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This is Ellen Thompson Ellen was born in regional NSW where she didn’t play sports through her teen years but found Aust...
10/09/2026

This is Ellen Thompson
Ellen was born in regional NSW where she didn’t play sports through her teen years but found Australian Rules Football in her early 20s. She started jiu jitsu over seven years ago in order to help her tackling in football but ended up falling in love with the art of jiu jitsu. Ellen finds the never ending learning of jiu jitsu one of the best parts of it. She started training at Dominance MMA in Richmond and now trains in Thomastown under Coach
Ellen started competing early into her jiu jitsu journey and ended up losing her first 9 matches and didn’t receive her first gold medal until 3 years in of competing. Her dedication and commitment to improving now has her having made the podium at Master Worlds for the last 3 years and become a No Gi World Champion last year.
Ellen’s main goal with jiu jitsu at the moment is strengthening the women’s community. With help from in NSW she started the to run open mats, suort women’s events and help connect women of different gyms and backgrounds with the shared love of jiu jitsu.
She also coaches women’s only classes in the north several times per week.
Jiu jitsu has reshaped Ellen’s life giving her a career, a passion and a sense of purpose. She lives and breathes the art and hopes to use that passion to encourage others to give jiu jitsu a go or find their place in the sport.
Presently she is a purple belt.
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This is Rod Garcia He started his Jiu Jitsu journey back in 2019 at the age of 41 and was initially convinced to try it ...
09/09/2026

This is Rod Garcia
He started his Jiu Jitsu journey back in 2019 at the age of 41 and was initially convinced to try it by the one & only .
Renzo was one of Rod’s real estate clients in 2018 when they were touring spaces in the Upper East side for a new academy and Renzo mentioned to Rod that Jiu Jitsu would greatly help his debilitating back problems by making him gain mobility and strength through training.
Rod gave it a try and was forever hooked. He was a former standout wrestler and loved the idea of continuing his passion for the mats. He decided to join Renzo at the main academy and started training under where he received his blue belt and decided to to compete regularly in 2021 and last year made his first Masters World Finals where he went 4-1 all while tearing his right tricep in the very first fight. He fought through the injury to become a Master’s World Silver Medalist and after receiving his purple belt from where he was later training at.
He now trains under Professor Murillo and continues to spread the benefits of how Jiu Jitsu saved his life through his social media. He loves the sense of community that the sport has brought him and the considers everyone he has met throughout as an extended family.
Presently he is a purple belt
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This is Luke Docherty Thirteen years in the military came first. He deployed to Iraq in 2002/03, then spent six years ...
08/09/2026

This is Luke Docherty
Thirteen years in the military came first. He deployed to Iraq in 2002/03, then spent six years in a high operational tempo environment on the borders, including during the refugee influx from 2007 onward.
Luke found jiu jitsu through his daughters in 2012 and what started as something to do alongside them became something he needed for himself.
After leaving the military he struggled with his mental health. He lost too many friends to su***de, and in 2016 and 2019 he made attempts on his own life. He doesn't hide that. It's the reason he is so passionate about Veterans Jiu Jitsu Australia and why it exists today.
In 2015 Luke began a travel brand by the name of taking people far and wide to train and expierence local Jiu Jitsu culture in every corner of the globe, this led him to meeting and and shaped the future of his journey, and building friendships that have spanned over a decade.
When travel got stopped worldwide during the pandemic, Luke decided to open in 2020 (great timing) which turned out to be one if the best decisions of his life!
He got his black belt in 2024. In 2025 he affiliated with Six Blades under Xande Ribeiro and is now a proud Xande/Six Blades black belt, running a gym with a strong community and a growing competition team.
His Daughter Elise aka competes regularly on the international circuit having recent success in San Dieogo and Las Vegas reaching the top spot on both podiums in the Adult Purple Belt Heavy Division.
Luke belief is simple. If you can see it, you can achieve it.
His goal with is as simple as his slogan, "RAISE THE STANDARD".
He also runs , taking what he's built on the mats in Port Kennedy to students who can't train with him in person.
Presently he is a black belt
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This is Icaro Moreno He is 14 years old, Brazilian, and I was born in São Paulo, Brazil.When he was 3 years old, he move...
07/09/2026

