hope they have tatami in heaven

[undercard]

Sorry,

please put down your truncheon, i am very sorry my list was not exclusively bjj guys after all this is the bjj forum, hell what do i know ?

ps - mauricio is awesome

I hadn't even thought of a trunchen, thats very 1980's. They use Batons now, don't you know :-)

And I'm not one for spoiling the party, but the threads first sentance is: "Imagine you were opening a school and could choose any 5 instructors to teach BJJ there, who would you choose and why?"

And yes, if boxing was included, there isn't a man on the planet who wouldn't want FR in their camp.

[marc goddard]

i have edited.....:-/

[FAIXA RUA]

my frens i no care what thread title say.i no give shit.i gonna tell you guys TRUTH.if you wanna be able for take REAL FIGHT to some guy who look for trouble these the guys you need train you.
If have these guys there gonna be no problems for you EVER unnastan?

Mitsyu Maeda
Carlson Gracie
Teofilo Stevenson
Felix Savon
Karl Gotch

[123 MMA]

good hesponse faixa

[faithsdaddy]

Rickson
Carlson
Rolls
Roger
Myself (You should always be your own teacher)

"Dream Team" aside, of those I've trained with, the best are;

(From my club) Simon, Dickie, Wilson, purple belt Dave, Scottish Brian, Bob, Wallid

Also, Neil Mc Leod, Kevin Chan and Jude Samuel.

[wagon]

Terere
Rickson Gracie
Saulo Ribeiro
Marcelo Garcia
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza

man that is a really good choice!! I could choose 10 easy

I'd love to learn some of the old catch-as-catch-can stuff too.

[FlyingTriangle]

andy wang
tank abott
jorge perreira
pat smith
kyra gracie

[GBUK-Sheffield]

Mauricio and a good judo coach, mark earle maybe. That is all.

[Darkne$s]

andy wang

Andy Wang? The dude from TUF that Penn kicked off the team?

[undercard]

Andy Wang? The dude from TUF that Penn kicked off the team?

I think his taking the piss. He must be, who else would regard Tank Abbot as a good BJJ instructor FFS

[Darkne$s]

I think his taking the piss. He must be, who else would regard Tank Abbot as a good BJJ instructor FFS

Andy Wang is a legit black belt (been bb for over 5 years now I think), he was in the sub x thing in california and runs one of south east asias best bjj academies.

[FlyingTriangle]

tank abott is the master of side control

[FlyingTriangle]

good hesponse faixa

STFU......