So the gym that ive been attending closed down, I am looking for a good bjj/mma gym Santa Cruz to continue tranning and to stay healthy....

 

Claudio Franca is the big name down there.
http://www.claudiofrancabjj.com/

And I suppose Sandro Santiago is his competition.
http://www.batatabjj.com/Home/Home.html

 

what happened to Garth Taylor's place? http://www.kaizen-mma.com/

 

It's right here.

http://kaijinmma.com/

 

I know that Kaijin is pretty small but I heard that it's decent.

If you want serious business BJJ definitely go with Claudio.

 

Word. every three months we ( Bay Area Boxing/MMA ) are at his tourneys. It would be nice to have some I-Crub competition

 

sorry Rau..I roll around at 150ish...lol

 

I saw Kaijin and they have a variety of classes, for good deal. Does anyone know of claudio also offers anything else like boxing?anyone here have any experience with Kaijin?

 

i think this guy is my neighbor because there are two cars in my parkin lot with HUGE batatabjj stickers on them

 

I suggest calling them.

Here is my suggestion. If you want the best BJJ experience in the area go to Claudio. If you want more MMA, all around training go to Kaijin... but let it be known that Claudio will be the best for BJJ if you want to get really good at it.

 

Hope you get along with your neighbor then.

 

That's alright. I haave three sparring partners, one is 6'4 290, one is 6'1 200, and the last is 5'9 145

 

Dude Kaijin is Garth Taylor, he's like one of the most accomplished American BJJ practitioners... ever. (He also got his BB from Claudio Franca) So just pointing out that you wouldn't miss out on anything on the BJJ front going to either gym (meaning it's not like one gym is awesome and the other one sucks)

The other BJJ instructor there, Paul Schreiner, was also awesome but left to go start a Marcelo Garcia branch in NYC.

 

Batata is realy good, he trained a bunch up at Ralph's in SF.

Paul was another good guy I got to train with, I imagine he's going to be a nightmare when he comes back to visit after spending all that time on the mat with Marcelo.

 

ima be going to kaijin this monday..will see how it goes. Hope the guys are good there and dont hate on a person who is coming from training with another "team"...