Chris "Bones" Burns

"Teach it like you f***ing mean it" — that's Chris's philosophy, and over 10,000 students have felt the difference it makes.

A private student of Master Rickson Gracie and a professionally trained instructor by the Gracie family themselves, Chris sees it as his duty and privilege to preserve and share the art. His method is built on what Rickson called Invisible Jiu-Jitsu: the subtleties of connection, weight distribution and timing that are difficult or impossible to see — they must be felt to be understood. When those invisible concepts replace the regurgitation of techniques, you learn to feel more than do.

Before the mats, Chris was a comic book artist — if you've seen the Thinker Monkey or Chess Gorilla designs hanging in a BJJ gym, that's his work. The artist's eye never left: 22 years on, he still breaks Jiu-Jitsu down the way he once broke down a drawing — into the essential lines that make the whole thing work.

For Chris, Jiu-Jitsu builds confidence, instils humility, and teaches you to stay calm in intense situations. The art of Jiu-Jitsu is the art of life — and the Zero Point method teaches for life.