You can’t run away. You can’t call for help. And you’re on your back with a bigger, stronger attacker on top of you. Jiu-Jitsu is the answer to this horrific problem.
Get in phenomenal shape while learning and training skills that can save your life
Develop situational awareness and how to focus during times of adversity and struggle
Learn and hone your self defense & fighting skills with partner drills and sparring
Our goal at the beginning of class is to make the warm-ups fast-paced and practical. Every drill you learn tones your body, improves mobility, and rebuilds your body.
Jiu-Jitsu is a sport, self-defense system, and fitness program. It relies on leverage and technique, rather than strength and size, which allows you to defend yourself against bigger, stronger attackers.
We do not require sparring or competition in the class, but we do create a safe environment to practice your new techniques if you so choose. We end each class with positional sparring or timed competition rounds.
“Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength.”
A 10th degree red belt, Carlos Gracie was possibly the single most important figure Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu history. He was the very first Gracie with contact with the roots of BJJ (Japanese Jiu-Jitsu) when he was taught judo by Mitsuyo Maeda. He founded the first Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy with the help of his brothers, Oswaldo, Gastão, George and Helio Gracie.
A 10th degree red belt and one of the most important figures in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu‘s history. He was also the father and master of many fighters who carried the name of his family’s trade to martial arts’ mainstream in the early 1990’s. His lineage and legacy are among the strongest in Jiu Jitsu and he is regarded as one of the fathers of the Brazilian grappling art.
Regarded by many as the father of modern day jiu-jitsu, Rolls Gracie is one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport. Before his tragic death at the age of 31, he influenced the following generations in jiu-jitsu, including great practitioners and instructors such as “Carlinhos” Gracie (founder of Gracie-Barra), Rickson Gracie (BJJ Legend), Royce Gracie (UFC Hall of Fame), Romero Cavalcanti (Founder of Alliance BJJ team) and many others.
An 8th degree Master (red and white belt), Master Jacaré is one of just six jiu-jitsu practioners promoted to black belt by Rolls Gracie. He is considered one of the best instructors in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu history, having coached some of the best grapplers the world has seen in the sport. In 1993, he founded Alliance Academy with former students, Fabio Gurgel, Alexandre Paiva, and Fernando Gurgel, to create one of the most dominant jiu-jitsu teams in the history of the sport.
Fabio Gurgel is regarded as one of the top coaches in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The head instructor and leader of Team Alliance at the Sao Paulo headquarters, he was also one of the best jiu-jitsu competitors of his generation with many important titles to his name, including World Champion, Brazilian National champion, and European Open champion.
The head of Team Rocha, Tiago is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Fábio Gurgel and a member of the multiple world champion team Alliance. His own accomplishments include 2x IBJFF Pan American Champion, 2x Brazilian National Champion, a black belt in judo, and instructor to top competitors in jiu-jitsu today. He is based in Uberlandia, Brazil where he first started his jiu-jitsu career alongside top BJJ practitioners Lucas Lepri, Gabriel Goulart, and Claudio Silva.
