The owner of Pride Lands Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, Ratchford, 38, was promoted to a first-degree black belt by Ailson “Jucao” Brites in June 2011 and to a first-degree black belt in judo by ...

Gustavo Pires, owner of Siri Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, observes students in an afternoon class at his academy in Kennewick. Pires has won several world titles and his students have recently started ...

A transplant from the East Coast, START Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy is making its way west. And 27 Seventh Ave. S, will be its first footprint in Minnesota.