Micah Atkinson

Novagen says Micah Atkinson and Ivan began Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) in 1997 using Gracie instructionals after kung fu. Their practice became a class favouring technique over strength. IOL described a choice about his working time: Atkinson reduced clinic hours for Durban academies and BJJ training, alongside visits to Brazil to learn more. Atkinson’s professional work also encompasses chiropractic education. According to Health Sciences University, he earned his chiropractic master’s degree at Natal Technikon in 1999. He combined private practice with work as a lecturer and clinic tutor in South Africa and the UK. His teaching covered sciences, clinical skills, exercise prescription and rehabilitation. He designed curricula and assessments for Physical Therapeutics I and Clinical Management II, planning what students would study and how their learning would be assessed. He helped with the revalidation review of Clinical Exercise Science. He leads HSU’s chiropractic course, clinical-management units and Wednesday chiropractic technique club. His interests include manual techniques and exercise prescription. On Kenshin Jiu-Jitsu’s website, Atkinson describes a training career involving different coaches and teams across South Africa, the UK, Brazil and the United States. His account also covers professional mixed martial arts competition and grappling at national and international levels. In grappling, that meant competing both in a gi, the training jacket, and in no-gi events without it. He identifies coaching other learners as his focus now. Kenshin lists Atkinson as an instructor and names Pedro as the school’s head instructor. In his own profile, Pedro describes his jiu-jitsu training as being under Atkinson.