INSTRUCTORS

Fabio Clemente

Fabio was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and started his athletic career with the sport of rowing. Fabio dedicated most of his teenage years to the sport and eventually represented Brazil as a member of their rowing team.

At the age of 18 Fabio, whose father was a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, was encouraged by a close friend to try the sport. Fabio’s athletic ability translated quickly into success in Jiu-Jitsu and after only 3 months of training and having learned just 4 techniques he won the first national Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament.

This early success motivated Fabio to continue his training with his friends the Machado brothers. Eventually the Machados moved to California and it became more difficult for Fabio to train with them regularly. Fabio’s career as a photographer took him to Europe and New York but he would still make trips to California to train with the Machados, where he after winning the Pan American championships twice he received his black belt.

Since then Fabio has been teaching Jiu-Jitsu in New York city for over 15 years. In addition to his teaching Fabio also competes in the top tournaments and has won the Gold medals in the Pan American Championships. He has also created some amazing competitors and teachers.

Major Titles:

Pan American No-Gi Black Belt Senior Super HeavyWeight Champion 2010

Pan American Black Belt Senior Super HeavyWeight Champion 2007

Pan American Open Weight Champion 2006

Pan American Super HeavyWeight Champion 2006

Master World Championships Super HeavyWeight Bronze Medalist 2005

Master World Championships Super HeavyWeight Bronze Medalist 2003

Master World ChampionSHIPS HeavyWeight Bronze Medalist 2000

Pan American Brown Belt HeavyWeight Champion 1996

Pan American Brown Belt HeavyWeight Champion 1995

Babs Olusanmokun

Babs was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He has also lived in France and Brazil, amongst other places, and speaks a few languages. He started training with Professor Fabio Clemente in 1995. After two years of training he became a student instructor with Professor Clemente. He competes and found early success in Jiujitsu. He was given the Blackbelt by Professor Clemente in 2005. He now teaches at his home dojo, Alliance Jiu-Jitsu NYC, and he also teaches at Beverly Hills Jiujitsu with Professor Marcus Vinicius, and at the new MMA gym PKG when he is in Los Angeles. Babs still actively competes and he is always looking forward to new challenges.

Major Titles:

Pan American Black Belt Master LightWeight Silver Medalist 2010

Pan American Black Belt Master LightWeight Champion 2009

Pan American Black Belt Master LightWeight Silver Medalist 2008

USA Grappling Champion 2007

Pan American Black Belt Master Silver Medalist 2006

Pan American Black Belt Master Open-Class Bronze Medalist 2005

NY State BJJ Federation Black Belt Superfight Champion 2005

Tri-State Ground Control Classic Champion 1999

New York City Grappling Challenge Champion 1997

Lucas Lepri

Lucas Lepri was born on September 19th, 1984 in the city of Uberlândia,in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was always an avid sports player as a child and in his early teens, started playing and competing in sports such as Futsal (a form of indoor soccer), Judo, Swimming and also Skating and Capoeira.

Lucas first started training brazilian jiujitsu in 2000 and his first instructor was Elan Santiago, a man that would become very important in Lucas’s rise to Black belt glory in 2007, when he shocked most of the BJJ community by achieving the biggest victory possible in BJJ in his first year as a Black Belt, the World Championship Title (IBJJF).

With the amazing boom of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in America, Fabio Clemente and the Alliance academy invited Lucas to help with the teaching in their New York Academy, so in 2009 Lucas Lepri moved to the capital of the world, New York City!

Major Titles Black Belt:

European Black Belt LightWeight Champion 2010 / 2011

WorldS No-Gi Black Belt LightWeight Champion 2009 / 2010

Pan American No-Gi Black Belt MiddleWeight Champion 2010

Pan American No-Gi Black Belt LightWeight Champion 2009

Pan American Black Belt LightWeight Champion 2009 / 2010

Long Island Pride Black Belt Open Class Champion 2009 / 2010

NY Open International Black Belt LightWeight & Open Class Champion 2009

World Pro Cup(Brazil) Black Belt LightWeight Champion 2009

Mundial(World ChampionShip) Black Belt LightWeight Champion 2007

Mundial In Brazil CBJJE Black Belt LightWeight & Open class Champion 2007