Coach Greg Jackson is a mixed martial arts trainer who co-owns Jackson Wink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, widely considered the top MMA training camp globally. Coach Jackson has trained many successful fighters, including former UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski, and countless other professional MMA athletes and champions.

 

Greg comes from a family of pacifists, and he grew up in a rough neighborhood. Because he needed to learn how to defend himself, he began learning martial arts.

 

While the young Jackson was occasionally passive in fighting, he would also be an aggressor in brawls and was suspended from school on more than one occasion. After graduating High School, he founded his martial art, Gaidojutsu, which combines rudimentary techniques from wrestling and kickboxing with basic judo locks. He then developed his craft by adding techniques from other styles such as wrestling, grappling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and kickboxing. His school officially turned into an MMA school in 2000. In 2007 Jackson teamed up with striking coach Mike Winkeljohn, and since then, the gym has been known by the name Jackson Wink MMA Academy.