Chris Coughlan discusses Luan Arouca's arrival - March 4, 2024 - Northern Daily Leader - video Dailymotion

Gracie Barra Tamworth owner, Chris Coughlan, discusses the arrival of Professor Luan Arouca.

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00:00 Yeah, look it's amazing. So happy he's here. The students are really engaging well with him.

00:06 He loves it here already which is fantastic. But I can't complain, you know, we had a great

00:12 opening month and the delay just ended up benefiting the school even more. You know,

00:16 we had so much more experience. We were lucky to have Professor Dave here from Gracie Baha

00:22 Charlestown and he just brought with him so much knowledge and so much experience from

00:28 a gym perspective as well. So it's put us in the perfect position.

00:32 To some extent came in pretty cold. You know, I'd never never rolled with him,

00:41 never seen him roll. I hadn't had a chance to roll with him. We didn't really know,

00:44 you know, what his teaching style was going to be like. But the main thing for me was that we had a

00:50 connection straight away and we both looked at BJJ from the same perspective and that's exactly how

00:57 it's translated onto the maps now that he's here. Yeah, look I think it just brings authenticity

01:04 and I can see it with the guys, how they're engaging with him, with his style, you know,

01:09 with the particular type of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu that he has practiced and just his intent with

01:18 training, you know, it all comes through in a very authentic way.