Gracie Allegiance Texas

09/15/2026

A new level of care is arriving at Gracie Allegiance Texas inside Lord x Lions Athletics & Worship. We are proud to welcome Tailored Physical Therapy under the guidance and leadership of Devon Purcell, PT, DPT.

This partnership strengthens our commitment to developing healthy, strong and capable people, from performance and recovery to long-term movement and quality of life.

Stay tuned for the new website, available services and client information. We are building something complete and continuing to lead from the front. Oss!

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” - Mentor John C. Maxwell 🥋🏋🏾‍♂️

09/13/2026

Sunday Team Open Mat 🌊

09/11/2026

We are excited to announce a new Gracie Allegiance Texas Membership Update for our teams and affiliates. Moving forward, we will be offering three world-class seminar opportunities each year exclusively for our members, at no additional seminar cost.

This includes our annual seminar with Professor Clark Gracie, along with additional adult and youth seminar opportunities featuring some of the best professors, senseis, competitors, and technical minds we can bring to our team.
Our purpose is simple: continue raising the standard and provide our members access to the highest quality instruction and training possible.

Please see the membership update at the dojo for complete details. 🥋

09/11/2026

Last night’s 7PM Professors. There is something rare about men who spend decades in the dojo together. Anyone can train for a season, and anyone can wear a belt, but to remain, keep showing up, being tested, corrected, humbled and refined year after year is another matter entirely. At the black belt level the work doesn’t end; you simply begin to understand the work differently. After enough years together you have watched one another win, lose, struggle, mature, build families, endure hardship and continue walking the Way. Eventually you no longer simply know a man’s technique, you know his character, and more importantly, you have been there long enough to witness the refinement of it.

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That is the value of Brothers of the Way. Men who have stood beside one another long enough to understand that loyalty is more than agreement. We sharpen one another, correct one another, challenge one another and, when necessary, carry one another. Years reveal character and decades refine it. There is an accountability in that kind of love that cannot be manufactured or rushed.

📜 Says “Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” — Ecclesiastes 4:12. Perhaps that third strand is what gives the brotherhood its true strength - God woven through the middle of it.

O' Sensei taught me that we are never too young to begin learning and never too old to continue learning.
The longer we walk this path, the more truth there is in those words. Black belt was never the destination, It simply gave us enough experience to recognize how much of the journey still remains and enough wisdom to value the Brothers of the Way God has allowed us to walk it with.

Thank God for the sacred dojo work 🔨. Thank God for the brothers who have shared the Way. And thank God for the privilege of walking a path worthy of a lifetime’s attention. Some bonds are made by friendship. Others are forged through decades of truth, pressure, accountability and God.

“Steel is proven by fire; loyalty is proven by time.” T.M 🥋

09/10/2026

KIDS IN-HOUSE SATURDAY! 😎 See everyone there! Contact Professor Devin with any questions. ALL KIDS will participate between 10am-12pm. If your child is in the Teenager program, they will participate at 12pm.

Going to be a great event to introduce students to the rewards of competitive Jiu-Jitsu and allow us to assess skill levels and guide our instruction going forward!

Join us for fun and fellowship! 😁

NO REGULAR ADULT OPEN MAT

09/08/2026

The old masters understood that cleverness alone is not wisdom, and ignorance is no virtue either. The Way requires a mind humble enough to learn, disciplined enough to obey, and wise enough to act. In the dojo, as in life, neither talent nor intelligence can replace character, good judgment, and faithful practice. ⛩️🥋⚔️

09/07/2026

One of the marks of a true martial artist is that his discipline does not depend on a place. When life moves him, the practice moves with him.

John recently relocated to Austin for work, but his rhythm remains the same—showing up for the morning classes, staying consistent in his training, learning, helping his teammates and making himself useful wherever he is planted. That says far more than any rank ever could.

The dojo should eventually become something you carry within you. New city, new academy, new training partners—but the same discipline, humility and willingness to serve.

