Scott Burr is a third-degree black belt professor in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. He is the first person to earn the rank of black belt from American BJJ pioneer and sixth-degree black belt professor Steve Maxwell. To date he is one of only a handful of people to have earned the rank of black belt under Steve. He received his professor bars and his first and second degrees from Steve Maxwell; he received his third black belt degree from Master Rickson Gracie. Scott also holds black belt rank in Kodokan Judo (Nidan/second degree certified by the USJA; shodan/first degree awarded by representatives of the Konan Yudanshakai and certified by the Kodokan Judo Institute) and the Korean art of Kuk Sul Do (jo kyo/first degree, awarded and certified by Federation President and Grandmaster Choon Shik Yang). Scott is also a MaxwellSC-certified Pro Trainer, and holds Level 1 and Level 2 certifications in both the MaxwellSC Kettlebell and Bodyweight Training systems. Additionally he has appeared in many of Steve Maxwell's instructional videos as Steve's "designated demonstrator" and has traveled all over the world with Steve—from El Salvador to Croatia—assisting at seminars on everything from joint mobility to breathwork to kettlebell training to Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Scott was the head BJJ instructor and Strength & Conditioning coach at The Fight Gym (originally an all-in-one MMA gym, and later a dedicated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school and Strength & Conditioning facility) for over a decade. He now runs Enclave Jiu-Jitsu, a martial arts community and private training facility located in of Northeast Ohio. Visit http://www.EnclaveJiuJitsu.com for more information. Scott is the author of the strength & conditioning and martial arts books Suspend Your Disbelief: How to Build and Build Strength with the World's Most Rugged Suspension Training Device, Superhero Simplified: Collected, Selected, Revised and Expanded, and Get a Grip: A Practical Primer on Grip Strength and Endurance Training… and More. He is co-author of Richard Bresler's memoir about Richard's experience as the first student of BJJ in the US, Worth Defending: How Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Saved My Life, which was an Amazon #1 Bestseller and an Amazon #1 New Release. He was the editor and designer for Robert Drysdale's bestselling book Opening Closed Guard: The Origins of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil: The Story Behind the Film. More information about Scott's writing can be found at http://www.ScottBurrAuthor.com. In recent years Scott has had the opportunity to train with and learn directly from Master Rickson Gracie. He now takes every opportunity to travel to Southern California to do so. He has also appeared in instructional content on Master Rickson's online platform, http://www.Rickson.Academy.