Joe Thompson Lockdown BJJ

About Professor Joe Thompson
SOCA BJJ Black Belt 2nd Degree & Pro MMA Fighter
 
Joe is an accomplished BJJ competitor, he has competed and won many NAGA, Grapplers Quest, Good Fights and IBJJF tournaments. Most notably being a two time IBJJF World Champion and 6x Pan American Champion in both Gi and No-Gi events. Joe had finished 2nd this year in the 2017 IBJJF Masters World Championships. Joe has been featured in several magazines such as MMA Weekly and Gracie mag along with an extensive collection of video’s on YouTube.
Joe has been training one form of combative art or another since he was 14 years old. As a kid he boxed in PAL, he also tried his hand at wrestling in junior high and high school, then like most he found himself in Tae-Kwon-Doe. After bouncing around for some years Joe found himself in a traditional karate system American Combat. It was there after studying the standup style for many years that he discovered the ground style of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.