Morgan Perkins
Morgan Perkins brought his Pedro Sauer training to Bangkok, helped establish Fight Lab and developed students who became coaches and collaborators.
Biography
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Bangkok Fight Lab, full Morgan Perkins and named student/coach biographies(opens in a new tab)
Perkins began BJJ in1995 at15 under Pedro Sauer and trained exclusively with Sauer for more than a decade before moving to Thailand in2006.
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His early teaching in Thailand included the original Bangkok Fight Club and Bangkok BJJ.
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He later took time away from training to focus on family and career.
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In2014 he was invited to help establish Bangkok Fight Lab, where he is now sole proprietor and head BJJ coach.
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The school describes his coaching as emphasising fundamentals and technical precision.
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Current coach Amanda Cacciola is identified as a brown belt under Perkins who leads children’s and beginner no-gi classes.
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The academy also identifies its head MMA and boxing coach Detchadin Sornsirisuphathin as a BJJ brown belt under Perkins.
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Perkins heads Bangkok Fight Lab’s BJJ programme within the Pedro Sauer lineage.
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Bangkok Fight Lab, BJJ in Bangkok, full academy guide(opens in a new tab)
He began teaching BJJ in Bangkok in2006, initially as a brown belt.
Where in the source: Complete TrainingBJJatBangkokFightLab section.
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J.W.Seo, Training report Bangkok Fight Lab,16September2018(opens in a new tab)
Visitor J.W.Seo reported in2018 that Perkins taught BJJ classes in English to an international mix of residents and travelling practitioners.
Where in the source: Entire Overview section of original2018 first-person training report.
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Seo described a welcoming training environment accommodating visitors and people preparing for MMA, and returned to train at the gym again.
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Sabine, Back To Bangkok,24July2019(opens in a new tab)
In July2019 visitor Sabine described a curriculum spending several weeks on a concept before progressively adding details, variations and counters.
Where in the source: Entire TrainingatBangkokFightLab section.
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She wrote that Perkins taught most of her classes, while Colin Slider handled Friday evenings and Sunday mornings, within a gi and no-gi programme.
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FenomKimonos, full Liudmila Mikhanovskaia interview,14September2016(opens in a new tab)
In2016 student Liudmila Mikhanovskaia described Perkins as her coach at Bangkok Fight Lab and spoke of a supportive training group.
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She recalled about ten women training regularly at white and blue belt, many planning to compete, without pressure from their coach to do so.
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Tammi, Building a Jiu Jitsu Tour Bus,26September2023(opens in a new tab)
Tammi Willis recalled moving from Myanmar to join Perkins and the Bangkok Fight Lab team, seeking an established gym with a full daily training schedule.
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Tammi Willis, When Grappling Grabs You and Wont Let Go,23June2025(opens in a new tab)
Willis says she received her blue, purple and brown belts from Perkins.
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She described choosing Bangkok for a full-time coach and a wider variety of partners, including women who became friends.
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Perkins and his then partners allowed Willis to open a branch of Nourish Cafe inside the gym.
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Willis later recalled the same cafe arrangement at the new warehouse gym and the pandemic restrictions that eventually led her to close her business and return to Britain in2021.
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Pedro Sauer BJJ Association, actual visible Morgan Perkins official endorsed-black-belt card(opens in a new tab)
The Pedro Sauer BJJ Association’s current official list identifies Morgan Perkins as a black belt.
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The official association list identifies Perkins as a third-degree black belt at Bangkok Fight Lab in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Open lineage