FAQ'S

Brazilian jiu jitsu is a grappling style that grew out of Judo. It emphasizes fighting on the ground specifically how to reach a controlling position, then finishing with a choke, joint lock, or any other type of submission. There is no striking or kicking. Sparring/training is a major part of jujitsu and is ranked based off of belt.

This also means that competition, self-defense, physical fitness, discipline are all Central parts of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Some schools will focus only on competition, only on self-defense, or community.

The GI, Is the uniform that we wear very similar to the traditional Japanese kimono. We wear this along with our belt and utilize the Gi during sparring to assist in control guard passing and submissions.

Nogi is commonly referred to as submission grappling. This has almost all the same submissions that you can do in Gi, but also with a more focus on wrestling and leg entanglements.

No you did not need experience to start Brazilian jiu-jitsu, we have classes that suit beginners and immediate and advance students.

This is one of the common misnomers about starting jujitsu, we have students that started in their '30s '40s and '50s.

80% of our students have never stepped foot on a competition mat. Although competing is great to help improve it's not a requirement.

There is a common thought that Jiu-Jitsu is very very dangerous. But as with every other sport, the harder you go the more frequent you go, the more chance it is for you to get injured. You can do warm up drilling and sparring with zero to little risk, being aware of your body and another person's body is important to staying safe. The most common injuries is uncontrolled falling body weight, so if you are unaware of what you are doing or your partner is doing, that's where injuries happen. They are completely avoidable.

Jiu-Jitsu is a fantastic sport for children. This will help with confidence, discipline, self-defense, physical fitness, and a host of other things. During the growth and development of children in the sport, we have seen kids go from quiet unconfident kids to outgoing confident individuals. 

Kuleana is the Hawaiian word meaning responsibility. Kuleana encourages to be accountable for all that we do, it is the ability to respond to whatever is happening. 

Those who live the value of Kuleana know that their happiness is dependent on what happens inside of them, not outside. They choose how to react to circumstances, not let the circumstances determine how they feel .

We will live with Kuleana we do our parts to take care of ourselves, our communities, and the environment.

Kuleana means we all have a responsibility.

What does a class look like?

Each class is structured very similar with a different focus:

• We start by warming up. This could be any combination of conditioning, drilling, partner drills, or stand-up. 
• Standup, we have a stand-up focus of the week. 
• Technique, the instructor will go over the daily technique for everyone to drill in partners.
• Positional, we do positional drills that focus on what our goals are for the week. 
• Sparring, then we do open sparring.

• The instructor does not spar with the students. This is okay if they are injured. 
• The school does not let you cross-train at other academies.
• The school has a no-competition rule. 
• The school does not allow you to spar. 
• There are no women who train at the school. 
• Attendance-based promotions. 
• The Mats are dirty, Overall cleanliness. 
• No open mats. 
• Bad attitude and egos. 
• A long-ass contract you can't break. This is also illegal in California. 
• No module or curriculum.