On September 11, 2024 Lakewood Jiu Jitsu Academy dedicated our self-defense class to knife/ edged weapon defenses. In honor of the losses that occurred on September 11, 2001 that all began with the hijacking of four commercial airliners with knives and box cutters. We also paid tribute to a few Americans of whom we are...Read More
Richard Bresler will always be in Gracie jiu jitsu history as Rorion Gracie’s first student in the United States. Bresler’s book takes the reader from the very early days of Rorion Gracie teaching Gracie jiu jitsu self-defense in various garages in the Los Angeles area, through the first early challenge matches, to the Ultimate Fighting...Read More
The Gracie family has showcased once again their expertise in understanding how the human body can and can’t move. The SafeWrap lateral control system is a culmination of tens of thousands of hours of high level jiu jitsu grappling experienced applied in an organized method of humane control of an uncooperative subject. SafeWrap challenges the...Read More
Lakewood Jiu Jitsu Academy has some exciting news! Beginning in September of 2024 we will become the only Gracie University Certified Training Center in Lakewood, Colorado. We will be the exclusive jiu jitsu dojo in Lakewood or downtown Denver to offer Gracie Combatives, Gracie Bullyproof, and the Gracie Master Cycle training. Beginning September 2024 we...Read More
The Gracie Diet (video) is a principle of eating that focuses on avoiding consuming certain foods and combinations of foods that lead to acidic pH in the human body. The diet is based on the premise that an acidic pH in the body leads to vulnerability many illnesses and other preventable deterioration of the body...Read More
Yes. Jiu jitsu is the ideal martial art to empower a weaker, less athletic person to be able to successfully defend an attack from a larger, stronger assailant. The strategies and leverage behind Gracie jiu jitsu do not require athletic talent in order to be successful. That being said, there are physical attributes that can...Read More
There are a great number of martial arts that teach practitioners to focus on striking an opponent to defeat them in a self-defense altercation. Strikes can be effective in self-defense. If the person defending themselves from a street attack can strike first and can hit harder than the assailant, these strategies can work. Martial arts...Read More
Authors Dr. Jamie Marich and Anna Pirkl have published an excellent book discussing the potential of how many trauma survivors may benefit from training in jiu jitsu. The title, Transforming Trauma with Jiu-Jitsu, was published in 2022 and is available in paperback and an audiobook. This book serves as an excellent introduction, not only for...Read More
It is commonly stated that a person who has been trained in martial arts, particularly after they have earned a black belt, is a “deadly weapon” or that their hands are a “deadly weapon.” The short answer is that this is not true, but the path to that answer deserves some careful analysis. The Colorado...Read More
Although jiu jitsu techniques have the potential to be the most dangerous and destructive moves in all of the martial arts, the philosophical essence of jiu jitsu, paradoxically, is softness. “Softness” not necessarily describing the end-result on the opponent, but rather the amount of effort required to end a fight. If a combatant finds self-defense...Read More
