Lakewood Jiu Jitsu Academy, the best BJJ in Lakewood, began holding classes this week in our new facility located at 10800 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood, Colorado! The new facility has over 1100 sq ft of brand new jiu jitsu mats that are extra thick and more comfortable for training throws and takedowns. Upon completion, the new jiu jitsu training facility will have showers and will offer healthy smoothie and juice options for post training health and nutrition. On Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00am, the Lakewood martial arts community will be treated to a 2 1/2 hour free seminar in Gracie Combatives self-defense. This seminar will be a detailed introduction to Gracie Combatives for all levels. Beginners to jiu jitsu, karate students, tae kwon do students, or students who train at a Lakewood sport BJJ gym who want to experience jiu jitsu as a martial art, are all welcome to...Read more

We have some exciting ideas from the Gracie Diet that will inspire some of our initial smoothie flavor offerings at Samurai Smoothie! Lakewood Jiu Jitsu Academy not only teaches the most effective system of self-defense in the world, but will soon host Samurai Smoothie. Our smoothie menu will offer health conscious smoothies that will have options that promote muscle growth, energy, joint relief, and vegetables/ vitamins. Rener Gracie demonstrating the art of smoothie making! Living a long life is not only about having the skills and presence of mind to defend a violent street attack. More important than self-defense skills are our daily habits and routines of what nutrients or toxins we put into our bodies.Read more

Lakewood Jiu Jitsu Academy is excited to announce that our new jiujitsu training/ fitness facility will be opening in May 2025 in the heart of Lakewood! Our new facility will offer some exciting upgrades: Over 1100 sq ft of mat space 2″ thick mats for safe practice of falling/ throwing techniques (most BJJ gyms have only 1 1/2″ mats) Clean restrooms with showers A fitness facility with at least six resistance machines that are all relevant to tactical fitness/ self-defense movements. Expanded class offerings including morning Gracie Combatives self-defense classes and Gracie Bullyproof for children will be forming soon!Shortly after its launch, the new Lakewood Jiu Jitsu Academy location will host Samurai Smoothie!! Samurai Smoothie will offer health-focused smoothies made with entirely fresh fruits and vegetables. Health supplements such as protein, creatine, vitamins, antioxidants, and recovery/ inflammation supplements (like glucosamine and CBD) will also be offered as options. The fitness...Read more

Traditional martial arts training typically requires many years of dedicated practice under the direct supervision of a highly skilled instructor in order to produce a high level of real-world fighting skills. There are some who maintain that even decades of practice in some types of martial arts do not produce real-world fighting skills. Practice may very well make perfect, but “perfecting” ineffective or unrealistic techniques will not make one’s street survival perfect. Prior to 1995, the U.S. Army embraced techniques from several styles of traditional martial arts like karate, judo, and jūjitsu. The Army also had several instructors with backgrounds in combat sports like boxing and wrestling. The figure to the left is an example from the 1992 Army Combatives manual. The technique is a variation on a shoulder lock from traditional jūjitsu called ude garami. This joint lock is very similar to the “Americana” from modern Brazilian jiu jitsu,...Read more

Rener and Ryron demonstrate SafeWrap The Gracie SafeWrap is a game-changing system of lateral control that offers a solution to the problems inherent in prone restraint and prone suspect arrest strategies.Read more