CHRIS LAIRD
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Black Belt
Chris Laird started training Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in 1992 and has never looked back since. He is completely devoted to the Relson & Helio Gracie style of instruction and has over 20 years on the mats. He has competed and won in several tournaments through the 1990’s and had the honor of being in BLACK BELT Magazine with Relson Gracie during that time. Chris is an essential part of the RSA senior staff and enjoys helping everyone on the team improve their individual styles and help elevate the RSA to competition success. His style can be described as having a focus on basics and practices what he preaches as he demonstrates the effectiveness of having a firm foundation in training. In 2013, Chris was personally recruited by Relson Gracie to help teach private self-defense lessons at Relson's home. He is now one of the head instructors at the Ronn Shiraki Academy in Kapahulu. Chris is the epitome of loyalty and integrity. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Lineage: Helio Gracie > Relson Gracie > Ronn Shiraki > Chris Laird. |
I have been involved with Gracie Jiu-Jitsu for the last fifteen (15) years competed in numerous tournaments as well as sponsored a few of them trained with all of the Gracie Brothers and Professor Helio Gracie was an original investor in the Ultimate Fight with Rorion Gracie. In addition, I have had extensive personal training with Relson Gracie. Throughout all of these experiences and time, I can make the statement with great respect that Ronn Shiraki is the most competent and complete Gracie Jiu-Jitsu instructor outside of the Gracie Family I have encountered. I watched him train the Kaneohe Team kids to be so precise and exact with their techniques that they became a powerhouse of winners in all of the tournaments they entered. Ronn has a great method for teaching what I consider is true Gracie Jiu-Jitsu hard-smart training with technique practiced over and over. I believe in Ronns ability so much that I have my son train under him and ONLY with him. I recommend Ronn Shiraki's private lessons for anyone who is serious about learning and/or improving their Gracie Jiu-Jitsu." |