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No one else has taught me ground fighting like Bill has taught me.  It is Bill, and no one else,
who made me dangerous on the ground.  His jiu jitsu is what gave me my submission abilities.
Yosmany Cabezas
(Middleweight Champion of Florida)

I met Bill Banks four years ago when the gym was still a garage! I have seen the gym grow
exponentially. But the one thing that has never changed is the quality of training. Bill has always
been a thinker who encourages all his students to think on their own and to try new things.
Nothing is static. Not only is it the small details that make his jiu-jitsu different from other fighting
styles, but also the simplicity and free flow. Since I have left the gym to complete my Special
Forces training, I haven't found a gym that even remotely compares to the Spartan Gym.
All the
men on my team have trained in some form of combatives or jiu-jitsu as part of our job. I have
been training some of the guys from my team and not one of them is now the same fighter.
Before I started training them, I submitted them easily. But not now. It's amazing. The difference is
literally night and day.
The skills and confidence that the Spartan Gym have instilled in me have
allowed me to become a more formidable combat operator and a more valuable asset to my team.

Thanks Bill. I wouldn't be as capable without your training.
SGT Jeff Williams Special Forces Green Beret
(Captain of Team Spartan from 2006 to 2008)
If you seek success in MMA, and are willing to make the sacrifices needed to train,
it's hands down the best hardcore fight gym I have ever seen.
Bill Banks is the best coach I have had in my life.
Loren Bell
Bill has the best Jiu Jitsu I have seen.  Period.
Nik Arrington
Bill Banks is the most technical Jiu Jitsu instructor I have met.
Jacob Toro
All material produced by Diane Landers and is the copyright possession thereof.  All rights reserved, 2006 to 2010.
The Spartan Gym was established in 2006 as a division of Banks Tactical, Inc., created in 2000.
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