Jeff Hammond - Owner, Head Academy instructor
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HELIO GRACIE - CAIQUE ELIAS - STEVE HORDINSKI - JEFF HAMMOND CURRENT RANK Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt BIO Jeff began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2010 after a 2-year break from the MMA (MixedMartial Arts, where he was the amateur Ark-LA-Tex Ring Rulers Featherweight champion. During his MMA career, Jeff also trained some no-gi Jiu-Jitsu, but not on a high level. After his break Jeff wanted to get back on the mats, so he began training, both gi and no-gi, full-time. Jeff has now dedicated his life to Jiu-Jitsu. He travels to many other academies across Texas and the nation, in order to improve his game and technique. After much hard work and dedication, Jeff received his brown belt, after only 3 years of training. He competes multiple times a month, on both the local and national levels. After teaching at Relson Gracie Tyler and Longview, Jeff was able to follow his dream of opening his own academy, Precision Jiu-Jitsu, in 2014, located in Lindale, TX, and is backed by the Caique Jiu-Jitsu Association. He encourages his students to compete as often as possible, in order to test their skills-sets against grapplers from other gyms and academies. His number one priority, as with most Caique instructors, is self-defense. Mastering the Gracie self-defense system is a pre-requisite to receiving a black belt through the association. |
Ro Williams - Kickboxing/MMA Instructor
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HELIO GRACIE - CAIQUE ELIAS - STEVE HORDINSKI - JEFF HAMMOND CURRENT RANK Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt BIO |
Ceaser Castañeda - Assistant BJJ & MMA instructor
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HELIO GRACIE - CAIQUE ELIAS - STEVE HORDINSKI - JEFF HAMMOND CURRENT RANK Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt BIO "Coach Ceeze" started wrestling in high school in 2008 in California. After High school he looked into continuing his training by joining the MMA gym where he trained in NOGI Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, and American kickboxing. In 2011 Ceeze moved to Texas where he started training at Tukong Martial arts in Odessa, there he focused on training jiu-jitsu in the Gi and MMA and mixing up his fighting style. In 2014, he teamed up with George bell and the American Killer Bees where he was promoted to blue belt under the Enzo Killer Bees. Coach Ceeze, with his wife and kids, relocated to East Texas in 2015 where he started training under Jeff Hammond and in 2018 received his purple belt with a goal to continue training, coaching, & teaching everything he knows to anyone wanting to learn. |
Joel Park - Assistant Kids' Instructor
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HELIO GRACIE - CAIQUE ELIAS - STEVE HORDINSKI - JEFF HAMMOND CURRENT RANK Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt BIO Joel has been training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Jeff Hammond since 2014. He and his wife have 4 children who also train at Precision. Being a dad, he enjoys working with kids and understands the value of physically and emotionally-challenging activities in a child's life, but most importantly to keep it fun. Joel received his blue belt in 2016. Joel's initial introduction to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu was in 2001 for a few brief months under Orlando Waugh in the Dallas area. As a young adult getting demolished by well-trained 14 year olds, Joel was convinced of the effectiveness of BJJ and wanted to again pursue BJJ and involve his family some day. The right opportunity opened with Jeff Hammond and Precision in Lindale in 2014, and he is proud to have his whole family train at Precision. |