Attention! Fraud and poseur alert in Connecticut!!!

[Emir Mehovic]

john what do you think of the gym...ultimate mma

[lates85]

John, thanks for clearing that up. I've seen some of this ego type stuff amongst gyms alot and it sucks when that happens because jiu jitsu should showcase dropping people's egos and making them somewhat more humble especially in the gyms they train at.

[stlnl]

facebook.com/coringaobrazilianjiujitsu

this is what everyone is talking about. coringao is representing himself as a brown belt under eddie bravo and currently reppin 10th planet. He was exposed by neale hoerle for stealing another guys move and renaming it as his own. kevin and john then repetitively asked for proof of his creditials as to his bjj bb he also claims to hold. he just kind of faded away. I've kept him on my friendslist to keep an eye on him to see how he progresses. Master Eddie may want to seek legal action if he continues this course of action.

I love 10th planet and am making every effort to learn all I can with the limited resources that everyone else is experiencing and I teach 10th planet at my school, but my students know of my rank and we are learning together to hopefully be ranked and affiliated with the 10th planet system properly. thats why I have been working with neale, kevin, and talking with chris about doing seminars throughout the year. And hopefully I can get jon helton and john roderick and all of the east coast guys down over the next year, to learn all I can and to achieve ranking in 10th planet properly.

the entire coringao thread can be found by searching the archives.

Yeah, but you are a Purple in "standard" BJJ too though. Even though you are newer to TPJJ, that is still a good deal of experience. Alot more than a guy who never got any rank in BJJ/grappling and just started teaching guys, and more importantly, charging them money for it.

[John Roderick]

sorry if i offended u...

Emir, you didn't offend me at all. I just want information to be accurate. Truth is important as well as integrity

[John Roderick]

Like I said I was sure you had ur reasons. I only saw him running the time clock, no reffing for sure. If the love of the system is as strong as he told me it is, I hope he can put his ego aside, and come talk to you. Makes no since training from dvd's and books when he has a trainer as good as you so close. Maybe he can grow as a person and that would let his jiu jitsu grow as well.

You would think, in an ideal world.

[John Roderick]

john what do you think of the gym...ultimate mma

They're ok. Tough kids, respectful instructors. Train hard, fight hard. Not terribly well rounded, but like us-they win some, they lose some. Good gym. I like the instructors that I've met-always respectful and friendly. We've fought against one another and been a couple events and they're always cool

[John Roderick]

John, thanks for clearing that up. I've seen some of this ego type stuff amongst gyms alot and it sucks when that happens because jiu jitsu should showcase dropping people's egos and making them somewhat more humble especially in the gyms they train at.

Agreed. Hubris and ego are dangerous things. We ALL have ego, that's what makes us want to excel. However, we also need to constantly test ourselves and to put oneself (especially as an instructor) in a position where you may appear vulnerable isn't easy for most instructors. That's why I say-if your coach won't do the training as well, or spar or roll, then how do you know he/she knows what they're doing?

[Emir Mehovic]

john i seriously want to come down to snemma/10th planet hartford..im sick of talking about it i want to actually do it..the only reason i cant is because of the times..wicth really sucks for me because i would love to learn 10th planet jiu jitsu and get good standup training...is their any possibility that you might change some of the class times?? maybe to a little later than they are right now..or maybe just add more class times?

[John Roderick]

john i seriously want to come down to snemma/10th planet hartford..im sick of talking about it i want to actually do it..the only reason i cant is because of the times..wicth really sucks for me because i would love to learn 10th planet jiu jitsu and get good standup training...is their any possibility that you might change some of the class times?? maybe to a little later than they are right now..or maybe just add more class times?

We traing from about 5:30 PM until about 9/10 PM most nights. Tuesdays and Thursdays are a bit earlier because they're mostly beginner. We WILL be changing our schedule for the better after the first of the year. I have a coupld of really good things in the works that should really help us out. You should try to come n one night anyway, just to check it out.

[Emir Mehovic]

alright...i know the gym is closed because of winter vacation...when is it re-opening..over the weekend?