Current Instrcutors:

Name: Sean Bansfield
Nickname: Abdula
Instructs: Submission Wrestling
Sean is an accomplished grappler, having won numerous gold medals in events such as the Relson Gracie U.S. Nationals and Pan-American Championships. Sean is a black belt under Saulo Ribiero and runs his own jiu-jitsu academy (Focus Jiu-Jitsu).

Name: Rodrigo Vanini Nunes
Hometown: Porto Alegre, Brazil
Nickname: Bill
Instructs: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Trained in Capoeira as well as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Rodrigo is a purple belt under Sylvio Behring & Marcio Corleta whom he started his training with in 1996.

 

 

 

Past Instructors:

Name: Cristine Silva
Nickname: She-Ra
Instructs: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for Women
Cristine trained for three years with Marco Teixeira of Alliance Barra in Porto Alegre, Brazil. She hold sa three-stripe blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She is an embriologist in the Artificial Reproduction laboratory at the University of Michigan.

Name: Quincy Rice
Hometown: Jackson, Michigan
Nickname: Crazy Horse
Instructs: Submission Wrestling
Quincy, a BJJ four-stripe blue belt under Marcio Corleta, is a professional fighter and instructor whose demeanor in the ring brings to mind a Tasmanian devil. He has a 4-1 record in Ultimate Fighting and is 9-3 in pro submission wrestling. He trains at and owns his own branch of the Metro Fight Club in Whitmore Lake, Michigan.

His experience is extensive:
* Wrestling - 13yrs
* Judo - 4yrs
* Sombo - 4yrs
* Jiu-Jitsu - 4yrs
* No Holds Barred - 6yrs
* Submission Wrestling - 6yrs

Quincy's Ranks:
* Sandan (3rd degree blackbelt) - Metro Fight Clubs of America - awarded 7/4/02
* Shodan (1st degree blackbelt) - United States Judo Assoc.- awarded 5/06/01

Name: Jason Clarke
Nickname: Ponte
Instructs: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Jason began training in Muay Thai Kickboxing at the tender young age of 7 and has not stopped yet. He trained in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu under Relson Gracie in Hawaii while stationed there from 1992 - 1997.

The former UMBJJ instructor and coach is now working at the University of Iowa as a molecular biologist. He is a Purple Belt (1 stripe) under Saulo Ribeiro (6x World Champ) and a brown belt in Judo. Visit his blog at smash pass to learn more.

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