Review of The Living Legend: Marcelo Garcia by Stuart Cooper

Posted on November 10, 2014February 18, 2015 by BJJ Caveman

Stuart Cooper recently released his 90 minute documentary on Marcelo Garcia sold exclusively on vimeo for the grand total of $4.

A little about Stuart Cooper

Stuart is a BJJ brown belt who’s currently making a name for himself traveling around the world and spending time training, filming, and interviewing a lot of big names in BJJ. He used to be a wedding videographer and slowly transitioned into filming BJJ which is his true passion. This past June, he decided to hold an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to collect donations in order to help in achieve his dream of filming BJJ documentaries full time. … Read More

Butterfly Pass

Posted on March 12, 2013 by BJJ Caveman

Heading to NYC again in a couple days and of course I’m going to make it a point to stop in and see my man-crush, Marcelo Garcia (you can read about my prior experiences here and here), to get some training in.

I remembered getting the floor wiped with me by people using a lot of open guard and butterfly guard. I decided to review some passes of the butterfly guard (with the help of Gracie Humaita Cleveland) so that hopefully I won’t get my ass kicked as badly this time.… Read More

Marcelo Garcia’s New Academy – Part 2

Posted on January 4, 2013January 4, 2013 by BJJ Caveman

Just got back from another great day of training in Marcelo Garcia’s new academy. There were fewer people this time around. I overheard some people saying that on opening night when I went, there were 70 people on the mats! That’s pretty crazy.

Today I’d estimate about 40 students on the mats. We started the class with a warmup session that includes running around the periphery of the mats with variations that include, skipping, jumping jacks, side to side, and running backwards.

One of my favorite parts of the warmup is when they incorporate an obstacle course that includes everyone at once, where you get to play the part of the obstacle and then of the person running through the obstacle.… Read More

Marcelo Garcia

Posted on January 3, 2013November 13, 2016 by BJJ Caveman

Today was a very special day for me. I got to train in Marcelo Garcia’s brand spanking new permanent academy on the first night they opened! I was so lucky that their new academy opened during the week that I’m here in NYC.

Having the opportunity to train with the best BJJ practitioner in the world is my favorite reason for visiting NYC. Food? Meh. Shopping? Meh. Clubbing? Meh. Training with Marcelo Garcia? OMG OMG OMFG!!!!! I’ve told people before who questioned my school-girl-like obsession with MG that having the opportunity to train with him would be like having the opportunity to shoot hoops with Michael Jordan at the peak of his powers.… Read More