Marcos Santos
A certified black belt whose documented teaching record runs from NYBJJ and Blitz Center in New York to a later reported gym in Fort Worth.
Biography
Sources for this profile
Rigan Machado Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association, ‘Rigan Machado Black Belts’ (no publication date shown).(opens in a new tab)
The Rigan Machado Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association lists Marcos Santos among its certified black belts.
Where in the source: Rigan Machado Certified Black Belts — item 46, Marcos Santos
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ADCC News, ‘Professor John Machado Seminar,’ October 4, 2007.(opens in a new tab)
A 2007 ADCC News seminar announcement identifies Professor Marcos Santos of Blitz Center NY as a top Rigan Machado affiliate scheduled to teach.
Where in the source: Professor John Machado Seminar — ‘Top Rigan Machado Affiliates Professor Marcos Santos from Blitz Center NY’
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BJJEE, ‘Zeljko Drinovac, a Croatian brown belt living in New York, talks about training with Marcelo Garcia,’ April 23, 2012.(opens in a new tab)
In a 2012 BJJEE interview, Zeljko Drinovac says that he began training with Professor Marcos Santos after moving to New York at the end of 2000, and later taught at Santos’s academy through 2009.
Where in the source: Interview question 2 — Drinovac’s account of moving to NYC in 2000 and teaching at Santos’s academy through 2009
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BJJ Rants, ‘Marcelo Garcia’s First Brown Belt Philippe “Philzinho” Balmant,’ April 29, 2014.(opens in a new tab)
In a 2014 interview, Philippe Balmant recalls training with Marcos Santos at NYBJJ in summer 2009 and says Santos later opened a gym in Fort Worth, Texas.
Where in the source: April 29, 2014 interview — account of training at NYBJJ in summer 2009 and Santos’s Fort Worth gym
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