Dennis is the founder & head instructor at HYBRID(est. Sept. 2001). Dennis is a Professional Firefighter/Paramedic for Roanoke Fire/EMS.
Dennis began his training in1995 in Judo & in BJJ soon after having to travel to Va Beach to the world renowned Linxx Academy for authentic instruction. Dennis currently holds rank as
2nd degree blackbelt in Judo under Gus Carper.
BLACKBELT in Gracie Jiu Jitsu under Professor Pedro Sauer. He rec'd his Blue belt in 8/98, Purple in 10/01, Brown in 10/04 & blackbelt in 01/08.
He has trained with Pedro Sauer extensively for 12+ years & also with the likes of Royce Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Royler Gracie, Ralph Gracie, Jacare, Luis Palhares, Jeff Curran & Frank Cucci to name a few.
Some accomplishments include
MMA record 6-2
Excaliber-Extreme Fighting LW MMA Champion & competitor
Spring Kickfest MMA LW champion & competitor
Elite Vale Tudo 4-man MMA LW tournament champion
Elite Combat Challenge MMA MW champion.
Ruckus in the Cage MMA LW champion
Awarded fighter of the night
-Commonwealth Games multi-time Judo champion
-'97 Carolina's Judo Association-fall tournament-
LW 2nd place
-Virginia Sport jujutsu- submission tournament
LW-2nd place
-'05 Va State Judo blackbelt championships.-LW 3rd place of 20..
-'00 International Pro-Am of Grappling Bluebelt LW 3rd place of 20
-Grapplers Quest '02-LW advanced Champion
-Grapplers Quest '02 LW masters champion
-Hayastan Grappling '04-2nd place advanced & open, awarded most technical grappler
-Bud World Cup '04- PRO division LW 4th place
-Bud World Cup-'04- Purple belt LW 2nd place
-Budweiser Nationals Jiu Jitsu '05-advanced champion
-Budweiser-UMW- '05 Brownbelt LW 2nd place
-Pendergrass invitational-'05-LW brownbelt BJJ invitational champion
-Budweiser '06-advanced division Champion
-Budweiser '06-masters division Champion
-U.S. Grappling Championships-'06-LW brownbelt BJJ invitational 2nd place
U.S. grappling FW. invitational-Brownbelt-4th place
Bud World Cup '08-No-GI masters Champion
Bud World Cup '08-Brownbelt Gi Champion
20 years involvement with the martial arts has gotten Tim the current list of accomplishments:
Blackbelt- American Freestyle Martial Arts under Clay Johnson
Blackbelt- American Freestyle Karate under Eddie Thomas
Full Instructor-American Freestyle Martial Arts under Clay Johnson
Level 2 instructor- Muay Thai under Master Chai
Brown Belt- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Pedro Sauer
Tim has trained in Muay Thai, JKD, Kali/Escrima with the likes of Master Chai, Frank Cucci,Dan Inosanto, Clay Johnson,
-Tim is the ONLY certified Muay Thai instructor in the Roanoke Valley.
& saving the most accomplished for last, Gus is a veritable legend of Martial Arts. Over 50 years teaching. with 50+ years involvement in Judo, Gus has so many accomplishments it would take an entire page to list them all. So this is a VERY short list of all of them, the most important ones..
7th degree Blackbelt in Judo. this makes Gus the highest ranking Judo instructor in the state.
5th degree Blackbelt in Japanese Ju Jitsu
Master examiner
A-level referee
International Hall of Fame for Judo.
Gus trained extensively with Ishikawa, one of the greatest Judoka's of all time, Gus learned Judo the Kodokan way from Ishikawa, an Original Kodokan Blackbelt.
As a 2 time all-Japan chapan, Ishikawa is one of the greatest Kodokan Judo fighters ever. he was training partners W/ Maeda, Mifune, Kimura & all of them were students of Jigoro Kano. Maeda is who taught the Gracie family kodokan judo. After years of training, they started the Gracie Challenge & Kimura is the Judoka who defeated Helio in a match.
