Second-degree black belt under Chris Haueter · Takedown Nation
Eric
Bydairk
Wrestling and jiu-jitsu, taught as one.
About Eric
Rare in BJJ. Useful everywhere.
Eric Bydairk is a second-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Chris Haueter, a former NCAA Division I wrestler at Lock Haven University, an IBJJF European Champion, and a longtime BJJ Globetrotters instructor.
He offers something relatively rare in BJJ: legitimate high-level wrestling combined with decades of jiu-jitsu — and a proven ability to teach the two as one coherent grappling system. He's known for breaking complex concepts into practical, easy-to-understand systems that hold up under real resistance, useful for everyone from day-one beginners to experienced competitors.
The credentials
The receipts.
- Second-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Chris Haueter (Dirty Dozen), Combat Base lineage
- Former NCAA Division I wrestler, Lock Haven University
- High school: Northeast Regional champion at 145 lbs; 5th place, 1994 Pennsylvania AAA State Championships
- Gold, 2014 IBJJF European Championship (Master 2 purple belt, medium-heavy)
- Owner and head coach, Takedown Nation
- BJJ Globetrotters camp instructor since 2018 — underhooks, takedowns, north-south, Russian arm ties, and front-headlock systems — and listed among the instructors for USA Camp 2027
Seminars
Where wrestling meets jiu-jitsu.
Eric has spent years teaching wrestlers how to adapt their skills to jiu-jitsu — and showing jiu-jitsu practitioners how to build effective stand-up without trying to turn them into wrestlers.
His seminars live where the two arts truly intersect: takedowns, hand fighting, underhooks, front headlocks, positional control, and turning a successful takedown into dominant jiu-jitsu instead of treating it as the end of the exchange. You don't need a wrestling background to get value — beginners leave with usable fundamentals; competitors leave with systems that hold up when someone is genuinely trying to stop them.
$1,500 flat for a single session, gi or no-gi — or $2,500 for the two-day double: no-gi one evening, gi the next day.
Bring Eric to your gym
Private lessons · from $80/hour
Your game, audited.
A private with Eric is built specifically around your game, your goals, and the positions where you keep getting stuck. He's quick to identify technical gaps and gives you practical solutions that fit your body type and style — no one-size-fits-all system forced onto your game. Takedowns, transitions, problem positions, competition prep, or just faster progress.
$100/hour at Trust BJJ in Wenona — $80 for Trust BJJ members, $125 when Eric comes to your gym, usually around a seminar trip.
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If every roll starts from the knees, there's a hole in your game. Eric's whole career is the patch.
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