Szucceed is a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under multi-time World Champion, 6th degree Black Belt Cleber Luciano Costa from Cleber MMA in Huntington Beach, CA and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was the first Texan tested and awarded his Purple Belt by Master Cleber Luciano, 4th degree Sean Cooper and Professor Adrian J Trevino. He is also a certified Gracie instructor through Gracie University and trained directly under Ryron Gracie and Rener Gracie from Torrance, CA. Szucceed is the lead instructor for the Gracie Bullyproof and Gracie Combatives programs at Atomic Jiu-Jitsu and an Assistant Instructor for the Advanced Jiu-Jitsu program.