My reply;
Christian,
Sorry I missed your call, please feel free to call again anytime. In response to your email;
I'm not sure what you guys are about, taking up an issue with me anonymously in a computer chat room, trying to induce the mob effect. That's a puss way to deal with a man
Thats not just any internet chat room, it is called the UnderGround or UG. It's the biggest MMA & BJJ forum on the internet and frequented by people all over the world, including professional UFC fighters. It includes many sub forums and is a tremendous resource for the BJJ community in terms of exchanging information and resources. It is also a place where credentials can be verified. Even Royce Gracie posts there.
As I stated on the thread, my student made the post after reading your website and I posted there leaving my name and website info. Hardly anonymous and neither of us are attacking you. The thread was created to see if anyone had ever heard of you. The BJJ Community is still small and it is so easy to verify who is legit and who isnt.
These guys have made up shit and railroaded me in a fashion worthy of a high-school girl. I can't answer them because it will just make them go at it worse
What guys are you referring to? Railroaded you how? You need to answer them and it would be alot easier than all of this email and website changing. Just list your training background in detail and I guarantee if you are indeed a legit BJJ black belt everybody will apologize including me.
I received my faixa preta grade before you even started training, and I am sure that I started training in BJJ before you even heard of it.
Perhaps. When and where did you start training? With whom did you train? When, where, and from who did you receive your blue, purple, brown, and black belts? Do you have pictures or diplomas to prove any of your promotions? Who were some of your training partners that could vouch for you?
Whether you doubt my instructor's credentials or not, I deserve some respect.
Only if you are a legit BJJ black belt as you claim. Who did your instructor train under? Not Professor Moreira either, a first AND last name. What lineage is he from? Any BJJ black belt can easily trace his lineage back to the Gracie family. I'll use myself for example; Me>>Carlson Gracie Sr.>>Carlos Gracie Sr.>>Mitsuyo Maeda>>Jigoro Kano.
My instructor used to say that he felt that BJJ has been cheapened by all these black belts who get their belts by correspondance. They fly down and see their instructor a couple times a year and ten years later they are black belts, once they have paid the required fees.
What does that have to do with you being a verifiable BJJ black belt? Many people claim to be BJJ black belts not knowing how easy it is to disprove them.
How anyone could learn any system as complex as BJJ by seeing their instructor a couple of times a year is beyond me
I agree that BJJ is a complex system to learn. You must have trained with many people over the years it took you to earn your black belt and accumulated alot of pictures, videos, and awards that can prove your claims.
By the way, my student who was down to your place a couple of weeks ago won all five of his fights by submission in the no-gi division at the Ascencion tournament in Toronto in Feb this year. He had only been training for eight months at the time. He's hardly average.
Congrats to Mike. He seems like a very nice guy and I meant him no disrespect. It's not like I said he sucked or anything. He rolled like an average white belt to me. Even if all of your students were World Champions, it still doesn't prove that you are a BJJ black belt. Just provide some evidence of your claims and this entire situation can be avoided. As long as you continue to refuse to provide the information that anyone who is legit is willing to supply then you will be viewed as a fraud. You are the one who claims to be a BJJ black belt so the onus is on you to prove it.