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The safest, fastest way to learn the TESTED & PROVEN, STREET self defense skills of Gracie Jiu Jitsu.

Gracie / Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is widely recognized as the most effective martial art on the planet. GRACIE JIU-JITSU - STREET READY SELF DEFENSE® is a Certified Training Center authorized to teach the proprietary self-defense programs developed by Gracie University Headquarters in Torrance, California. Our instructors have undergone extensive training directly under the Gracie Family to ensur

e that you are provided the best possible learning environment on your path to Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu mastery. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is for everyone, but only if taught correctly and with the right precautions taken. If you are interested in the fastest, most focused and efficient way to learn and develop the TESTED and PROVEN, STREET-READY skills of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, then you've come to the right place! Gracie Jiu Jitsu - STREET READY Self Defense® is Madison, Athens, & Decatur area's - #1 Source for TRUE Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Aside from our unparalleled structure and curriculum, what makes the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu STREET READY Self Defense® training programs unique is:

- Our focus on only the most TESTED and PROVEN, STREET-READY Combat techniques
- Our structured and linear approach to introducing the techniques
- The proven step-by-step formula we use to present techniques
- Our focused efforts toward technique mastery and reflex development

The teaching methods used at GRACIE JIU-JITSU - STREET READY SELF DEFENSE® allow students to learn at their own pace without feeling intimidated, overwhelmed or left behind. We conduct all group classes with the utmost concern for safety, and we demand that all students treat each other respectfully regardless of skill level. Man or woman, young or "not so young", beginner or experienced, GRACIE JIU-JITSU - STREET READY SELF DEFENSE® can, and will, empower you with confidence in your ability to protect yourself and your family using only the most successfully TESTED & PROVEN, STREET-READY self defense techniques. And you can rest assured, we don't just teach you how to fight, we help to instill the confidence necessary so you won't need to.

05/27/2026

Tonight at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu - STREET READY Self Defense®

6:00pm: Gracie Combatives® (our entry-level adult program)

Continuing our focused series of headlock defenses, escapes, and counters - because, as we know, on the streets headlocks happen! A LOT! (Second only to punches!) Therefore, in our Gracie Combatives® Program, we address them accordingly.

In previous lessons we dealt with a standing opponent who wraps our neck in a headlock, attempting to pull us to the ground underneath them - and we learned how we can use their commitment to the headlock to our advantage.

Tonight, we will continue our ongoing focused series of defenses, escapes, and counters that can be employed when an attacker/opponent wraps our neck in a headlock from various ground positions.

7:00pm: Master Cycle (Our adult advanced program)

We continue exploring advanced submissions from side mount.

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** Begin YOUR 10-Day FREE Trial and join us tonight as we continue our pursuit of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® mastery & STREET READY Self Defense®! See less

- Junior Grapplers (ages 7-12) MON – FRI 5:00pm
- Adult Gracie Combatives® MON – WED – FRI 6:00pm
- Master Cycle (Adult Advanced Program) MON – WED – FRI 7:00pm

04/28/2026

Shout out to Theresa Shaw on earning her 2nd Stripe!

Keep drilling, Theresa! The pieces are beginning to come together now!

04/24/2026

Tonight at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu - STREET READY Self Defense®

5:00pm: Junior Grapplers® (ages 8-12)

- A focus on 33 non-violent self-defense techniques that teach children to “neutralize and negotiate” with the bullies.
- Verbal assertiveness strategies
- Guaranteeing Increased awareness and Boosted Confidence!

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6:00pm: Gracie Combatives® (our entry-level adult program)

When it comes to "worst case scenarios", having a bigger, stronger attacker/opponent mounted on top of you is just about at the top of the list!

Without a sound plan, as well as proficiency in implementing it... well, let's just say things could get really ugly. But, once you develop a strategic, TESTED & PROVEN plan, as well as proficiency in it's implementation, you WILL become more confident & comfortable and "worst case scenarios" such as this will cease to exist!

Join us tonight as we spend focused time strategically working our way through this very scenario.

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7:00pm: Master Cycle (Our adult advanced program)
We continue exploring advanced submissions from the mount.

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** Begin YOUR 10-Day FREE Trial and join us tonight as we continue our pursuit of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® mastery & STREET READY Self Defense®!

04/16/2026

Shout out to Ethan and Adrian on striping up this week! Ethan earning his first, and Adrian his second!

Keep putting in the work guys!

04/15/2026

Tonight at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu - STREET READY Self Defense®

5:00pm: Junior Grapplers® (ages 8-12)

-A focus on 33 non-violent self-defense techniques that teach children to “neutralize and negotiate” with the bullies.
- Verbal assertiveness strategies
Guaranteeing Increased awareness and Boosted Confidence!

