JitzHappens, a martial arts school in Endicott, NY advertises Jiu-Jitsu classes and claims to have a black belt instructor. He wears a black belt (without the traditional BJJ red bar) while wearing BJJ Gis. His students all wear BJJ Gis as well. James Rodriguez, a BJJ blue belt and owner of BJJ/MMA academy The Crows Nest, went to confront the instructor and see what he was all about.
When questioned, the instructor claims a lineage under Roy Harris, and Adam LaClair (unverified rank in BJJ), but that his style is not BJJ but is actually ‘combat jiu-jitsu’, but he still misleads prospective students into believing that he is a black belt in ‘Jiu-Jitsu’ and himself and all his students all wear BJJ Gis. This is typical behaviour from similar cases in the past.
When asked to roll, the instructor claims that he has a brain hemorrhage and might die…
