Looking for a place in Dallas, TX for a former student...

[BaiHu]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, but I figured it has the most number of people that may know where to go. My student is moving to TX from NJ and I'm trying to find them a place to continue studying. I don't care about the style, I care about the quality, so if you have any personal experiences or have colleagues, can you kindly drop me a line here. FYI he's 8 years old.

TIA

[HCM]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, but I figured it has the most number of people that may know where to go. My student is moving to TX from NJ and I'm trying to find them a place to continue studying. I don't care about the style, I care about the quality, so if you have any personal experiences or have colleagues, can you kindly drop me a line here. FYI he's 8 years old.

TIA

Jackdog

[David S.]

Is he moving to "Dallas," or somewhere in DFW? If the latter, can you be more specific?

[HCM]

Is he moving to "Dallas," or somewhere in DFW? If the latter, can you be more specific?

Good point - the DFW metroplex is nearly the size of Connecticut.

[BaiHu]

Is he moving to "Dallas," or somewhere in DFW? If the latter, can you be more specific?I asked for clarification precisely due to this issue. I'll come back with more info soon. This is there first week there.
TIA

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[45dotACP]

My sisters live in the DFW area and were asking similar questions.

If it's BJJ in the Dallas area, I'd look at Marcelo Garcia's school down there, or the Machados.

If you're in the Fort Worth area a lot of people like Sloth BJJ. I think there's a few Machado black belts in Fort Worth as well

If you're looking for more of an MMA school, I'd look at Travis Lutter's.



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[BaiHu]

Thanks for your patience guys. They just got settled and got back to me. It's Mckinney.

[David S.]

Thanks for your patience guys. They just got settled and got back to me. It's Mckinney.

It looks like there's a Gracie Barra on the west side of McKinney, but I don't know anything about the campus. The pics and schedule indicate a busy jrs program.

Jackdog

[45dotACP]

It looks like there's also a Machado school there...and a Checkmat affiliate.

Those are both gyms with highly regarded reputations.

The Machados are basically the guys who taught Chuck Norris jiu jitsu. They've been around a LONG time. And checkmat tends to have dudes on the podium of whatever major competitions there are if I recall correctly.

That said it looks like there's a few Muay Thai schools around there too if your student is not a fan of grappling

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[BaiHu]

It looks like there's a Gracie Barra on the west side of McKinney, but I don't know anything about the campus. The pics and schedule indicate a busy jrs program.

Jackdog


It looks like there's also a Machado school there...and a Checkmat affiliate.

Those are both gyms with highly regarded reputations.

The Machados are basically the guys who taught Chuck Norris jiu jitsu. They've been around a LONG time. And checkmat tends to have dudes on the podium of whatever major competitions there are if I recall correctly.

That said it looks like there's a few Muay Thai schools around there too if your student is not a fan of grappling

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Thanks guys. Ideally I'd like the student to continue at a school that has a component consistent with SD a la Craig, Cecil, Paul, etc.

[45dotACP]

Thanks guys. Ideally I'd like the student to continue at a school that has a component consistent with SD a la Craig, Cecil, Paul, etc.Those types of schools are pretty rare. Lots of schools profess to teach "self defense" and use that as an excuse to deal in complete nonsense. I suppose it might be a good idea to throw up the bat signal to see if Cecil Burch has done any seminars in thay area...

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[Cecil Burch]

Those types of schools are pretty rare. Lots of schools profess to teach "self defense" and use that as an excuse to deal in complete nonsense. I suppose it might be a good idea to throw up the bat signal to see if Cecil Burch has done any seminars in thay area...

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Nope. Never been up that way and I can’t recall offhand anyone up that way who has come to any of my Dallas seminars. Probably Jackdog is still the best bet at knowing.

[Jackdog]

Thanks for your patience guys. They just got settled and got back to me. It's Mckinney.

Sorry for the delay in responding.

I would recommend the 2 following BJJ gyms in McKinney:

The Martial Arts Laboratory

https://themartialartslaboratory.com

Or Combat Base Texas

https://combatbasetexas.com

Both are Carlos Machado Black belts.
Although Alan Shebaro is now a Combat Base Affiliate under Chris Hauteur.

Both schools would be excellent.

If you have anymore questions please don’t hesitate to ask.


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