granite bay jiu-jitsu, Granite Bay

granite bay jiu-jitsu is a certified Charles Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Association Academy under 7th degree black belt, Master Charles Gracie. Professor Ryan and granite bay jiu-jitsu are also certified by Master Carlos Gracie Jr’s IBJJF (International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation), Master Rickson Gracie’s JJGF (Jiu-Jitsu Global Federation), and Master Robson Gracie’s FJJRio (Jiu-Jitsu Federation of Rio de Janeiro). It offers authentic Gracie Jiu-Jitsu from the source to Granite Bay, Folsom, Loomis, Rocklin, Roseville, Sacramento, and surrounding areas.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a proven, world-renowned martial art for both sport and self-defense. Unlike other martial arts, the BJJ self-defense methodology focuses on how to defeat a more athletic, bigger, stronger opponent utilizing leverage, timing, and natural body movements.

In each class, students train with other students using varying levels of resistance, which makes for a great dynamic workout that’s never the same twice. Children and adults learn life skills and get the exercise they need from BJJ while having fun in a clean, safe, family-friendly, and health-minded fitness environment.

Ryan Rich has over 25 years of experience in martial arts, and is a Charles Gracie first-degree black belt and professor of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu with more than 10 years of grappling training. He is the only coach in the area with long-term university teaching experience, having run the Sacramento State Jiu-Jitsu program for over five years. He has also taught collegiate seminars out of state.

Our curriculum was developed by one of the oldest and most respected organizations in BJJ – the Charles Gracie Association, with which all our coaching staff associates, and have even implemented the cutting-edge curriculums developed by John Danaher, Renzo Gracie, and Rickson Gracie. We also have a kid-teaching methodology developed in partnership with Christine S. Zelnik, M.A., CCC-SLP, a boutique, pediatric speech-language pathologist in Granite Bay and one of our academy’s coaches. We employ evidence-based training modalities with regard to all our work with children, including significant experience helping children with severe behavioral issues. Professor Ryan also has lifelong experience working with individuals with special needs, and he is CPR certified.

We are the only academy with a non-profit organization that grants scholarships to at-risk youth for absolutely nothing – their training and uniform costs are all 100% covered by our non-profit.

Besides Professor Ryan, granite bay jiu-jitsu also has on-staff a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Judo black belt with over 15 years of teaching experience. We have almost 20 black belts between our Granite Bay and Sacramento locations, and several other upper-belts with years of teaching experience with both youth and adults.

All of our instructors and coaches are background-checked. We have been credentialed by and are vendored with every applicable charter school in both Sacramento and Placer Counties. Try a free class today!