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“Great family environment with excellent people! Very knowledgeable Instructors, that you can tell truly love what they do! Look forward to my classes each week!!”
Academia Rocian Gracie Jr
GMA Family
Traditional Gi Jiu-Jitsu in the Rocian Gracie Jr. method — taught by IBJJF-certified black belts for adults and teens 14 and up. Beginners train from day one. Your first class is free.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a grappling art built around ground fighting, submissions, and positional control. It was developed by the Gracie family in Brazil to let a smaller, weaker person defend against a larger opponent using leverage and technique instead of strength.
It has since proven itself as the most effective ground-fighting system in the world — the backbone of modern MMA and a cornerstone of military and law enforcement combatives. But most people stay for what happens off the mat: the problem-solving, the conditioning, and the training partners.
Adult members also get free access to the weight room and online curriculum videos in the student portal for every level.
Authentic Gracie Lineage: GMA is a branch academy of the Rocian Gracie Jr. organization, and our classes teach his method — passed down from his grandfather Carlos Gracie, the founder of Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and his father Rocian Gracie Sr. Master Rocian and Professor Spillmann grew up together and have worked side by side for over 30 years. Professor Spillmann received his Black Belt from Master Rocian on December 12, 2001, and classes here are taught by Professor Spillmann, his sons and his grandsons.
A complete grappling education — from fundamental positions to advanced submissions.
Control and attack from your back using closed, open, half, and butterfly guard. Turn a defensive position into an offensive weapon.
Bring the fight to the ground on your terms. Single-legs, double-legs, trips, and hip throws adapted for BJJ and self-defense.
Chokes, joint locks, and sweeps — the tools that end a confrontation. Armbars, triangles, kimuras, guillotines and dozens more.
Systematically dismantle your opponent's guard and establish dominant position. Pressure passing, speed passing, and everything between.
The foundation everything else is built on. Get out from under mount, side control, and back control calmly and efficiently.
Live training from specific positions so you get dozens of focused repetitions instead of one long scramble.
BJJ is built on the principle that technique overcomes size and strength. That makes it accessible to everyone.
No experience needed and no separate beginners-only track. You train with everyone from your first class, with an instructor guiding you.
An hour of live grappling is the most demanding conditioning most people ever do — and you barely notice because you are problem-solving.
Learn to protect yourself in the most common real-world scenario — a close-range confrontation that ends up on the ground.
IBJJF-certified instruction and competition preparation for students who want to test their skills in tournaments.
Certified, background-checked and Safe Sport trained. Classes here are taught by Professor Spillmann, his sons and his grandsons.
50+ years in martial arts. Received his BJJ Black Belt directly from Master Rocian Gracie Jr. on December 12, 2000. He and Master Rocian grew up together and have worked side by side for over 30 years.
Kukkiwon / GMA / IBJJF certified. Trains across multiple disciplines and brings energy and patience to every class — especially with younger students.
Multi-discipline martial artist and BJJ coach. Brings technical precision and a calm teaching style to both adult and youth classes.
Coaches on the Jiu-Jitsu mat and works closely with new students. Trained in the Rocian Gracie Jr. curriculum alongside the GMA fight team.
BJJ uses separate belt tracks for kids and adults. Every belt below black carries four stripes, earned through mat time, technique and instructor evaluation before promotion.
Depending on program length and number of classes per week
“Great family environment with excellent people! Very knowledgeable Instructors, that you can tell truly love what they do! Look forward to my classes each week!!”
“You won't find a school around here that offers better training. Most schools nowadays are just black belt farms — they hand out black belts like candy. GMA is definitely the real deal, and I'm glad that we are a part of it.”
Your first class is free — no commitment, no pressure. Just show up ready to learn and our instructors will guide you through everything.
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