Darko Zaric

Darko has been training since 1996 and was first attracted to BJJ and MMA through watching the very early UFC shows

He was amazed at how Royce Gracie was able to consistently and convincingly beat all of his opponents and thought he would try BJJ

His first lesson was a massive learning experience where a 100kg plus Darko was forced to tap four times in four minutes to a 55kg Gavin.

From that moment on he was hooked and has been training 5-6 times a week since that fateful day.

Darko was awarded his black belt in 2008 by Anthony Lange.

He has been a trainer at our North Manly gym for a number of years as well as running schools at Artarmon and North Sydney

Darko also trains in MMA and Thai Boxing to round out his skill set and has an annual trek to Thailand to work on his Muay Thai

Darko has competed in BJJ tournaments at every level coming 2nd as a brown belt and 1st as a black belt in the Machado Nationals

He has also competed in Pankration

Darko loves instructing and passing on his knowledge of the sport to others

Darko has also won our most handsome instructor award for the last 4 years running