Coach Ryan Slavin with Master Carlos Machado (8th Degree Coral Belt)
The Goshu-ryu Sunshine Coast Dojo is an affiliate of the Carlos Machado Jiu Jitsu Association – Carlos Machado Jiu Jitsu Sunshine Coast – and follows ‘The Machado Method’ curriculum.
In 2022, Ryan Slavin (the Head Instructor at Goshu-Ryu Sunshine Coast Dojo) became a direct student of Master Carlos Machado in the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Ryan continues to teach BJJ as an auxiliary art – newaza (ground fighting techniques) to his primary art of Goshu-Ryu Aiki Jujutsu studied at the Sunshine Coast Dojo.
BJJ is useful to martial arts practitioners as an auxilliary art as it offers the opportunity for game-style problem solving within a rule-based sporting context. Its also a lot of fun!
Carlos Machado (cousin to the famous Gracie family of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu) was one of the pioneers of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in the United States of America. A black belt under Gracie Barra founder Carlos Gracie Junior, Carlos Machado came to the USA in the early 1990’s where him (and his brothers) formed the Machado Jiu-Jitsu Academy, one of the main BJJ organizations in the Northern Hemisphere today, a Jiu Jitsu hive from where Carlos Machado has graduated high profile black belts such as Hollywood celebrity: Chuck Norris, former World BJJ champion: Rafael Lovato Junior and former UFC Middlweight title contender Travis Lutter.
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