Black belt. IBJJF European Champion. Founder of ALBA Jiu Jitsu.

Thomas Bracher, known to his students as Professor Tom, founded ALBA Jiu Jitsu in Sutton Coldfield & Solihull and grew it into one of the biggest Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academies in the UK, with sites in Solihull and Sutton Coldfield and hundreds of students on the mats. He's a black belt and an IBJJF European Champion, and he still competes at masters level today. For Tom, that's not incidental. He doesn't think a coach should stop testing himself just because he's the one running the academy. If he expects his students to compete, he competes too.