Travis Stevens

Travis Stevens is one of the most successful American Judo athletes in the history of martial arts. In 2016, he won the silver medal at the Summer Olympics in Rio. Travis has continued the American Judo tradition of his coach, the legendary Jimmy Pedro, who himself was a part of four Olympic team, by being a part of his third team in 2016. Travis Stevens has won the prestigious Pan American Games twice and has been a National Champion on three different occasions. If his judo career weren’t enough, Travis also earned a black belt from the famed John Danaher of Team Renzo Gracie. He has often participated in the training camps of UFC fighters like Georges St. Pierre, as well as his grappling teammates in the Danaher Death Squad.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Below is a list of Travis Steven's biggest accomplishments focused solely on his career as a judoka and one of the most successful and dominant American judo practitioners in history.

2016: Olympic Games Rio—2nd Place
2016: Grand Prix Havana - 2nd Place
2015: Pan American Senior Championships – 3rd Place
2015: Pan American Games Toronto - 1st Place
2015: Pan American Senior Championships - 3rd Place
2015: Grand Prix Dusseldorf - 7th Place
2014: Grand Prix Zagreb – 2nd Place, Pan American Open Miami – 1st Place, Grand Slam Tyumen – 5th Place, Grand Prix Havana – 2nd Place, Pan American Championships Guayaquil -3rd Place, Grand Prix Tbilisi – 2nd Place, Grand Prix Dusseldorf – 1st Place
2013: Grand Slam Tokyo – 5th Place, Grand Prix Abu Dhabi – 7th Place, Grand Prix Tashkent – 1st Place, Pan American Championships San Jose – 3rd Place, Pan American Open Montevideo -1st Place
2012: Olympic Games London – 5th Place, Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro – 2nd Place, Grand Prix Abu Dhabi – 3rd Place, World Cup Tashkent – 1st Place, Grand Slam Moscow – 2nd Place, Pan American Championships Guadalajara – 2nd Place, Grand Prix Dusseldorf – 1st Place, World Cup Budapest – 5th Place, Masters Baku – 5th Place
2008 Olympic Games

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INSTRUCTION

Travis Stevens has been under the tutelage of the legendary Jimmy Pedro for most of his competitive career. He is also a jiu jitsu black belt under the legendary John Danaher, having been attracted to Danaher's systematic approach. Travis also owns and operates his own academy in the Boston area.

Killing Lasso and Spider Guards

In this Travis Stevens offering from BJJ Fanatics,he he shows the best ways to deal with the frustrating lasso and spider guards, two of the most irksome guards you will ever experience. This is a must have to ensure you never get stuck.

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Movement for Grappling

In this Travis Stevens offering from BJJ Fanatics,he diverges from just pure technique and looks at the behind the scenes movement techniques that help him recover and be able to give 100% on the mats.

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Magic Guard Passing

In this Travis Stevens offering from BJJ Fanatics, he shares all of the secrets to passing the most troublesome guards. Training with the likes of John Danaher and the entire crew of mosnters at the Renzo Gracie Academy during much of his upbringing has exposed him to some of the most dynamic guard games out there.

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Fundamentals and Concepts

In Travis' most recent offering from BJJ Fanatics, he shares the principles and concepts that underly many of the techniques he finds most successful for him. Understanding the concepts underpining any technique makes ones knowledge deeper and the application of the technique more powerful.

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Attacking and Defending the Turtle Position

In Travis' Attacking and Defending the Turtle position focuses on a position that can be much more offensive than it is often given credit for. It can also be an extremely frustrating position for the grappler on the attack and Travis will show you how to defeat the impenetrable walls of anyone's turtle position.

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Chokes

In Travis' Chokes instructional, he shares all of his favorite choke submissions.

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Takedown Academy

In Travis' Takedown Academy instructional, he joins his coach Jimmy Pedro to share their approach to takedowns that has gotten them to 7 Olympic games collectively.

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Travis Stevens

Travis Stevens happened upon judo almost by accident when he was a young boy around the age of 7. He has said in interviews that he had signed up at a local youth center for sport and he accidentally checked the judo box. After just one class, he was hooked on the sport and martial art of judo. Travis would eventually come under the tutelage of four time Olympic team member Jimmy Pedro. It is Jimmy Pedro who Travis would credit with guiding his career both on the mats and off. Travis is well known for his incredible work ethic. Jiu Jitsu teammate and training partner Garry Tonon has described Travis Stevens as one of the only athletes in grappling who trains more than him, as someone who’s known for training up to 8 hours per day on most days.

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Travis was introduced by BJJ black belt and judoka Dave Camarillo to the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, initially as a means of cross training and getting extra workouts in. Travis quickly excelled and found himself at Renzo Gracie’s Academy with the blessing of his coach Jimmy Pedro, during a period when he was rehabilitating from an injury he had suffered related to judo. He found himself into classes taught by John Danaher, the mastermind behind the high level grappling careers of people like Gordon Ryan, Garry Tonon and Eddie Cummings, among others. Travis was attracted to Danaher’s approach towards teaching and would become a staple training partner for UFC veterans like Georges St. Pierre and Chris Weidman.

Though Travis would ultimately pick Judo as his preferred sport because of it’s contant movement and aggression, he loves the creativity that BJJ affords him. Ultimately his goal is to achieve the most he in each of the sports and with his nearly nonstop training schedule and his ability to work through any adversity or injury, place your bets on Travis.

In the short video, Travis Stevens Judo Highlights are on display.

Travis Stevens American Warrior

Notable Techniques

Judo is made up of both stand up and ground techniques. Travis Stevens brings the highest level skill in both the standing and ground techniques of judo. He also brings the black belt knowledge of jiu jitsu that helps supplement and color his technique.

In the video below, Travis shares with 5 time world champion Bernardo Faria to share his techniques to more effectively break the standing posture of his opponents.

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Breaking Standing Posture video (featuring Bernardo)

In the video below, Travis shares a very powerful kimura submission from half guard.

Kimura from Half Guard

Taking the Back

Matches

Below are a few of the fight or match videos that are available on YouTube for Travis Stevens. Travis is one of the most successful judokas in history.