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Structured Learning

Every program follows a predetermined curriculum, allowing students to plan their time in advance and know exactly what they will learn.

Every student receives an attendance card, on which we record their progress. This way, they can see how far they've come and exactly what it will take to advance to the next level.

We have taken great care to ensure that you will enjoy the highly regulated and supportive approach only found at Certified Gracie Jiu-jitsu Training Centres in a martial art where misunderstanding and frustration are frequent.

Safe Training Environment

At our CTCs safety is the number one priority. In far too many BJJ schools the classes are structured to meet the needs of the most elite students.

If you're a beginner student, you are expected to serve as a “grappling dummy” for those above you. The thought process is, if you avoid injury and stick around long enough, you will eventually figure it out. At our CTCs we take the opposite approach.

Firstly, there is no competitive sparring in our beginner programs. As a result, you’ll have a chance to learn all the beginner techniques in a fully-cooperative environment, with like-minded training partners, for 8-12 months. Once you move on to the advanced program, and you begin sparring, you will have the benefit of working with training partners of every skill level, who are working with you rather than against you. This culture of collaboration and mutual benefit is extremely rare in jiu-jitsu, and we go to great lengths to make sure it is upheld at all of our CTCs.

Street Readiness

When it was originally founded by Grand Masters Carlos and Helio Gracie in the early 1900’s, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu only had one purpose – effectiveness in real fights.

Several decades later, when sportive competition was introduced and popularized throughout Brazil and the US, there was a distinct shift in training objectives at most BJJ schools.

This caused them to neglect the self-defense aspect of jiu-jitsu, such that students could train for many years without ever learning how their grappling skills would apply against a striking opponent in a real fight. At all Certified Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Training Centres street self-defense remains the top priority throughout all of our training programs.