I read a lot of criticism regarding the legitimacy of John DelaOs Black Belt on the Atama Forum. Since you received your Blk Belt from John, and I consider you a world class grappler, what are you thoughts on the legitimacy of John DelaO as a Black Belt.
John was my first instructor in BJJ about 10 years ago when I first started college. I have great respect for him but since all these accusations about his legitimacy came about I wanted to get your opinion.
John is good. He has a real slow methodical style of "old school" Jiu-Jitsu. I think he suffered from not training with anyone higher than him where it didn't hurt me too bad. Sure I would have liked to have higher ranked guys to train with all the time but I was busy building an empire.