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SBGi has maintained very high standards for all
our Coaches and Instructors for well over Ten Years now. Although
we have multiple locations, with large enrollments, you will
still find the list of Coaches we have certified over the Years
to be very small. The reason for that is simple: integrity.
You cannot host a seminar, pay for a weekend course, or worse,
simply send an e-mail, and find yourself listed as an SBGi Coach.
It is a marker of performance and teaching skill, which cannot
be bought at any price, or given due to association with an individual
or group. It must be earned. In order to receive a Coaches certificate
with us you must meet extremely high standards, not only in the
realm of personal performance skill, but also in terms of teaching
and coaching ability.
We have maintained these standards for well over a decade now,
and we are very proud of that fact. This is why you will see
so many world class Coaches who have received their training
from our Organization listed below.
SBGi Administration & Regional Directors
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Matt Thornton (President)
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Luis Gutierrez (Vice President)
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Karl Tanswell (Vice President Europe / UK Director)
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John Kavanagh (Head Coach BJJ Assoc. / RD Ireland)
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Mike Sweeney (SBGi Business Manager / RD Canada)
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Travis Davison (Regional Director Midwest USA)
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Steve Whittier (Regional Director East Coast)
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Rich Beaupit (Regional Director Canada East Coast)
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Calen Paine (Regional Director Canada West Coast)
SBGi Principles:
Aliveness
All SBG Instructors must understand the principle
of Aliveness, and maintain a curriculum that is always Alive.
Dead patterns need to be left at the Gym door.
All SBG Instructors will maintain an 'open mat' environment
and will train with, and work out right alongside, the other
students & athletes.
All SBG Instructors will maintain an 'open
door' policy in regards all their students. Students of the SBG
must be free to train anywhere and with anyone they like. SBG
Instructors cannot ban students from attending other events or
other schools.
All SBG Instructors will maintain a 'Gym'
atmosphere, where athleticism conditioning, and combat athletics
are emphasized. Athletes should be provided an Alive environment
where they are free to problem solve.
Ethical Business Practices
All SBG Instructors will maintain a high degree
of professionalism, and ethical business practices.
All SBG Instructors will teach a curriculum
that includes stand up, clinch and ground. A curriculum that works
in sport and self defense. And a curriculum that is applicable
to every able body.
All SBG Instructors should also act as coaches
creating an environment where athletes can learn through first
hand "experience."
All SBG Instructors will maintain facilities
where titles, ritual, and hierarchy are shunned. Performance and
having fun are the only goals.
All SBG Instructors are expected to maintain
a higher level of personal conditioning.
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