The Rollin’ Squad
Meet Our World-Class Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructors
Fernando Moya
Fernando is one of the most recognized Costa Rican black belts. He was given his black belt by John Danaher in NYC in 2012. He resides in San Jose, Costa Rica when he is not traveling around the world teaching seminars.
James Harbison
James Harbison was born in 1991, he began training wrestling early through his school’s sporting program. As he reached high school he changed to a catholic school that did not offer wrestling and as an alternative James’ father proposed practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Halfway through his freshman year he took his parent’s advice and joined a BJJ academy.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quickly took over Harbison’s extracurricular time and by the end of 2009, Jimmy decided to move to Lloyd Irvin’s training camp where he would have better sparring partners and a more professional atmosphere. Upon taking this big step in his life, he decided to go “underground” cutting all the distractions of his life (including his facebook account) in order to stay focused on his ultimate goal of becoming a world Jiu Jitsu champion. His hard work paid off in 2011 as he won every major tournament in the brown belt middleweight division, also showing an excellent presence in tournaments such as the ADCC and the World Pro Cup that same year. He received his black belt from Lloyd Irvin on June 2011, shortly after his Mundial win.
Kevin Sheridan
Kevin Sheridan began studying the art of Jiu Jitsu in 2001 under instructor Fabio Clemente. Kevin literally stumbled into the sport after opening the wrong door in search of a Capoeria class.
More about Kevin
"I was looking for my Sister's Capoeria class and opened the door to see guys rolling around in Karate outfits. I asked the instructor what they were doing, he replied Jiu -Jitsu. I thought to myself that’s a funny name, I've never heard of that... so I decided to take a roll as they say. Black Belt Fabio Clemente gave me a whooping, and I was hooked. I had not experienced a workout like that since college wrestling practice. It was fun."
Kevin has been studying under Fabio and other Master Alliance Instructors. Former and current instructors include Marcelo Garcia, considered to be the world’s most technically skilled Jiu- Jitsu fighter, Babs Olusanmokun, and Lucas Lepri. Kevin was awarded his Brown Belt in 2008, and 5 months later placed second at the World Championships. Kevin Sheridan received his black belt from Fabio Clemente of Alliance New York December of 2010. After moving back to Jersey after living in NYC, Kevin opened Flying Arm Bar Jiu- Jitsu (Alliance New Jersey) to have a competitive studio to train locally. Kevin is devoted to teaching simple yet effective techniques. He enjoys exposing new people to the art of the sport of the Jiu -Jitsu. Kevin lives in Maplewood New Jersey with his wife Heather and son Phineas and is the owner and operator of Rutgers Painting.