Temo Mamatsashvili
Temo Mamatsashvili brought London BJJ experience back to Tbilisi, helping build Legion with partner and teacher Alexander Umantsev.
Biography
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Featured affiliated academy: Legion BJJ Georgia(opens in a new tab)
Temo Mamatsashvili trained at the Roger Gracie Academy in London before returning to Georgia.
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After returning, he wanted to establish a BJJ programme in Tbilisi.
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American practitioner Kevin Meyers introduced Mamatsashvili and Alexander Umantsev.
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Umantsev described Mamatsashvili as his friend, partner and student, and said they decided to open an academy together.
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The interview dates Legion BJJ Georgia’s opening to May2017.
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Umantsev described a team that drew teenagers, businesspeople and visitors from abroad.
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He described unfamiliarity with BJJ and expectations of inexpensive martial-arts instruction as challenges in building the gym.
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He contrasted the academy’s need to sustain itself as a business with locally familiar judo and wrestling programmes.
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Umantsev linked the club’s appeal to a shared atmosphere and relationships as well as combat-sport training.
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About Legion BJJ | Legion Brazilian Jiu Jitsu(opens in a new tab)
Legion’s current coaching page lists Mamatsashvili as a black belt.
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The academy identifies him as its founder and a gi coach.
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The current coaching roster separates gi, no-gi, children’s and fundamentals instruction among several coaches.
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