Coach Vince Choo
Head Coach · VCBJJ
BJJ 3rd-Degree Black Belt
I believe BJJ is most valuable for the people who are least likely to walk into a gym.
The 44-year-old who hasn’t trained anything since university. The professional who is quietly wondering if this window has closed. The person who wants to learn something real with their body — not perform fitness, not chase a belt, not prove something to anyone.
That is who I built this for.
Not because beginners are easier to coach. Because the gap between who BJJ could serve and who it actually serves is enormous — and closing that gap is more interesting to me than producing another competitor.
I’ve spent over 45 years in martial arts and over 30 running my own gym. BJJ is what I teach now because it’s the most honest system I’ve found — your technique either works under pressure or it doesn’t.
My approach was not handed to me in a gym — it was built over a decade of deliberate study, honest self-assessment, and training with practitioners whose ideas survived contact with reality. The strongest influence on how I teach defence and survival is Priit Mihkelson’s approach to positional defence — strategies I adopted because they work specifically for adults who can’t afford to be injured.
VCBJJ is built for working adults who want to train seriously without getting hurt or wasting time. Classes are small — 10 maximum. No contracts, no egos, no filler. The teaching is problem-first: you learn by doing, and every session follows a clear system so you always know where you are and what you’re building.
My students are professionals in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. They stay because the training works and the environment respects them.
Practitioners whose work has shaped how Coach Vince teaches:
VCBJJ trains adults of all backgrounds in Bangsar, KL. If you're wondering whether BJJ in Bangsar is the right fit, the Bangsar BJJ page covers how training here works in practice. Women train here too — from their 20s to their 60s, in the same small-group environment.