Chuva Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Chuva Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Chuva Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Clayton, North Carolina is taught by black belt Mark Christian

It’s not that you can’t cross your feet when you have someone’s back, it’s that the nuance of doing so is more complicat...
06/18/2026

It’s not that you can’t cross your feet when you have someone’s back, it’s that the nuance of doing so is more complicated than just saying it’s a bad idea. It’s sort of like being able to use the saddle in ibjjf competition. You can use the saddle, but how you do it is very specific and unless you dedicate yourself to that position, you’re more likely to get disqualified. In order to cross your feet when on someone’s back, you must ensure that you’ve isolated their hips. If they cannot push their hips forward, they can’t ankle lock you. It sounds very simple, but it’s a dangerous game, play at your own risk.

06/17/2026

“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” ~ Charles Kettering

If you feel pulled to a particular technique in grappling, explore it. There are so many resources out there for you to ...
06/16/2026

If you feel pulled to a particular technique in grappling, explore it. There are so many resources out there for you to watch other people execute what you are trying to do. My advice is watch it happen in competition. I think one of the most helpful things I’ve done is watch less static content and start watching more competition footage. If you’re not someone who translates visual information well maybe that isn’t the path, but it’s worth a shot. It may also come from an unexpected source, if you’re an average sized adult male, but you like to crab ride, rooster weight females might factor into your tape study quite a bit. I watch Eric Munis and Mayssa Bastos all the time, but I look nothing like them, and they look nothing like each other. There's a reason you are drawn to certain techniques, go out and make your grappling yours.

Martial Arts are an activity of immediate consequence. Your actions have repercussions. In such, it benefits no one to a...
06/15/2026

Martial Arts are an activity of immediate consequence. Your actions have repercussions. In such, it benefits no one to allow people to do dumb things and in violent activities the consequence of stupidity is often returned violence. This is one part self preservation and one part classical conditioning. By not letting people do dangerous or suboptimal things we prevent the risk of injury to ourselves. We also match negative actions to negative consequences. It does not benefit you to allow bad Jiu Jitsu and it does not benefit your opposition to not be met with the consequences of bad Jiu Jitsu. We improve the quality of our grappling by having an environment that eliminates dangerous and unintelligent behavior. Be mean.

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, bu...
06/11/2026

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" ~ Hunter S. Thompson

"The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability." ~ Charles Darwin
06/09/2026

"The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability." ~ Charles Darwin

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." ~ Thomas...
06/08/2026

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." ~ Thomas A. Edison

Did you know that you will never have all the answers? That would be impossible if you think about it. So then perhaps w...
06/04/2026

Did you know that you will never have all the answers? That would be impossible if you think about it. So then perhaps we should mellow out and give ourselves grace. The answers we need will come to us when we are ready and not before. That is admittedly frustrating, especially in our society now. We all want things fast and as soon as we can. Google has spoiled our ability to be patient for information. Jiu Jitsu is antithetical to this though, I have yet to find a way to download grappling with immediate efficiency. It comes when it comes and that is both beautiful and miserable. Have fun, because otherwise you’re just getting beaten up.

06/03/2026

“Make every day count.
Make every hour count.
Make every minute count.
And don’t stop until you have exercised your full potential, realizing your impossible dream and fulfilling your total destiny to become the person that you, and only you , are capable of being.” ~ Mary Kay Ash

You don’t need all of the information to move forward. Thinking you do prevents so many interesting things. Most of the ...
06/02/2026

You don’t need all of the information to move forward. Thinking you do prevents so many interesting things. Most of the time I still don’t know where I’m going in life, I have a general idea, but all I can do is plan to the best of my ability with the information I have. Sometimes you just have to do the thing. It has to be okay to fail. It has to be okay to try. Analysis paralysis shouldn’t factor into your life anymore, just do the thing. There are very few consequences that are as large as we believe them to be, I trust you have enough common sense to not intentionally put yourself in a life-or-death situation.

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Clayton, NC
27520

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 12pm
4pm - 9pm
Tuesday 6am - 12pm
4pm - 9pm
Wednesday 6am - 12pm
4pm - 9pm
Thursday 6am - 12pm
4pm - 9pm
Friday 4pm - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm

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+19192999480

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