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The last day we had a large group class was on March 16, 2020. It was my birthday and after class, the students had a cake for me and sang me Happy Birthday. With a heavy heart, we decided to close down our facility the very next day on March 17. In the beginning of all this, we knew very little about COVID-19. I think everyone panicked at some point. We lost about 20% of our students during the first week, mostly the new students and white belts. As people lost their jobs, they immediately cont …

Roberto Jimenez is no a doubt a rising star in the Jiu Jitsu Scene!  Winning multiple prestigious Tournaments including Pans, Worlds, Fight to Win Pro and several other Super Fights.  Recently we had the opportunity to document his most recent Invitation only Tournament - Elite Submission League 16 Man Tournament.  No doubt Roberto is a Special Athlete, constantly evolving his game.    Keep an eye out on this kid!!!Special thank you to the boyz over at Puras Broncas …

Believe in your work and others will believe in you too. That's exactly what Raul Jimenez did when he decided to run his own gym in 2009. It's called Jiu-Jitsu Studio 76 Team Gacho and it's located in Spring, Texas. They offer Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes, Muay Thai, and wrestling. Years before this happened, back in 2001, his best friend, black belt Cristian Ledwon, introduced him to BJJ. Raul used to teach at Gracie Barra the Woodlands when he was a purple belt back in 2008, but felt like he di …

Remember the name Roberto Jimenez and don't you dare forget it! This young star is truly making a name for himself in the Jiu-Jitsu world. Within just these past few months, he's dominated almost all of the tournaments he entered as a blue belt juvenile. At this year's Pans, he subbed all of his opponents in both his division and in the open, winning double gold. For worlds, he won in his division via all submissions and got silver for the open.  At this year's IBJJF Vegas Ope …