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INSTRUCTORS

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ROYCE 

ROYCE STARTED TRAINING BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU IN 2012 AT AMERICAN TOP TEAM AND RECEIVED HIS BLUE BELT UNDER RICARDO LIBIRO.  ROYCE RECEIVED HIS PURPLE AND BROWN FROM BRIAN AND KEVIN MAHECHA, AND RECEIVED HIS BLACK BELT FROM MARGOT CICCARELLI. HE CURRENTLY MENTORS UNDER MARGOT TO KEEP IMPROVING AND BECOME THE BEST COACH POSSIBLE. ROYCE OBTAINED HIS DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND HEADS THE KIDS PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE ADULT PROGRAM.

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AFFILIATION 

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MARGOT CICCARELLI

MARGOT CICCARELLI IS A JIU-JITSU BLACK BELT UNDER MURILO SANTANA WHO WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH OTHER COACHES SUCH AS RODRIGO CAPORAL, JUDE SAMUEL, AND GUILHERME MENDES. CICCARELLI GAINED NOTORIETY EARLY IN HER CAREER NOT ONLY DUE TO HER EXTENSIVE MEDAL TALLY, BUT ALSO THANKS TO HER INNOVATIVE JIU-JITSU STYLE, HEAVILY RELIANT ON POSITIONS SUCH AS THE BERIMBOLO, CRAB-RIDE, LAPEL-GUARD(S), LEG-DRAG, AND OTHER MORE RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS. HER DEDICATION AND STUDY OF BODY MOVEMENT AND SPATIAL AWARENESS HAVE ALSO LED MARGO TO CO-CREATE JITZ-JAMMING, AN ART FORM CLOSELY CONNECTED TO HER GRAPPLING BACKGROUND.

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