I was on the internet looking at jiu jitsu videos/links and what not when i found this one forum talking about the former 10th planet coach Brandon Quick i guess? This whole thread was based around Brandon Quick, read this one comment this guy made and tell me your opinions btw this is kind of an old situation but new to me...
One person asked what the big deal is? and another replied with
"The big deal is that Eddie Bravo is a money hungry fool who accepted Brandon Quicks affiliation dollars without bothering to check his lineage. Not only did he not check Brandon's lineage, he also didn't bother visiting him to award an actual rank in 10th PJJ, so Brandon Quick just decided to call himself a "Brown Shirt" in 10th Planet JJ. Eddie had no problem with Brandon advertising himself as a "Brown Shirt" all over flyers, seminars and DVD's, even though it wasn't true. As soon as Brandon's rank was called into question Eddie dropped him like a sack of potatos, even admitting to never giving him rank - all the while allowing him to advertise as such and taking his affiliation dollars...now that's what you call $hei$ty...and how is this not an insult to anybody who's worked years and in some cases a decade to get to that level? Maybe I didn't explain it very well in my above post, but this is a HUGE deal among the BJJ community.
There's also the case of him being underqualified when it comes to teaching children and a couple children have gotten injured under his watch (not just the one I listed). Does that fall under the mistake or asshole category?
The other deal is Ari Bolden. He magically started as a "Purple Shirt" in 10th PJJ despite having no previous rank in BJJ - Eddie admits this (in a round-a-bout way) in the "Eddie on Ari" thread and its a contradiction to how he says he ranks people in said thread. So you can see how somebody claiming to be a Purple Belt equivelent (of some sort) yet looks like a White Belt on the mats can piss people off. However Eddie Bravo has explained that 10th Planet is NOT BJJ, it is a seperate system all-together. So what business does a White Belt in BJJ have teaching a seminar at a BJJ conference among some incredible BJJ Black Belts? NONE! The people hosting the conference have since abandoned the 10th Planet workshop - they didn't know anything about the guy other than he was popular. Once they were informed of his fraudulent nature they cancelled him."
One person asked what the big deal is? and another replied with
"The big deal is that Eddie Bravo is a money hungry fool who accepted Brandon Quicks affiliation dollars without bothering to check his lineage. Not only did he not check Brandon's lineage, he also didn't bother visiting him to award an actual rank in 10th PJJ, so Brandon Quick just decided to call himself a "Brown Shirt" in 10th Planet JJ. Eddie had no problem with Brandon advertising himself as a "Brown Shirt" all over flyers, seminars and DVD's, even though it wasn't true. As soon as Brandon's rank was called into question Eddie dropped him like a sack of potatos, even admitting to never giving him rank - all the while allowing him to advertise as such and taking his affiliation dollars...now that's what you call $hei$ty...and how is this not an insult to anybody who's worked years and in some cases a decade to get to that level? Maybe I didn't explain it very well in my above post, but this is a HUGE deal among the BJJ community.
There's also the case of him being underqualified when it comes to teaching children and a couple children have gotten injured under his watch (not just the one I listed). Does that fall under the mistake or asshole category?
The other deal is Ari Bolden. He magically started as a "Purple Shirt" in 10th PJJ despite having no previous rank in BJJ - Eddie admits this (in a round-a-bout way) in the "Eddie on Ari" thread and its a contradiction to how he says he ranks people in said thread. So you can see how somebody claiming to be a Purple Belt equivelent (of some sort) yet looks like a White Belt on the mats can piss people off. However Eddie Bravo has explained that 10th Planet is NOT BJJ, it is a seperate system all-together. So what business does a White Belt in BJJ have teaching a seminar at a BJJ conference among some incredible BJJ Black Belts? NONE! The people hosting the conference have since abandoned the 10th Planet workshop - they didn't know anything about the guy other than he was popular. Once they were informed of his fraudulent nature they cancelled him."
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Originally Posted by Emir Mehovic
