OUR LEGACY

JIU-JITSU IS A PROVEN SELF-DEFENSE MARTIAL ART THAT ENABLES A TRAINED PRACTITIONER TO DEFEND AGAINST A LARGER ASSAILANT BY UTILIZING LEVERAGE, ANGLES, POSITIONING, AND CONTROL. BEYOND SELF-DEFENSE, THIS ART PROVIDES A COMPLETE WORKOUT AND BUILDS MENTAL STRENGTH THROUGH FOCUS AND COMMITMENT. 

A man in a white Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gi sitting cross-legged on the mat, looking serious, with a black belt.
Group of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners and instructors posing for a photo in a gym. They are dressed in gi uniforms, some with black belts, sitting and standing in front of a wall padded for training.

JIU-JITSU HAS A STORIED LEGACY THAT IS CONTINUALLY EVOLVING. OUR FOUNDER, RENATO MAGNO, HAS BEEN DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH THAT LEGACY. HIS DEVELOPMENT WAS SHAPED BY MASTER GASTÃO GRACIE JR., MASTER CARLOS GRACIE JR., AND THE MACHADO BROTHERS. RENATO ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1991 AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THEIR ACADEMIES. RENATO IS OFTEN CALLED THE “SIXTH MACHADO BROTHER”, AS HE IS THE ONLY BLACK BELT TO RECEIVE HIS BELT FROM ALL FIVE BROTHERS. RENATO IS NOW ONE OF THE FEW CORAL BELTS IN THE WORLD.

RENATO OPENED STREET SPORTS IN SANTA MONICA IN 1998. STREET SPORTS TODAY IS RUN BY A COUNCIL OF 13 BLACK BELTS, WHO OVERSEE TRAINING, MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTIONS. ALMOST NOWHERE ELSE IN THE UNITED STATES IS THIS MUCH EXPERIENCE ON THE MATS ON A DAILY BASIS. OUR AFFILIATION WITH OTHER STREET SPORTS ACADEMIES BRINGS FURTHER EXPERIENCE ONTO OUR MATS.

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