Head Instructor

Don Whitefield grew up in Germany where he studied Judo in his youth. As an adult he practiced boxing before moving to Canada, where he started to train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Fighting in 1997. Since then Don has had the opportunity to train with some of the greatest BJJ teachers in the world, such as Rickson Gracie, Carlson Gracie and Ricardo De la Riva, who awarded Don his Jiu-Jitsu black belt in his main academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Don is the official Canadian De la Riva Jiu-Jitsu representative and a certified Carlson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu instructor. He believes that an instructor's teaching skills are as important as his BJJ skills and he has a College Instructor Diploma, allowing him to pass on his knowledge and experience with ease. Don teaches in all locations being completely dedicated to the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He lives a Jiu-Jitsu life.

Instructor

Demian Williamson has been training in the martial arts since 1992. He practiced Judo for seven years and achieved the rank of brown belt. He began to train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 1998 in New Jersey under David Adiv who is the senior student of Royler Gracie. Demian received his RGJJ Team blue belt in 2000 before moving to British Columbia. Since then he also practised Temple Kung Fu and Kickboxing while he continued to train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Demian is a very patient teacher as well as a strong and technical fighter with great takedowns. He is teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Grappling classes as an experienced De la Riva Jiu-Jitsu brown belt in Maple Ridge.

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Instructor

Shawn Albrecht has been a part of the West Coast BJJ and MMA Team since the very beginning of the club in 2004.

Shawn trains very hard and is a disciplined student and fighter. He has advanced quickly and currently has an amateur Mixed Martial Arts record of 6 wins and 2 losses and a professional MMA record of 7 wins and 3 losses.

Shawn is very well rounded in all MMA disciplines and has won multiple Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Fighting championships. Shawn currently teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Grappling and Mixed Martial Arts classes as an experienced De la Riva Jiu-Jitsu purple belt in Burnaby, Port Coquitlam, New West and Surrey.

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Instructor

Reggie McGinty is the official de la Riva Jiu-Jitsu representative in Burnaby and Vancouver. He has extensive experience in Jiu-Jitsu competion and teaches the arts of Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Grappling and Muay Thai Kickboxing to anyone willing to learn.

Besides Jiu-Jitsu, Reggie has studied Boxing, Kickboxing and Karate for more than 10 years and he loves to see his students grow and develop in all diciplines they choose to study. Above all Reggie is dedicated to the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as an experienced De la Riva Jiu-Jitsu purple belt.