DENVER, CO — Ryan Pfeiffer, 29, has been training Brazilian jiu-jitsu for eighteen months across three separate academies simultaneously, and coaches at all three locations confirm he is not improving.
Pfeiffer, a one-stripe white belt, currently holds active memberships at Altitude BJJ ($175/mo), Denver Submission Lab ($149/mo), and an Evolve MMA affiliate location ($199/mo) where he attends a Tuesday fundamentals class and a Thursday open mat. Combined, he attends eleven sessions per week and spends $523 monthly on tuition alone, not counting the four gis he owns.
“He comes to class consistently,” said Altitude head coach Marcus Webb. “I’ll give him that. He never misses. He shows up, he works hard, he taps immediately, and then the next class it’s exactly the same. It’s like training has no effect on him. Like he’s immune.”
Coaches at all three gyms provided similar assessments. Ryan, they agree, has excellent attendance, a positive attitude, and a passing game that has not evolved since his first month. He is enthusiastic. He is coachable in the sense that he nods when corrected. The corrections do not carry over.
Pfeiffer’s own explanation is that the three-gym approach gives him exposure to different styles. “I’m getting the wrestling base at Altitude, the leg lock system at the Lab, and the fundamentals foundation at Evolve,” he said. “It’s like building a complete game from multiple sources.”
His teammates at all three locations describe the results of this strategy as “a guy who kind of does a little bit of everything and can’t finish any of it.”
At press time, Pfeiffer had signed up for a seminar.
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