Martial Arts - BJJ/GJJ

[mcantar18c]

Find a good BJJ place, but don't focus solely on BJJ. Mix in some Krav and/or Systema as well.

[Monky]

Krav pairs excellent w/ BJJ. Only down side is I've yet to find a Krav place that has actual instructors beyond basic BJJ.

I need to do something.. I got a little fluffy.

[Scogin]

If someone knows a good Krav place I am looking for one. Mile High Gracie is pretty good if you want a laid back atmosphere.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Spoke with one of the professors at my gym, he recommends busy BJJ.

[buckeye4rnr]

Spoke with one of the professors at my gym, he recommends busy BJJ.

Our kids train at Busy and they are awesome there. I do as well but my travel schedule has kept me from really getting back into it.

Busy has a great atmosphere; everyone is very respectful and works to help each other (especially the new guys). It's smaller and many of the classes including kids and fundamentals (white belt) are taught by Professor Mario, the other instructors are great as well. I'd suggest doing the free trial and seeing what you think.

At the belt promotions one thing that has been stressed by many of the people who have attended several gyms over the years is quality and respect of the students. No one is out to prove they can beat up on the lower belts but the level of competition is high.

Any BJJ gym that has true affiliation with the original Gracie boys should take care of you.

Thanks for all the help fellas. I'm going to do the free trials and see which is the best fit for me but it's always nice to know that others have heard good things about a few of them.

I think it'll probably come down to the GJJ place in Littleton and Busy BJJ. As nice as it would be to have my gym and bjj school all under one roof I'm sure they don't get quite the traffic the other places do so probably can't pull in the same quality teachers.

[PugnacAutMortem]

If someone knows a good Krav place I am looking for one. Mile High Gracie is pretty good if you want a laid back atmosphere.

Best Krav instructor in town is Tom Johnson at Innovative Martial Arts. He teaches at Colorado's Pro Gym in Aurora. Tom is the best teacher that I've ever had. He not only explains how to do something, but why you do it that way. I can't recommend Tom enough. I just wish I had the time/money to get back training with him.

[ZERO THEORY]

I have been Thai boxing with Bryan Youngs as my kru since 2009. He fought under Master Chai when he was still at Rising Phoenix in Indiana. I began working no gi submission wrestling and jits with Ronald Brisco who is a John Krouch purple, and brown under Alvin Robinson in January of 2012. Both instruct out of Grudge Training Center, along with boxing coach Jacob Ramos (Manny Perez's head coach, along with Pat Barry and various other UFC alumn).

I would say without question we have the best team in Colorado, so if you can make it up to Arvada (Ralston and Sheridan; new facility), I would HIGHLY encourage you to do so. If you are really limited to the south Denver area, Factory X Muay Thai is Marc Montoya's gym, and his BJJ team is as complete as his MMA and kickboxing ones. His head BJJ instructor is a Dean Lister black belt who also teaches ground fighting to MARSOC, Navy EOD, and various LEOs. Factory X is on Santa Fe just north of Belleview. Chris Camozzi, Chase Hackett, and Scott Jorgenson are all Factory X mainstays.


And I won't get into a detailed Krav Maga rant, but if you want to learn a combat-oriented martial art, don't waste your time with KM. Find a legitimate PTK, Kali, and/or Escrima instructor.

[PugnacAutMortem]

And I won't get into a detailed Krav Maga rant, but if you want to learn a combat-oriented martial art, don't waste your time with KM. Find a legitimate PTK, Kali, and/or Escrima instructor.

I'll bite. What makes you say that? You can't just say "Krav is a waste of time" and not explain your issues. Hell I'll even start another Krav thread so we don't hijack the BJJ thread.

I mean you literally couldn't be more wrong...but I am always curious about folk's problems with Krav

[buckeye4rnr]

I would say without question we have the best team in Colorado, so if you can make it up to Arvada (Ralston and Sheridan; new facility), I would HIGHLY encourage you to do so. If you are really limited to the south Denver area, Factory X Muay Thai is Marc Montoya's gym, and his BJJ team is as complete as his MMA and kickboxing ones. His head BJJ instructor is a Dean Lister black belt who also teaches ground fighting to MARSOC, Navy EOD, and various LEOs. Factory X is on Santa Fe just north of Belleview. Chris Camozzi, Chase Hackett, and Scott Jorgenson are all Factory X mainstays.

Krav is out for me, I spoke to a former Delta guy and he said they use GJJ so if it's good enough for them it's probably way better than what I need. Any idea how much Factory X is monthly? Their website doesn't have a ton of info and if I were to do it, I'm right now not interested in competing so would that be an issue for them?

Thanks for the detailed response too.

[missionxo]

Been outta the game for a while but HighAltitude MMA seemed solid place