[Joemoplata]

Gambatte,

Glad to hear you're going to give some groundwork a try. A word of caution for you, however.

This guy is NOT a real Brazilian Jiu-Jitu black belt. I asked around and some legitimate BJJ purple belts went and trained with this guy and they all agreed that his skills are around a blue belt level. Apparently when they trained with him they were able to dominate him which upset him greatly and he kicked them out. He is not looked on very favorably by the BJJ community.

It doesn't mean that he's not a good fighter or that he doesn't have good MMA skills, but any claims he makes about ranking in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu are considered fraudulent.