This is Icaro Moreno
He is 14 years old, Brazilian, and I was born in São Paulo, Brazil.
When he was 3 years old, he moved to the United States with his family and grew up in Massachusetts, where he started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling. At 9, he moved to California to pursue his dream of training with the at
Icaro became the first kids athlete in history to win 10 IBJJF Pan Kids titles — 8 in the Gi and 2 in No-gi. He was also the first male athlete to become both the weight and absolute champion at the ADCC Youth Championships. He completed the IBJJF Grand Slam by winning the European Championship, Brazilian Nationals, and Pan Kids.
Icaro was also the first kids athlete in history to compete at WNO on FloGrappling. In 2025, he was honored with the Juvenile Athlete of the Year award.
Today, his main goal is to transition successfully into the Juvenile divisions, keep developing the skills, and gain as much experience as possible. His long-term dream is to become a World Champion at Black Belt.
Icaro is a coach for the 3–5-year-old class at AOJ. Every day, he dedicates himself to learning from Coach Gui Mendes in training while also teaching and helping the younger kids in the class. He believes this experience is an important part of his development, not only as an athlete but also as a person and future leader.
Icaro is grateful to have several great partners and sponsors supporting his journey, including .
His biggest dream in the sport is to become a World Champion. At the same time, he wants to build a successful business alongside his career in Jiu-Jitsu and eventually become an entrepreneur.
Most importantly, he is a young man who fears God and believes in the Word of Jesus Christ.
"He is my Lord and my only Savior".
Presently he is a green belt
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This is Pili Legasa She found jiu jitsu during a difficult period in her life.After being fired from her job and coming ...
05/09/2026

This is Pili Legasa
She found jiu jitsu during a difficult period in her life.
After being fired from her job and coming out of a toxic relationship, she felt lost and unsure about what direction her life was taking. Then a friend, and now her personal coach introduced her to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Coming from a background in Biotechnology, Biology and food innovation, jiu jitsu initially became a way to disconnect and put her energy into something new.
Not long after, Pili started creating videos and covering competitions, beginning with . Being behind the camera introduced her to a completely different side of the jiu-jitsu community and eventually led her to work with other brands & tournaments such as and , traveling to competitions, camps and events.
Then her perspective on life changed completely.
After losing her father and later the family home she had always known, Pili realized how quickly life can change and how easy it is to keep waiting for the “right moment” to do the things we really want to do.
Since then, she has tried to say yes more often: to traveling, competing, new opportunities and experiences outside her comfort zone.
Today, Pili experiences jiu jitsu from both sides sometimes as media, sometimes as the competitor stepping onto the mats herself.
She is training under also training at 10th planet barcelona and still discovering how far she wants to take her own competitive journey.
For Pili, jiu jitsu didn’t save her life. It became part of the life she decided she no longer wanted to postpone.
She is currently supported by and , two projects she also works closely with through content creation and story telling within the jiu jitsu community.
Presently she is a blue belt
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This is Renzo Gracie Long before Renzo Gracie became one of the most recognizable names in Jiu-Jitsu, before the legenda...
22/08/2026

This is Renzo Gracie
Long before Renzo Gracie became one of the most recognizable names in Jiu-Jitsu, before the legendary fights, and generations of students who would carry his lineage around the world, he was a kid growing up in Rio de Janeiro surrounded by Jiu-Jitsu.
Born into the Gracie family, Renzo learned early that Jiu-Jitsu was much more than fighting. One of his greatest influences was his uncle, Rolls Gracie—a man Renzo followed, admired and learned from both on and off the mats. When Rolls tragically died in a hang-gliding accident while Renzo was only 15, he lost not only a teacher, but one of his greatest role models.
Renzo continued forward.
His journey took him through Jiu-Jitsu, Vale Tudo and some of the biggest stages of early MMA. He fought legends, won championships, suffered losses and never built his reputation by protecting a record. Renzo's mentality was simple: test yourself, learn and come back.
Then came New York.
Leaving Brazil in the 1990s, Renzo began building an academy while supporting his family and continuing his own fighting career. The beginning wasn't glamorous. He taught, trained and fought while slowly creating something much bigger than a gym.
That academy became a home to generations of practitioners and produced some of the most influential names in Jiu-Jitsu and MMA, including , and .
Through victories and defeats, personal loss, family, fatherhood, business and decades on the mats, Renzo kept moving forward.
Today, the Renzo Gracie name can be found on academies around the world—but his real legacy isn't the name on the door.
It's the people.
The students who became champions. The students who became teachers. And the countless people who walked onto his mats and carried a piece of what they learned into their own lives.
A fighter can build a record.
A teacher builds a lineage.
Renzo Gracie built a legacy.
Presently he is a coral belt
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This is Vitor Freitas He has been dedicating a lot of his time training and sharpening his tools under his professor , h...
21/08/2026

