Gracie Jiu-jitsu Huntington Beach

The more prepared you are to defend yourself, the less likely you’ll be to ever have to do so. #SelfDefense

Happy new year! Who is ready to choke out the first Monday of 2021? We are looking forward to another great year of Jiu Jitsu together! Happy Monday everyone!

We are thankful for YOU! From the bottom of our hearts, we want to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving. We are so grateful to be on this journey with you and we are sending you all our best wishes, today and always. #HappyThanksgiving

Happy Halloween! We wish you all a safe and happy weekend and we will see you back in class on Monday!

Where there’s a will, there’s a way! For in person or online training, contact us for a free first week! Our doors are open but space is limited, so make sure to reserve your spot early and we will see you in class!

Due to a second wave of gym closures, we will be closed until further notice, HOWEVER all classes will continue through live zoom sessions to compliment your full access to gracieuniversity.com training for all registered students! Our doors may be closed, but the training continues! Thank you all for your continued support, we will see you all in class

This is how we feel after another great week of classes! Whether you’ve been training with us in person or through zoom, we’ve been so happy to see you in class and look forward to continuing our Jiu Jitsu journey together. Have a great weekend, we’ll see you all next week!

We had a great first week back in action! We were so happy to welcome so many familiar faces again, and grateful to still have our Jiu Jitsu family going strong! Thank you to everyone who made it out, and to those who are still joining in on our daily zoom sessions. We are grateful for your continued support, and we can’t wait to see you all next week!

A kids first hero, and a best friend for life. Happy Father’s Day to all the great dads out there!

We are forever grateful to those who’ve lost their lives in exchange for our freedoms. Wishing you all a safe Memorial Day filled with gratitude and reflection

Happy Mother’s day to every single amazing mom! If being a great Jiu Jitsu practitioner means mastering the art of patience, efficiency, perseverance and the overall ability to use gentleness as the preferred weapon of choice, then every mother is already a black belt in this art! Thank you for all you do, we appreciate you!

By keeping a Jiu Jitsu mindset, we can continue the practice of remaining calm under pressure. Although we can’t physically be together during these trying times, we are comforted in knowing that you all have the ability to overcome any obstacles that may arise just as you all have the ability to neutralize and control any opponent, regardless of size and difficulty level, with the proper mindset and technique. We miss you all very much and we can’t wait to see you all once again. Hang in there dear friends, we wish you all a happy Monday and a great start to your week!

Until you can get back to class, we are bringing the class to you! We hope you’ve been logging into Gracieuniversity.com at home to keep up with your training, and we are excited to tune in with you all tomorrow 3/28 at 3 pm (PST) for Rener and Ryron’s second live Jiu Jitsu webinar! Last week’s webinar focus was on the Mount position, tomorrow we will learn some exciting Side Control techniques and applications! Also, a friendly reminder that as an active CTC family member,... when you tune in, you'll automatically be entered to win an AWESOME prize at the end of each webinar! Keep training, stay healthy and we will see you all as soon as we can!

Dear Jiu Jitsu Family, we miss each one of you very much and can not wait until we are able to meet you on the mats once again! In the meantime, as a reminder, all active students at our Certified Training Center will continue to have access to the online Gracie University curriculum! Gracie University has created a special at-home progress program that will allow you to continue your jiu-jitsu journey and earn actual class credit (on your attendance card) once the scho...ol re-opens, for any and all classes completed during the closure period. Here is how the process will work for our students: STEP 1: LOG ON AND LEARN Log on to GracieUniversity.com from any computer or mobile device, to access the online lessons that correspond with the program you are currently enrolled in (if you have trouble logging in let us know and we’ll get you set up). Watch the lessons, and although not mandatory, if possible, practice the techniques with a friend or family member. STEP 2: TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Keep a simple training log, and each time you complete a lesson (or review a lesson you’ve previously completed), write down the date and the name of the technique(s) learned. STEP 3: ATTEND A VERIFICATION SEMINAR Once our school officially re-opens and classes resume as normal, we will host a series of free in-person Verification Seminars at the school for active students in each of our programs: Gracie Combatives, Gracie Bullyproof, Women Empowered and Master Cycle. In these Verification Seminars, you will have a chance to demonstrate the techniques you learned during your at-home study sessions. STEP 4: GET CREDIT ON YOUR ATTENDANCE CARD For each technique that you demonstrate correctly (it doesn’t have to be perfect, as long as the core concepts of the techniques are understood) you will get official class credit on your attendance card. We thank each and everyone of you for your continued support during these difficult times. With your help, we are looking forward to being able to keep our doors open and continue to serve all of you with the best self defense education and experience that we can as soon as possible. Stay safe, keep training and we will see you all as soon as we can!

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the cancellation of all Gracie Jiu Jitsu Huntington Beach group classes starting this Monday March 16th 2020 through March 31st. Depending on information available at the end of the month, we will assess if it is safe to resume classes, or if extended closure is necessary. Even though we’ve had no confirmed cases of Coronavirus in our school, the health and safety of our students has, and always will be, our top priority. Based on th...e latest information available from public health professionals and regulations set forth by government officials, we are taking this proactive step to help reduce the spread of the virus. If you are an active student at Gracie Jiu Jitsu Huntington Beach, you will be receiving an email outlining the specifics regarding the at home progress program as well as how to access the street choke mastery seminar and the live super webinars for free. If you do not get the email within 24 hours, please let us know at [email protected] . Thank you for your continued support and please feel free to reach out with any further questions or concerns. We’ve got your back. https://youtu.be/gKadQzYmq7w

We are happy to announce once again our good friend Daynin Dashefsky will be leading a 2 hour seminar at our school! This seminar will focus on pressure and how to apply it in your Jiu Jitsu game! Please join us on Sunday April 19th from 12-2 pm, follow the link to save your spot early and we will see you there! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pressure-seminar-tickets-97215

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Have fun as you train, because it’s easy to remember what you enjoyed learning! #SelfDefense