How I felt about my 1st training day at...supposably 10th planet hamilton NZ

[AndyK5]

When he walked in the GYM, was he wearing

this??

[John Alighieri]

When he walked in the GYM, was he wearing
this??

Maybe he should have. My gym is known to be an unsafe and unstructured environment to train with all those savages! I'd wear a flak jacket for sure!

[bobby rivers]

When it comes to the webz, one should always be suspicious. Especially on first posters. My thoughts when I read op's post were: two techs a class sounds about right, how does he know these guys are random?, who sits out 10 minutes from a 'puffy eye'? and does anything remotely 10th planet mean, RubberGuard?.

Im not piling on this guy. Dont care. We should just realize that martial arts and jj brings all kinds. And while I like how we openly and unconditionally welcome all new members, we should not side with or believe them till they prove themselves consistent personalities on the forum with others able to vouch for them. Outlining this so our community can learn and grow from it.

John, well played man. Damage controlled and rep safe. I woulda been pissed too. Many of us have had bad experiences involving jj and the net.

[David Stager]

We should just realize that martial arts and jj brings all kinds. And while I like how we openly and unconditionally welcome all new members, we should not side with or believe them till they prove themselves consistent personalities on the forum with others able to vouch for them. Outlining this so our community can learn and grow from it.

Sounds good. John, I hope there are no hard feelings.

[Justin W.]

i regularyly competing and placing in the australasian bjj curcit will-machados/pan pasifics champs, abu dhabi trails, nz submission wrestling trials and im training under john at fighter factory and his class is very structured and runs smooth some of the best coaching i had i think andrew ho should go back to his yu-gi-oh cards ive never heard anything bad on the mat except from this clown

I was with you until you started to talk trash about yugioh. Not cool, man.

[John Alighieri]

Sounds good. John, I hope there are no hard feelings.

No hard feelings

[sean applegate]

there will only be more people out there like this to come as we grow. its w/e, if this wasnt happening itd mean we were doing something wrong

[John Alighieri]

there will only be more people out there like this to come as we grow. its w/e, if this wasnt happening itd mean we were doing something wrong

I'd rather have nice hard working people straight from the start LOL

[carlo.meister]

In the time that I've spent training alongside John (before we went separate ways to launch our own gyms) he has never had malicious intent for anybody on the mat. He is nothing if not passionate for jiujitsu (10th Planet especially) and the dedicated approach he brings to his students shows - a lot of the Fighter Factory beginners in our local light-contact & grappling circuits show real progress every time with their grappling skill. The only thing you could possibly fault him on is his french accent (j/k) :P

As for Andrew, it's sad to see he's claiming to be a student of GroundControl & Will-Machado in NZ. I suggest he's perhaps shown up to a single class and he really should take that off...

[John Alighieri]

In the time that I've spent training alongside John (before we went separate ways to launch our own gyms) he has never had malicious intent for anybody on the mat. He is nothing if not passionate for jiujitsu (10th Planet especially) and the dedicated approach he brings to his students shows - a lot of the Fighter Factory beginners in our local light-contact & grappling circuits show real progress every time with their grappling skill. The only thing you could possibly fault him on is his french accent (j/k) :P

As for Andrew, it's sad to see he's claiming to be a student of GroundControl & Will-Machado in NZ. I suggest he's perhaps shown up to a single class and he really should take that off...