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6:00pm: Gracie Combatives® (our entry-level adult program)

Tonight's Focus: We've previously explored using various "Shrimp Escapes" - when an attacker/opponent is on top & controlling us from a cross-lateral, side-mounted position - to transition to the more advantageous "Guard position" where we are able to protect ourselves from strikes while we await, or create, opportunities to reverse positions and get on top, or simply end the encounter from our back using a number of armlocks, shoulder locks, and chokeholds.

Tonight, we will focus on a few variations of "Elbow Escapes" that can also be implemented to transition to The Guard, when an opponent/attacker attempts to advance from a side-mounted position to fully mounting on top of us.

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7:00pm: Master Cycle (Our adult advanced program)
We continue exploring advanced submissions from the mount.

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** Begin YOUR 10-Day FREE Trial and join us tonight as we continue our pursuit of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® mastery & STREET READY Self Defense®!

04/13/2026

Tonight at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu - STREET READY Self Defense®

5:00pm: Junior Grapplers® (ages 8-12)

-A focus on 33 non-violent self-defense techniques that teach children to “neutralize and negotiate” with the bullies.
- Verbal assertiveness strategies
Guaranteeing Increased awareness and Boosted Confidence!

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6:00pm: Gracie Combatives® (our entry-level adult program)

Tonight's Focus: We are always mindful of "worst case scenarios." As such, we work extensively on fighting from our back, with our opponent/attacker on top of us.

First and foremost, we work extensively on "surviving". This means acquiring and maintaining "punch-safe" positioning and energy conservation, while our opponent/attacker attacks & exhausts. We also learn various sweeps which enable us to reverse our position and get on top of our opponent, as well as a number of submissions, including armlocks, shoulder locks and chokeholds, we can employ to end the fight/encounter right from our back.

Tonight we will employ a very powerful, and seemingly effortless, means by which to shift from our bottom position, and "Take the Back" of our opponent, achieving perhaps the single most dominant and controlling position of all - "The Back Mount".

The Back Mount provides the utmost safety from strikes, while also providing ample opportunity to conserve energy, exhaust our opponent, and apply a number of fight-ending submissions.

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7:00pm: Master Cycle (Our adult advanced program)

We continue exploring advanced submissions from the mount.

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** Begin YOUR 10-Day FREE Trial and join us tonight as we continue our pursuit of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® mastery & STREET READY Self Defense®!

04/10/2026

04/06/2026

Tonight at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu - STREET READY Self Defense®

5:00pm; Junior Grapplers® (ages 8-12)
-A focus on 33 non-violent self-defense techniques that teach children to “neutralize and negotiate” with the bullies.
- Verbal assertiveness strategies
Guaranteeing Increased awareness and Boosted Confidence

6:00pm: Gracie Combatives® (our entry-level adult program)

Tonight's Focus: When on our back, with an opponent/attacker on top of us, we've learned how "The Guard" position (as WE implement it) greatly enables us to protect ourselves from strikes while we await, or create, opportunities to reverse positions and end up on top of our opponent or to simply end the fight/encounter right from our back, using a number of different chokes and armlocks.

The Kimura Armlock is one easy and extremely effective means of isolating our opponent/attackers arm - from our back - and allowing us to gain their compliance or essentially annihilate their rotator cuff/shoulder joint, ending the encounter one way or the other...

Tonight we will learn several variations of the Kimura Armlock from The Guard.

7:00pm: Master Cycle (Our adult advanced program)

We continue exploring Submission Counters from bottom of the mount.

** Begin YOUR 10-Day FREE Trial and join us tonight as we continue our pursuit of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® mastery & STREET READY Self Defense®!

04/03/2026

Tonight, in GRACIE COMBATIVES® (our entry-level adult class)

We've explored how effective the side-mount can be for controlling an opponent - even more effective than being mounted directly on top of them.

Conversely, when an attacker/opponent is on top of us, controlling us from a cross/lateral side-mounted position it can prove extremely difficult to roll, bridge, or push them off.

"Shrimp Escapes" enable us to transition from our inferior bottom position to a quite advantageous bottom position - The Guard.

From The Guard (the way we implement it) we are able to protect ourselves from strikes and deplete our opponents energy while also awaiting or creating opportunities to reverse positions and get on top, or to simply end the encounter from our back using a number of different armlocks and chokeholds.

Join us tonight as we spend focused time learning a few variations of the Shrimp Escape.

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Tonight, in MASTER CYCLE® (our Advanced Adult Program)

We will continue working with advanced submission counters from beneath the mount.

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Begin YOUR 10-Day FREE Trial and join us tonight as we continue our pursuit of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® mastery and STREET READY Self Defense®!

Junior Grapplers (ages 8-12) MON – FRI 5:00pm
Adult Combatives® MON – WED – FRI 6:00pm
Master Cycle (Advanced Program)
MON - WED - FRI 7:00pm

03/28/2026

Big day for Ronin!

With several hundred hours of mat time accrued he has officially earned his Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® BLUE BELT!

Keep putting in the hours, Ronin! The path to PURPLE is even more fun and equally rewarding!

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Athens, AL
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