Keenan Cornelius has no angst about his recent ouster from the ATOS camp. Cornelius is making a seminar tour and dropped by the Renzo Gracie academy to train with Garry Tonon, Gordon Ryan and the gang.
Cornelius captioned the trip on his social media:
More open doors and arms, the last week has shown me a lot of really great and talented people are willing to let me come and train just for the sake of Jiujitsu with no politics or expectations. I’m having a great time getting to learn some new training styles, new Jiujitsu styles and teaching styles from @danaherjohn and the other talents here @garrytonon @gordonlovesjiujitsu
Cornelius even did a lifting session alongside Gordon Ryan his paramour and boy wonder Nicky Rodriguez who scored his invite to the ADCC after only 9 months of training bjj.
Naturally John Danaher also wrote an essay to commemorate the occasion sharing:
The squad had a blast today training with the great Keenan Cornelius. Mr Cornelius has always been one of our strongest rivals – a true innovator and pioneer in the sport and someone we have always admired. He had some great rounds with the juniors as we all went through standing and ground grappling. He is an athlete whose game changes very dramatically from gi to no gi so it was fascinating to watch his no gi game and how it contrasts with our own. Looking forward to more sessions over the week from this outstanding American grappler.
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