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INSTRUCTORS
Niko Han
Niko Han began to train Brazilian jiu-jitsu on October 28, 1996 at Rickson Gracie's academy in Los Angeles, California. He received his blue belt from Rickson Gracie on November 15, 1997. He then continued training at the Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu Club in Los Angeles, California under Marc Laimon, Ethan Milius and Marcus Vinicius, in December of 1998. He received his purple belt from Marcus Vinicius on June 17, 2000. During this time he started training with ADCC veteran, Eddie Bravo, and soon after, in May 2001 Niko started training in Tarzana, California under BJJ and ADCC world champion Jean-Jacques Machado. In October 2000 he started wrestling and Mixed Martial Arts at the R1 training center in El Segundo, California under freestyle wrestling and MMA champion Ricco Chipparelli and Frank Trigg. He then joined the wrestling club of University of California Los Angeles in February 2001. In July 2001 Niko also began teaching the Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes at UCLA, and at the same time took up boxing at the L.A. Boxing Gym and Bill Slayton's Broadway Boxing Gym in Los Angeles.
In August of 2002, he finally made the move to Las Vegas, Nevada to train with Marc Laimon, his friend and the coach of Cobra Kai Jiu-Jitsu Academy. There he also continued his boxing and MMA with Skipper Kelp, UNLV's head boxing coach. In Las Vegas he had the opportunity and great honor to train with many of the best grapplers and MMA fighters in the world. Before finally returning to his home country Indonesia, he made a trip to Brazil to train at the Nova Uniao Academy in Rio de Janeiro under Andre Pedeneiras and BJJ world and MMA champion Vitor Ribeiro, and also with BJJ and ADCC world champion Leo Vieira, Fernando Terere and Eduardo Telles at the Master Jiu-Jitsu Academies in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2003. Marc Laimon awarded Niko his brown belt on May 20, 2003 in Rio de Janeiro.
Now that he has permanently returned to Indonesia to teach the art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts in his country, he still keeps his skills updated by returning to train in the United States on a regular basis. Marc Laimon promoted Niko Han to black belt on February 14, 2008.
Since his return back to Indonesia, Niko has established Synergy®, founded the Indonesian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation and the Indonesian Grappling Federation. In 2005, he started organizing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, submission grappling and mixed martial arts events throughout the country in order to promote and popularize the sport.
EXPERIENCE
- Rickson Gracie Academy October 28, 1996
- BHJJC December 10, 1998
- Jean-Jacques Machado Academy May 5, 2001
- R1 Training Center October 17, 2001
- UCLA Wrestling February 12, 2001
- L.A. Boxing Gym September 6, 2001
- Broadway Boxing Gym January 15, 2002
- Nova Uniao Academy, USA August 5, 2002
- Nova Uniao Academy, Brazil May 2003
- Master Jiu-Jitsu Academy, Brazil June 2003
- Cobra Kai Jiu-Jitsu Academy, USA January 2006-2008
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Gold medal at the South-East Asian Gi Absolute Grappling Games (March 17, 2007)
- Gold medal at the South-East Asian Gi Grappling Games (March 17, 2007)
- Bronze medal at the South-East Asian No-Gi Grappling Games (March 17, 2007)
- Silver medal at Java Freestyle Wrestling Championship (October 10, 2004)
- Gold medal at the Desert Quest 4, 8-Man Superfight Tournament (February 15, 2003)
- Silver medal at the Grapplers Quest West 3 (November 16, 2002)
- Gold medal at the Pan American Submission Wrestling Open (July 28, 2001)
- Silver medal at the Bad Boy Submission Open (May 9, 1998)
- Silver medal at the Machado No-Gi Championship (September 30, 2000)
- Silver medal at Rickson Gracie’s International Jiu-Jitsu Championship (August 31, 1997)
- Gold medal at Joe Moreira’s De Brasil Championship (June 1, 1997)
 
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