323-933-1708 5203 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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A coach and student after class at Renzo Gracie Los Angeles
Est.Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles

01 Who we are

The room is the product.

Renzo Gracie Los Angeles sits on Hollywood Blvd, five minutes from Los Feliz and East Hollywood. We teach Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai and MMA to about as broad a cross-section of Los Angeles as you will find in one building — five-year-olds, working parents, stunt performers, nurses, executives, competitors.

What holds it together isn’t the equipment. It’s that people here know each other. Promotions get celebrated by the whole mat. When a member is going through something, the mat notices. That is not a marketing line — it is the actual reason most of our students have stayed for years.

Come see for yourself

02 Your first visit

What actually happens
on day one.

The most common reason people put this off for years is not knowing what walking in looks like. So here it is, in order.

Step one

You tell us you’re coming

Book online or call 323-933-1708. We’ll put you in a Fundamentals class, not a competition round.

Step two

Turn up 15 minutes early

T-shirt and shorts, no jewellery, clean feet. We’ll lend you a gi if the class needs one.

Step three

You get a partner, not an audience

A coach pairs you with someone who knows how to train with a beginner. You’ll drill technique, not spar.

Step four

You decide afterwards

No sales room, no pressure, no twelve-month lock-in pitched at the door. Come back if it was for you.

03 Lineage

Where our jiu jitsu
came from.

  1. 1882 · Tokyo

    Jigoro Kano

    Founds the Kodokan and builds a system that can be trained at full resistance without wrecking the student.

  2. 1914 · Belém

    Mitsuyo Maeda

    Kano’s student brings the art to Brazil and begins teaching his first Brazilian students.

  3. 1925 · Rio

    The Gracie Family

    Carlos and Hélio open the first Gracie academy and rebuild the art around leverage rather than strength.

  4. 1990s · New York

    Renzo Gracie

    Carries the family name worldwide and builds the academy network this school belongs to.

  5. Then · Los Angeles

    Professor Shawn Williams

    Promoted to black belt by Renzo. He went on to promote Professor Jaime, and several of the black belts who teach on our mats today.

  6. Today · Los Angeles

    Professor Jaime Mendez

    Promoted to black belt by Professor Shawn Williams in 2018. 7× IBJJF Masters World Champion. Still on the mat, teaching, most nights of the week.

04 The Faculty

Sixteen coaches.
One standard.

Deliberately varied in background and teaching style — so that whatever way you learn, somebody here already teaches that way.

Meet all sixteen
Free first class · nothing to sign

You’ve read about us.
Now come and meet us.

The only way to know whether a room is yours is to stand in it. One free class, nothing to sign, and no one will try to sell you anything on your way out.

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