Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Program

Phoenix Martial Arts Academy BJJ Lineage -  Professor Pedro Sauer (7th Degree) and his teacher Grandmaster Helio Gracie (10th Degree).

            

Professor Pedro Sauer with Phoenix Academy Instructor Steve Grantham

Instructors:

Steve Grantham - Brown Belt (3rd Degree)
Richard Herndon - Purple Belt (4th Degree)
Chris Colquitt - Purple Belt (1st Degree)

BACKGROUND

We are affiliated with Professor Pedro Sauer, 7th Degree Red & Black Belt Master Instructor under Grandmaster Helio Gracie (Co-Founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu) and Master Rickson Gracie.  In addition to training with Professor Sauer on his regular trips to Atlanta, we also train privately with Paul Creighton, who is a Black Belt under Renzo Gracie.  Our experience training in Jiu-Jitsu ranges from 7 yrs to 13 yrs.

BENEFITS

• Flexibility

• Aerobic Conditioning

• Coordination

• Agility

• Functional Strength

• Stress Relief

• Emotional Control

CURRICULUM                                

The curriculum consists of starting from a standing position and taking your opponent to the ground in many different situations, using throws, trips, and takedowns. Using time tested techniques,  we focus on controlling the opponent from dominant positions and escaping from weaker positions.  Once the student has a firm grasp of the basic positions, with the accompanying escapes, we work on perfecting our submission techniques such as chokes, arm-bars from the various positions.

At the end of every class is controlled "rolling", where we pair up and grapple. This allows us to work on developing the timing and understanding to apply our techniques against an unco-operative opponent while still maintaining a safe level of resistance.