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BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU (BJJ)SCHEDULE

$50 for 1 day per week
$80 for 2 days per week
$100 for unlimited classes with yearly commitment
$125 per month for unlimited classes without commitment


MON, TUES & THURS @ 6:30pm - 8PM
MON, TUES & THURS @ 8PM-9:00PM 
SAT 11AM


Shane Mock received his black belt in 2011 from Prof. Rosendo Diaz who in turn received his black belt from Royler Gracie and David Adiv in 2003. 


Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. The art was brought to Brazil by Mitsuyo Maeda (1878-1941). Maeda originally practiced classical styles of Jiu Jitsu, eventually entering the Kodokan to study Judo.

Maeda was living in Brazil (Belem, Para) to help establish a Japanese Immigration colony. At this time Brazil held the largest population of Japanese people outside Japan. He was aided in this effort to establish the colony in Brazil by Gastao Gracie. The introduction to Jiu Jitsu to the Gracie family was a key turning point to its popularity.

Brazillian Jiu Jitsu promotes the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant by using leverage and proper technique – most notably by applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat the other person. BJJ training can be used for sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition or self defense.Sparring (commonly referred to as "rolling") and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition, in relation to progress and ascension through its ranking system.

 

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