This is Vitor Freitas
He has been dedicating a lot of his time training and sharpening his tools under his professor , however, his relationship with the sport began long before he ever imagined that Jiu-Jitsu would also become such an important part of his professional life.
Vitor started training because of his father’s encouragement. At one point, he stepped away from the mats, but after his father passed away, he decided to return to the sport. During that time, he also became closely involved in supporting his sister career, as she established herself as a successful competitor. Following her competitions kept Vitor connected to Jiu-Jitsu even when he was no longer competing himself.
When he began studying journalism, that connection to the sport eventually opened the door to a professional career. Vitor landed an internship at GRACIEMAG and began turning something that had already been an important part of his family and his life into his profession. He later built his own communications and PR company before creating VF Comunica, which has grown into one of the leading platforms for Jiu-Jitsu news and event coverage.
Today, much of Vitor’s motivation comes from contributing to the growth of the Jiu-Jitsu industry as a whole. He is passionate about his work, about constantly developing a deeper understanding of the sport, and about finding ways to use communication to help athletes, events, brands, and the entire industry grow.
Outside of work and the mats, his family is his priority. His wife holds an especially important place in his life and has changed his life since the day they met. His mother, his sister, and his brother-in-law complete the group of people who have consistently stood by his side throughout the different stages of his life.
His hobbies reflect those priorities: studying, continuing to learn and improve at what he does, spending time with his wife, and being around the people he loves. For Vitor, Jiu-Jitsu, work, and family have become deeply connected parts of the same journey.
Presently he is a brown belt
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This is Carlos Wanderley Gusmão Braga Júnior He is Brazilian, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and his journey...
16/08/2026

This is Carlos Wanderley Gusmão Braga Júnior
He is Brazilian, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and his journey in martial arts began when he was 7yo.
Carlos started training Shotokan Karate at a martial arts academy in Vila da Penha, Rio de Janeiro, where he trained until he was 15. Later, he continued exploring martial arts, including Muay Thai, also in Vila da Penha, before eventually discovering Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
In 1994, he started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at Nova União, also in Vila da Penha. He began this journey with his childhood friend and instructor who was a brown belt and a two-time World Champion. I quickly fell in love with Jiu-Jitsu, and it became an important part of his life.
After some years, his professor changed teams. Out of loyalty and respect for the team and its flag, Carlos decided to step away from Jiu-Jitsu.
Later, he moved to Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, where he met his Master
He was one of the pioneers and the first Jiu-Jitsu instructor in Niterói, and today he holds the rank of Coral Belt. Meeting him gave Carlos the opportunity to restart his journey.
Carlos made the decision to start completely over. He went back from blue belt to white belt and rebuilt his entire journey from the beginning under the guidance of his Profeasor. Through discipline, dedication, perseverance, and many years of training, he earned every belt again, eventually reaching black belt.
Throughout his career, he competed in municipal, state, Brazilian, and international championships. He had the opportunity to compete in different cities and countries, and one of the most important experiences of my competitive career was the 2018 World Pro in Abu Dhabi, where he finished as runner-up. It was the greatest international competition experience of his career and one of the most meaningful moments of Carlos Jiu Jitsu journey.
He also had the opportunity to compete in major tournaments throughout the United States, including New York, New Jersey, and Boston.
At the same time, his professional life was always divided between his career and Jiu-Jitsu. For more than 20 years, he worked as a commercial diver. He started in shallow-water diving and later progressed to saturation diving, working at depths of up to 300 meters.
Saturation diving was an extremely demanding profession. During operations, he could spend up to 28 consecutive days living inside a pressurized hyperbaric chamber, breathing a helium-and-oxygen gas mixture while working under extreme conditions. It required discipline, physical conditioning, mental strength, resilience, and an extraordinary level of responsibility.
Because of the nature of the work, he had periods of time off after his diving rotations. Whenever he came off rotation, he used that time to travel, compete in tournaments, visit different academies, train with other athletes, and gain new experiences and knowledge in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Carlos entire life was divided between his professional career with his life as an athlete, his work as a commercial diver and journey in Jiu-Jitsu developed side by side. Both demanded sacrifice, discipline, courage, and the ability to perform under pressure.
What started as a passion when he was seven years old eventually became another profession in his life.
Today, Carlos lives in Massachusetts, where he teaches, competes and helps to develop new athletes and champion and still chasing his biggest goal: becoming a World Master Champion in Las Vegas.
His journey is proof that even with a demanding professional career, it is possible to continue pursuing your passion, competing at a high level, and eventually turning that passion into a profession.
Presently he is a black belt
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08/08/2026

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