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I've trained off and on since about 2003. Probably more off than on. I quit when I went to law school. I rejoined, and then quit again 5 years ago. I've been regularly training for the last year. I'm pretty much terrible, but I'm a blue belt under Dustin Denes and I train at Bodyfit on 39th and Main.
I trained at Powell Sport and Combat in Columbia for a couple years while I was at Mizzou. It was a great gym, but more MMA focused. I did some MMA but mostly no gi jiu jitsu.
Powell's was bought out by American Top Team, and that gym has got to be one of the greatest MMA gyms ever. Tyron Woodley, Ben Askren, Mike Chandler, Mike Whitehead, Jake Hecht, and other fighters got started there. They would not remember me, but I remember them. Several really great jiu jitsu guys came out of there too. The Lenon brothers among them. Wade Rome owned the place and Keiko Frances taught. That was really a special gym.
I trained for one semester in law school with Damian Hirtz. He was an excellent teacher, but life got in the way.
I train at Bodyfit now, and it is just about the perfect jiu jitsu gym. I've trained off an on with these guys for years. The teachers are brown belts....but they are fantastic. I would put them against anybody.
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