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
Head Coach & Frota Team Founder
Rank
BJJ Black Belt
Experience
BJJ: since 1995
MMA: professional fighter since 2002
Experience as a coach
BJJ & MMA instructor: since 2000
Statement
[read more] 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.[/read]
Alfred Sutter
BJJ Instructor
Rank
BJJ Black Belt
Experience
BJJ: since 2003
Experience as a coach
BJJ Instructor: since 2008
Statement
[read more] 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.[/read]
Ivan Negro
BJJ Instructor
Rank
BJJ Black belt
Experience
BJJ: since 2001 & first student of Augusto Frota
Experience as a coach
BJJ Instructor: since ____
Statement
[read more] 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.[/read]
Viktor Tsibizov
BJJ Instructor
Rank
BJJ Black Belt
Experience
BJJ: since 2012
Experience as a coach
BJJ instructor: since 2015
Statement
[read more] 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.[/read]
Paul Gugger
Wrestling Instructor
Experience
Wrestling: since 2005 (active wrestler for Wrestling Club Winterthur)
Experience in other martial arts
Augusto Frota: since 2007
Experience as a coach
Wrestling instructor: since 2010 (at Frota Team)
Additional education: „Exercise Coach“ education at Chek Institute in California (USA)
Statement
[read more] 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.[/read]
Ilya Motorygin
BJJ Instructor
Rank
BJJ Brown Belt
Experience
BJJ: since 2011
Experience as a coach
BJJ instructor: since 2017
Statement
[read more]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.[/read]
Shamsudin Magomedov
BJJ & Grappling Instructor
Rank
BJJ Black Belt
Experience
Grappling: since 2008
BJJ: since 2015
Experience as a coach
BJJ & grappling instructor: since 2014
Juliano Arantes
BJJ Intro Class Instructor
Rank
BJJ Brown Belt
Experience
Judo: since 7 years old (stopped at yellow belt)
BJJ: first class in 1999, but regularly since 2013 (at Frota Team)
Experience as a coach
BJJ intro class assistant: since 2017
BJJ intro class instructor: since 2018
Additional experience: outside of BJJ, technical trainer and coach – helped to build up various teams in countries such as Brazil, India, China, and Turkey
Statement
[read more] 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. [/read]
Ciriaco Schiavone
BJJ for Kids Instructor
Rank
BJJ Brown Belt
Experience
BJJ: since 2004
Experience as a coach
BJJ kids classes instructor: since 2014
Additional experience: J+S Kindersport Leiter
Statement
[read more]
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.“[/read]
Adonai Alves de Figueiredo
BJJ for Kids Instructor
Rank
BJJ Brown Belt
Experience
BJJ: since 2011
Capoeira: since 1992
Shotokan Karate: 1993-1999
Experience as a coach
BJJ kids classes instructor: since 2013
Capoeira instructor: since 1998
Additional experinece: social worker (Sozialpaedagoge) since 2004
Statement
[read more] I’ve been training martial arts since I was a kid, and today I understand how important they have been for me as I grew up: for my character development, for the way I see the world, and the way I communicate, respect, and emphatize with other people. That’s why it’s been such a fulfilling role for me to be a kids coach at Frota Academy – I like nothing more than seeing young people grow up into responsible, respectful, and kind adults.[/read]
Luke Stevenson
BJJ Intro Class Instructor
Rank
BJJ Purple Belt
Experience
Judo: 2007-2008
BJJ: 2007-2009 & 2017-present
Experience as a coach
BJJ intro class instructor: since 2019
Albert Iveljic
MMA Instructor
Rank
BJJ Purple Belt
Experience
MMA & Thai Boxing: since ____
Experience as a coach
MMA instructor: since ____
[read more] 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![/read]
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