Punchdrunk Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 Just visited LA for a couple days and visited the John Machado and Rickson Gracie schools. Both were excellent. John Machado teaches most of the classes himself in a small but clean & friendly space. The students were strong skilled and gracious. John mixed an attention to detail with the hard workout that comes from BJJ sparring. He was also personally inspiring. A strong sense of community at this dojo. The Rickson school is larger and not as open to visitors from the business end. The instructor and students were great. Precise in technique and very disciplined. A gym that seems to be a lot of work with a little play. I got to visit Gokor's shool but I didn't get to roll there. Only kids training at the time. My loss. If anyone's out in LALA land I strongly encourage you to check them out. One cannot choose to be passive without the option to be aggressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 John Machado ? I'm a little confused.. I thought it was John Will who received his black belt from the Machado brothers and opened up clubs in Australia & New Zealand calling it Machado Jiu Jitsu. It takes sacrifice to be the best.There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchdrunk Posted June 23, 2002 Author Share Posted June 23, 2002 There are five Machado brothers. John's is in LA on Wilshire Blvd about 15 minutes from Rickson Gracie's shool. Jean Jacque has an academy in Torrance, two others have a school not far away, and the fifth has a school in Texas. One cannot choose to be passive without the option to be aggressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 Ah, got it now.. =) I'm from Australia anyway, buddy. It takes sacrifice to be the best.There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchdrunk Posted June 23, 2002 Author Share Posted June 23, 2002 Hey if John Will is a Machado blackbelt then I bet he's knows his stuff. One cannot choose to be passive without the option to be aggressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 I have been to one of his seminars and he is VERY good. It takes sacrifice to be the best.There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiu-jitsu fighter Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 im planning on visisting johns school in december 2003, its a little trip i have been planning i want to train with him and at the gracie academy "When we go to the ground,you are in my world, the ground is the ocean, I am the shark,and most people don't even know how to swim" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc1 Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 I have been to a few of John and Roger Machado Seminars and they are great. dc1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka0ticSH Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 There are five Machado brothers. John's is in LA on Wilshire Blvd about 15 minutes from Rickson Gracie's shool. Jean Jacque has an academy in Torrance, two others have a school not far away, and the fifth has a school in Texas. actually .. its rigan whom has the accademy in torrance. i train there. you can check out the rest of their academys on they site .. https://www.machadojj.com .. hope you liked LA "Accept what is useful. Reject what is useless." -Bruce LeeShodan - Shizukana-do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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