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Big congrats to our long time friends The Jimenez Family.  After years of living and building their Academy in Spring, Texas.  The Jimenez family decided to chase their dream and move out west to Las Vegas, Nevada.  Heading the instruction is Raul Jimenez (Blackbelt- Team Gacho/Alliance), Raul has a solid competition background winning major tournaments such as; IBJJF Worlds Championships, Pan Ams and European Open.Assisting Raul, is the kid Phenom himself Worlds, Pans and Europea …

Douglas Bueno came to the United States from Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2015 to teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and compete in competitions. He found Jiu-Jitsu when he was only 16 years old, but now he's come a long way. He received his black belt from Gustavo "Guto" Campos and is part of the ATOS team. So far this year, he conquered at the IBJJF Austin Open, winning both his division (Master 1) and the open class. He also placed 3rd at the IBJJF American Nationals in the Master 1 divisi …

Arnaldo Oliveira's grappling career started at only 16 years old with Coach Gilberto Gabas in his hometown Aracatuba, São Paulo. Gabas supported him ever since, guiding his career until he received his black belt on December 2013. Shortly after, he moved to the United States to be more involved in the BJJ community and become a professional athlete. He became a competitor under the world famous Leonardo Vieira at Checkmat HQ (Long Beach). Arnaldo also became an instructor at Gooch' …

They say hard work pays and it sure does for this Southern California native. Training under Cobrinha from Bluebelt to Blackbelt the Jiu Jitsu World Champion Hector Vasquez has not only made a name for himself on the Competition scene, but also as a World Class Instructor and Gym Owner.In 2015, with the blessing and full support of the Cobra himself, Hector quit his day job and packed his belongings and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in order to chase his dream of opening his own Academy and t …

We here at MOYA are excited to add the newest addition to our family:  Rudson Mateus (Manacapuru - Amazonas Brasil).  Rudson is an absolute terror on the mats, with his slick sweeps and submission mindset.  Recently coming off a Double Gold Win at IBJJF World Championships 2017 (Brown belt Div), where he beat some of the best big named Athletes in his division and in the Absolute Division.Rudson will be making his Black Belt Debut at Copa Podio on August 12th, 2017, after recently …

We first saw Rolando Samson back in 2011 as young Juvenile Blue Belt, he was fast and crazy athletic, win or lose you were guaranteed to be awed.  One of the things that attracted us the most to this young man was his humility and respect toward others, a true sign of a young person upbringing and values instilled by his parents and loved ones.Through the years we have gone through the Journey together, one match at a time, one stripe at a time, through Blue belt, Purple belt, Brown belt an …

Ok lets take a super hero. Not a figment of our imagination but a real life super hero who’s heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and lives amongst us in human life form and what do you get? ..... Jason Momoa!Thats right guys! It looks like Jason will be preparing for a long journey to lead his people and to be a hero to the world. Of course this is big news!So we here at MOYA gotta make sure he’s in the best damn training gear possible and see to it that he's truly prepped and ready for …

Jason Shirley above wearing our Lost at Sea Premium Gi. Its not everyday you get an NFL Defensive Tackle on the mats and let alone compete in the 2017 IBJJF Pan Am Jiu-Jitsu Championship and take Gold!Thats exactly what Jason Shirley did on March 17 in Irvine, California. The 6 ft 5 in 330lb former Cincinnati Bengals now free agent won the gold medal in the white belt adult ultra-heavyweight division fighting a total of four matches taking out all of eleven other competitors. …

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is quickly catching fire all around the world. Although it's still making its progress in some areas, it's received dedication from prominent athletes, one of them being Asena Melike Agansoy. The 25-year-old is Turkey's first female brown belt under Burak Deger Bicer. She found BJJ while in college in 2012 by the persistence of her brother. They first began with Muay Thai, but felt that there was something missing. Knowing that her brother wanted to train MMA, A …

Another wave of victory set in for our surfing prodigy, Eli Olson. WSL hosted the Hawaii Regionals event this past November 6, which accumulated the athletes' scores from 5 different events they held this year (3 in Hawaii and 2 in Tahiti).   Eli managed to score the best overall run for 2016. This earned him the trophy over a couple hundred other surfers, undeniably proving that he's been the most consistent surfer of the year! Our surfer has kept up a pretty stable train …