Frota Academy Instructors

You’re in good hands: our team of is made up of experienced instructors, with decades’ worth of coaching and fighting experience.

Augusto Frota
Augusto Frota (Head Coach and FT Founder)
RANK
Black Belt (4th degree)

EXPERIENCE
BJJ since 1995
MMA Professional Fighter since 2002

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
BJJ/MMA instructor since 2000

STATEMENT

I’m extremely happy that I’ve been able to help so many students reach their dreams and to fulfill their potential. As the Academy’s owner and head coach, I wish to inspire every student with my experience and to install in them the sense of commitment to our team – so that all of us can improve each and every day, together.
Alfred Sutter
Alfred Sutter BJJ
RANK
Black Belt

EXPERIENCE
BJJ since 2003

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
BJJ instructor since 2008

STATEMENT

BJJ is a sport that should be trained by much more people. Not necessarily because of the techniques (throws and submissions), but also because BJJ creates a solid foundation for body awareness and motor activity – which can increase everyone’s quality of life. In the short time that I had the chance to teach our students, I realized that a lot of people have problems with their body awareness. So, by training Jiu-Jitsu, you learn to understand your body better; with each training making you feel a little bit better than you felt before.
Ivan Negro
Ivan NegroBJJ
RANK
Black Belt, BJJ since 2001 (first student of Augusto Frota)

EXPERIENCE IN OTHER MARTIAL ARTS
Augusto Frota since 2001

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
I have been training a lot of many different styles.

STATEMENT

Even after so many years of training and coaching BJJ, I still get so happy when I notice how the Frota Team is becoming bigger and bigger. With time, I have learnt that loyalty means so much more than just being a part of the team… Instead, it also means showing respect and being respected, showing empathy and supporting everyone to become the best that they can be.
 Our head coach Augusto has instilled those values into all of us as coaches, as well as into our students. So, I try to teach my classes and instill the values into the students in the same way that he does.
Viktor Tsibizov
Viktor TsibizovBJJ
RANK
Black Belt

EXPERIENCE
BJJ since 2012

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
Teaching since purple belt since 2015

STATEMENT

I’ve been teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since I was a purple belt. What I found out was that, if you want to get to know someone like a person, one of the best ways of doing so is bringing them to BJJ… Because Jiu-Jitsu has a great way of casting a light on our true personalities. And that is one of the main reasons why I love Jiu-Jitsu.
Paul Gugger
Paul GuggerWrestling
EXPERIENCE
Active wrestler for Wrestling Club Winterthur since 2005

EXPERIENCE IN OTHER MARTIAL ARTS
Augusto Frota since 2007

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
Wrestling-Trainer at Frota-Team
since 2010
Education as “Exercise Coach” at Chek Institute in California (USA)

STATEMENT

As a coach, I mainly focus on wrestling techniques which I managed to apply successfully in competition. Also, I think it’s important to emphasize that – in my eyes – BJJ is the only martial art which can neutralise and actually beat wrestling techniques on the bottom.
Ilya Motorygin
Ilya Motorygin BJJ
RANK
Black Belt

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
BJJ since 2011
BJJ instructor since 2017

STATEMENT

BJJ has changed my life and inspired me for opening of the new horizons. I am pleased to share my knowledge with the members of our academy as well as learn through the trainings and achieve new levels of my BJJ journey.
Shamsudin Magomedov
Shamsudin MagomedovBJJ
RANK
BJJ Black Belt

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
Bjj since 2015 (grappling since 2008)
Bjj/grappling instructor since 2014

Juliano Arantes
Juliano ArantesBJJ Intro
RANK
BJJ Brown Belt

EXPERIENCE
Started Judo at the age 7 years old (stopped at Yellow belt), BJJ first class on 1999, but regularly since 2013 at Frota Team

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
BJJ Since 2017 Intro Class instructor assistant
Since 2018 Intro Class instructor
Outside BJJ
Technical trainer and coach, help to build up various teams in various countries such as Brazil, India, China and Turkey.

STATEMENT

My father was a teacher his entire life, and so he transferred that love for teaching onto me. When I teach, I always try to find new and more insightful ways to explain a technique, a move, or a concept – an approach which I adapt to the different students that learn Jiu-Jitsu. To their different personalities, different body types, and different levels of physical conditioning.
Thanks to my job, I frequently travel abroad for business. When I do, I always bring a gi with me and try to keep myself active while travelling. Altogether, BJJ has opened up doors for me and, thanks to Professor Augusto Frota, I was always very well-welcomed everywhere I went to. Ultimately, BJJ makes me happy – and I’m blessed to have been given an opportunity to help other people feel that happiness as well.
Ciriaco Schiavone
Ciriaco SchiavoneBJJ Kids
RANK
BJJ Brown Belt

EXPERIENCE
BJJ since 2004

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
Kids instructor since 2014
J+S Kindersport Leiter

STATEMENT

One of the most rewarding and motivating things for me as a BJJ coach for kids is seeing our students evolve in positive ways; both on and off the mats. I think that my way of thinking can be summarized in one quote, originally said by Dr. Billy Graham: „One coach will impact more young people in a year than the average person does in a lifetime.“
Luke Stevenson
Luke StevensonBJJ
RANK
BJJ Brown Belt

EXPERIENCE
Judo 2007-2008
BJJ 2007-2009
BJJ 2017-Present

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
BJJ since 2019

Albert Iveljic
Albert IveljicBJJ
RANK
BJJ Purple Belt

SPECIALIZED
• MMA
• Thay Boxing

EXPERIENCE AS TRAINER
Training for several years at Frota Academy as being a MMA instructor, too.

STATEMENT

I am an extremely dedicated person, with lots of passion for MMA, BJJ, and Thai Boxing. It’s been a great honor for me to be Augusto’s student and to learn from him, and I always give my best to teach my students in the same way he taught me. It’s all about discipline, effort, consistency, and of course – having fun! I can tell you that, after just several months of training in my classes at Frota Academy, you will notice great improvements. So, feel free to join and to train with us!

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