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Edward Cummings was born in New York, United States of America on October 1984.
By his own admission, Cummings was not a very “sporty” kid while growing up. His interest in jiu-jitsu started while studying physics at Stony Brook University during the late 2000s, an institution that ran a grappling class in the basement of its racquetball courts.
Krishna Mirjah was Cumming’s first coach at SBU, a jiu-jitsu instructor who focused predominantly on the no-gi facet of the sport. Mirjah instilled in Cummings the interest for competition, later awarding the “Wolverine” his blue belt after a few strong performances at local grappling tournaments.
After 3 years training at Stony Brook University, Cummings moved to the New York City for school purposes, joining Renzo Gracie’s academy as a blue belt.
Although Cummings already had some basic knowledge of leg locks coming into RGA, the drive to specialize in that aspect of jiu-jitsu was galvanized by a win over East Coast grappling veteran Mark Ramos in 2013 at Grappler’s Quest World Series of Grappling tournament. An event Eddie won in his weight class and reached second in the advanced open weight division.
The desire to study lower limb submissions was fully met by John Danaher‘s knowledge on the subject – RGA’s assistant instructor. Under Danaher’s guidance, Cummings became one of the most feared grapplers in submission only’s competitive circuit. His many achievements on the mats earned Eddie his black belt on January 2015, approximately 5 years after he first started training.
