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Patrick Gatbunton
Head Coach - Kids BJJ Program
BJJ Black Belt, 1st Degree
BJJ Black Belt 1st Degree and decorated grappling competitor. Professor Patrick is known for his creative guard game and his ability to break down complex techniques for students at every level.
Biography
Patrick "Pat the Gat" Gatbunton is Chicago MMA's Head Coach for the Kids BJJ Program and a second-degree black belt under Professor Misho Ceko. He has been training jiu-jitsu since 2016 — that's over 11 years of mat time, and counting.
Pat's coaching style is direct, detail-oriented, and genuinely fun. He has a gift for breaking down complex technique into concepts that stick, whether he's working with a nervous four-year-old or a teenager preparing for their first competition. His unofficial job title? "Yelling 'Jiu-Jitsu!' at people." It's more accurate than it sounds.
Off the mat, Pat is the proud founder of the WatchDawg Watch Club — a community for watch enthusiasts who also happen to train. He has two non-negotiable rules in life: always wear a watch to class, and never go barefoot in a gym bathroom. Both are enforced with equal conviction.
His walkout song is "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" by ODB. If you know, you know.
Quick Facts
- Title
- Head Coach - Kids BJJ Program
- Rank
- BJJ Black Belt, 1st Degree
- Discipline
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
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