What have you trained in, And under who????????

[Thin Lizzy]

Anybody train with Craig Kukuk. 

I did

We talked about this in another thread awhile back

Craig was a great teacher. When I started, Renzo had just come over from Brazil, but Craig had been teaching for about a year, and the guys who trained with him were already good. One of those guys was Matt Serra. I used think of Craig as the Enclopedia of Jiu Jitsu. In fact, he ended up writing a book of that name. Craig  once told us that Rickson would kick his ass everyday. I remember thinking "How could anybody be better than Craig?"

It's a shame that Craig and Renzo split. Renzo is a great guy and arguably the best grappling instructor in the world, but Craig was a better businessman. Had they stayed together, there probably would be more schools in Manhattan. As it stands now, I still have to take a bus and a train to get to the school which keeps me from training as much as I would like.

[onlyme]

I did

We talked about this in another thread awhile back

Craig was a great teacher. When I started, Renzo had just come over from Brazil, but Craig had been teaching for about a year, and the guys who trained with him were already good. One of those guys was Matt Serra. I used think of Craig as the Enclopedia of Jiu Jitsu. In fact, he ended up writing a book of that name. Craig  once told us that Rickson would kick his ass everyday. I remember thinking "How could anybody be better than Craig?"

It's a shame that Craig and Renzo split. Renzo is a great guy and arguably the best grappling instructor in the world, but Craig was a better businessman. Had they stayed together, there probably would be more schools in Manhattan. As it stands now, I still have to take a bus and a train to get to the school which keeps me from training as much as I would like.

Yes Thin I remember.  Good stuff.  I haven't talked to Craig in years.  He was very dedicated to learning.

[americanbulldog]

If any of you are ever in San Diego, they got fantastic trainers there.  I went there to see the Pittsburgh/San Diego game (boo hoo, the Steelers lost) and I trained one day with Carlos Valente, one day at the boxing club, and one day at City Boxing.  Brent Stulchik is a stud, as is Mike Fowler at City Boxing.  I just got home today, and I am EXTREMELY sore.