Cesar Chavez High School Saturday, March 18, 2023 Cesar Chavez High School2929 Windflower LaneStockton, CA 95212 Tomorrow we have Dailan and Valentine competing at BJJ Tour in Stockton. Dailan: Gi @ 10:30 mat 6 and No Gi @ 12:00 mat 2 Valentine: Gi @ 10:45 mat 3 and No Gi […]

We like to call it “The American Dream”. It depicts the journey of my husband, who is a Brazilian immigrant, from his homeland in Brazil to Folsom, California. My husband came to the United States to compete in a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament in June 2009. While at the tournament […]

The words Jiu Jitsu means “gentle art”. BJJ promotes the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant by using leverage and proper technique, taking the fight to the ground – most notably by applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat the other person.   A guiding principle is to […]

Jiu Jitsu was created by Buddhist monks who were nomadic people that were often plundered by other people. Because of their religious orientation, they could not use weapons. Therefore, they developed a defense based on the study of animal movements, based on the principle that leverage allowed a much weaker […]