Rank: Blue Belt
Academy (Team): Combat Sports Boston
Fighting Out Of: Boston, MA
Hometown: Boston, MA
Favorite Position/Technique: Omoplata
Favorite Fighter: Keenan Cornelius
Notable Tournament Victories (rank/class): I'm a gym hero. :)
Rank: Blue Belt
Academy (team): Robot Fight and Fitness (Lotus Club)
Fighting Out Of: Los Angeles, CA
Hometown: Long Beach, NY
Favorite Position/Technique: Side Control/ Baseball Bat Choke
Favorite Fighter: Rodolfo Vierra
Notable Tournament Victories (rank and class): 2013 IBJJF World Championships 3rd place (white/heavy), 2013 Gracie Nationals 1st place (white/heavy), 2013 Copa Pacifica 1st place (white/heavy)
How and when did you get started in BJJ? In college a friend dragged me to an MMA class where the focus was heavily on no-gi Jiu Jitsu. I fell out of touch with the sport for a few years until I moved to Boston where I joined the team at Combat Sports Boston
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For me, Jiu Jitsu is about friends and community. I try to help incorporate these values into FLOW where everything we do helps us to build a stronger community.
Rank: Blue Belt
Academy (Team): Combat Sports Boston
Fighting Out Of: Boston, MA
Hometown: Boston, MA
Favorite Position/Technique: Omoplata to sweep
Favorite Fighter: Rafa Mendes
Notable Tournament Victories (rank/class): A 9 fight marathon as a white belt at a NAGA netting two silver medals
Belt: White
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Rank: Blue Belt
Academy (Team): Combat Sports Center Richmond
Fighting out of: Richmond, VA
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Favorite Position/Technique: Armbar
Favorite Fighter: Alistair Overeem, Masakazu Imanari
Notable Victories: IBJJF Atlanta Open 2nd Place (Blue/Feather), Good Fight VA Fastest Submission
We could tell you a whole lot about Jimi Hoctor, but we’ll let his highlight do the talking:
Belt: Green
Academy (Team): M3 Fight and Fitness (GFTeam)
Rank: Green Belt
Fighting out of: Montrose, CA
Hometown: La Crescenta, CA
Favorite Position/Technique: Spider Guard
Favorite Fighter: Keenan Cornelius
Notable Victories: Gracie World -Championships Gold (Advanced, Superheavy) Grapplers-Quest Gi + No-Gi Double-Gold (Advanced, Superheavy) NABJJF Los Angeles Championships Gold (Orange, Superheavy) Grappling-X San Diego Double-Gold (Advanced Superheavy)
Dream BJJ tournament Gold (Blue Belt, 180-200 lbs)
Garrett started training in 2011 at M3 Fight and Fitness under its previous owners. After the academy changed hands to Head Instructor and Brown Belt Danny Vaughan and Blue Belt Rich Karmin, Garrett has helped transition the intro BJJ program and kids classes. Garrett’s first interest in BJJ came from MMA video games and after trying different martial arts, he fell in love with the art of Jiu Jitsu. Garrett is the youngest member of the FLOW Kimonos team but he doesn’t let that slow him down with his most recent victory in the Adult Blue Belt division at the recent Dream tournament in Southern California (http://www.dreamjiujitsu.com/)
Rank: Blue Belt
Academy (Team): Supremacy BJJ
Fighting out of: Tampa, FL
Hometown: Saint Petersburg, FL
Favorite Position/Technique: Spider Guard
Favorite Fighter: Filipe Costa, Bruno Malfacine, Marcelo Garcia
Notable Victories: Florida State Championship 2nd Place (Blue)
Cody started training in 2009 at 16 years old. Like many people, Cody had his first exposure to BJJ through UFC events during which he was amazed at how quickly Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can change the tide of a bout. Since then he has been a member of the Supremacy BJJ team training under Professor Rodrigo Grenno.
Rank: Blue Belt
Academy (Team): Rio Combat Team Jiu Jitsu
Fighting out of: Alameda, California
Hometown: Vallejo, California
Favorite Position/Technique: Guillotine
Favorite Fighter: Ronaldo “ Jacare” Souza
Notable Victories: 2013 UFC Expo Grapplers Quest Executive Division Absolute Division 3rd place
2013 IBJJF San Francisco Open Blue Belt Super Heavyweight Champion (Masters Division)
2013 IBJJF San Francisco Open Blue Belt Absolute Division 3rd Place (Masters Division)
I was coaching high school wrestling at the time in 2007 and took time off from coaching and a friend I had went to high school with had told me come down and train with him and start doing jiu jitsu since I had free time and ever since that time I have been doing jiu jitsu.
Jiu jitsu is a very humbling martial art you get to meet people from all walks of life.
Rank: Purple Belt
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Academy (Team): Lotus Club
Fighting Out Of: Siege MMA/Lotus Club
Favorite Position/Technique: Bow and Arrow choke
Favorite Fighter: Giva Santana ( The Arm Collector)
Notable Tournament Victories (rank/class): Abu Dhabi Blue Belt Heavy Gold/ Abu Dhabi Blue Absolute Silver
How and when did you get started in BJJ? I started training in April of 08’ in an effort to rehabilitate my right arm after being stabbed in the back four times.
"After training Jiu Jitsu everything in life seems much simpler. I believe it’s more than a sport it’s a way of life."
Rank: Blue Belt
Fighting Out Of: Bakersfield CA
Hometown: Bakersfield CA
Academy (Team): Bakersfield Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / Jean Jacques Machado BJJ
Favorite Position / Technique: Open Guard
Favorite Fighter: Rubens Charles Maciel
Notable Tournament Victories (rank and class): All light feather weight class........2012 IBJJF Nationals, 3rd place. 2012 US OPEN Brazillian Jiu Jitsu Championships, 3rd place, 2013 NABJJF All Americas Championship, 1st place, 2013 Abu Dhabi Trails, 2nd place. 2013 NABJJF North American Championships, 1st place. 2013 IBJJ American Nationals, 3rd place. 2013 Abu Dhabi World Pro Trials California, 1st place
Started training jiu jitsu in 2009 to help me with my MMA game. From that very first day of rolling in a gi, I fell in love with the sport. Everyday is a learning journey. Everyday I try to better my game than the day before.