Many of you are likely familiar with Tim Sledd as he was one of our first guests on the GiReviews Podcast.
Tim owns and operates Small Axe Jiu Jitsu, Andre Galvao’s first-ever affiliate academy (which Tim spoke in length about here).
As you can tell, Tim and I are prone to some foolishness but Tim takes his Jiu Jitsu very very seriously and not only is he a good friend of GiReviews, but a fantastic instructor.
I’m a big advocate of the idea that just because you can do something well, doesn’t mean that you can teach others to do it. I would much rather learn a technique and learn from a good instructor versus a world champion. Having an instructor that is a world champion and a truly good teacher is much more rare than you think.
With that said, I’ve always been impressed by Tim’s ability to be remain humble despite being a very good instructor and learning techniques from the best BJJ practitioners in the world.
His ability to learn these techniques and then explain them to others is excellent and when I found out he was creating a new DVD on the Leg Drag Position, I was ecstatic.