About Sample

Q: “Is it true that you are the founder of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and MMA in Canada?”

A: Yes, that is correct. I am both the first Canadian to travel to southern California (where many members of the legendary Gracie family, who primarily developed Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, had relocated, from Brazil) to formally study jiu-jitsu in depth with the Gracie family and receive official rank along with instructor training. Furthermore, I’m also the person who then first brought members of the Gracie family to Canada, for the very first time, to teach on Canadian soil.  We then, in collaboration with the highest ranked members of the Gracie family in North America at that time, permanently established Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in Canada and founded an international training association to facilitate the growth of only the highest quality Brazilian Jiu-jitsu for Canada.

But why don’t we let the historical record speak for its self. As early as 1993 there where newspaper articles documenting the establishment of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in Canada, for the first time, but not long after in 1994, I was more publicly recognized for my efforts through a more detailed newspaper article that merely stated to the wider public the same things I and the original Brazilian Jiu-jitsu people have always known and said. These things were no secret to the people who were actually doing Brazilian Jiu-jitsu back then, and not lieing about it years later.

This article that appeared in THE LANGELY ADVANCE ,in the summer of 1994 gives a quite accurate and concise summery of my background in regards to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. I had already been formally training in the system for around two years even though the very first UFC had only happened 8 or 9 months before. This Not only makes my self and my collaborators the founders of Brazilian/Gracie Jiu-jitsu in Canada, but I think more importantly, we must be the only legitimate “first generation” Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioners in the entire country. I think that is more significant.

Q: “Is it true that you are the founder of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and MMA in Canada?”

A: Yes, that is correct. I am both the first Canadian to travel to southern California (where many members of the legendary Gracie family, who primarily developed Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, had relocated, from Brazil) to formally study jiu-jitsu in depth with the Gracie family and receive official rank along with instructor training. Furthermore, I’m also the person who then first brought members of the Gracie family to Canada, for the very first time, to teach on Canadian soil.  We then, in collaboration with the highest ranked members of the Gracie family in North America at that time, permanently established Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in Canada and founded an international training association to facilitate the growth of only the highest quality Brazilian Jiu-jitsu for Canada.

But why don’t we let the historical record speak for its self. As early as 1993 there where newspaper articles documenting the establishment of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in Canada, for the first time, but not long after in 1994, I was more publicly recognized for my efforts through a more detailed newspaper article that merely stated to the wider public the same things I and the original Brazilian Jiu-jitsu people have always known and said. These things were no secret to the people who were actually doing Brazilian Jiu-jitsu back then, and not lieing about it years later.

This article that appeared in THE LANGELY ADVANCE ,in the summer of 1994 gives a quite accurate and concise summery of my background in regards to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.