The true student does not merely belong to a dojo; he carries the Way wherever he goes. ⛩️🥋Osss - Prof. Tommy

Sneak peek into one of our morning classes at RGA. All of our stude...

09/05/2026

A great first Association Collaboration today with Gracie Allegiance Victoria, Portland, Telos Martial Arts and Corpus Christi teams. This gathering has been a long time in the making, and I am grateful for every Professor, leader and teammate who continues to show up and put in the work. Anything worth building takes time, labor and faithful people, and today was a good expression of the inward work already taking place throughout our teams.
There is something rewarding about watching God's timing bring together what many hands have been quietly building.

Our mission is very clear: world-class Jiu Jitsu, world-class technique, and world-class citizens. We want all three. Skill on the mat should eventually produce something useful beyond it—discipline, character, responsibility, leadership and service.

Today's Kogi teaching was Do — The Way. Dojo means “Place of the Way,” and Kodokan, “Hall for the Study of the Way.” That old educational model reminds us why we gather - Kata teaches it. Randori tests it. Kogi explains it. Mondo examines it. Life reveals whether we actually learned it. For us, the Way ultimately finds its foundation in Christ: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” — John 14:6.

Our next Association Collaboration will be hosted at Telos Martial Arts in Aransas Pass, date and time TBA. Until then, we continue the work as a team — line upon line, brick upon brick.

Study the Way. Practice the Way. Live the Way. ⛩️🥋 OSS!

09/05/2026

REPAIRING THE ALTAR ☦️⛩️

Last night at our Lord x Lions Leadership Gathering we spent time in 1 Kings 18 studying Elijah and the altar that had been broken down. What stood out is that before the rain came, before the blessing, and before anything changed outwardly, something first had to be put back in order. Elijah “repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down,” and prayed that the hearts of the people would be turned back to God again.

There is a lot of wisdom in this for all of us, and especially within the dojo. We can spend years developing technique, earning rank, building businesses, gaining knowledge and becoming more capable outwardly, while overlooking what may be falling out of order within us. A belt can show progress in skill, but it cannot govern the heart. The old disciplines of the Way understood that before a man could properly lead others, he first had to learn to govern himself. Scripture takes us even deeper and asks the greater question: What has first place in the heart?

Maybe we don't always need something new. Sometimes we simply need to return to what we already know is right, to prayer that has been neglected, keeping our word, restoring discipline, strengthening our homes and relationships, serving others faithfully, and above all, putting our relationship with God back in its proper place. In the dojo we understand this principle well. When the fundamentals are neglected, adding more technique does not fix the foundation. You return, correct what has been lost, and rebuild from what is true.

That was really the heart of our gathering. Not simply learning about an ancient altar, but allowing the Scripture to make us examine our own. Whether white belt or black belt, student or teacher, there comes a time when each of us has to look within and ask: What has been broken down? What has taken first place? What needs to be repaired?

“And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.” — 1 Kings 18:30

A New Heart. A New Spirit. 🌊

09/04/2026

LABOR DAY WEEKEND — TEAM SCHEDULE 🇺🇸🥋

Labor Day weekend will have a modified schedule with an emphasis on team training, association unity, leadership, and NoGi open mat sessions.

This is a great opportunity for our academies and members to train together, build relationships, exchange knowledge, and strengthen the culture we are developing throughout the Gracie Allegiance association.

FRIDAY 12:00 PM — All Levels No-Gi
6:00 PM — Lord x Lions Leadership Unification Session @ Lago

SATURDAY 12:00 PM — Association Team Open Mat — NoGi
Leadership & Association Unification emphasis

SUNDAY 12:00 PM — Team Open Mat — NoGi

LABOR DAY MONDAY 12:00 PM — Team Open Mat — NoGi

(7:00 PM Adult Class — CLOSED for the holiday).

KIDS CLASSES: Please refer to Professor Devin for the holiday kids schedule.

All association members and represented academies are encouraged to come together, train, learn from one another, and enjoy the weekend as a team.🥋🇺🇸