The ground game — arte suave. Techniques taught in our BJJ program at RCA, organized by position. {{ bjjCount }}

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“There is no losing in jiu-jitsu. You either win or you learn.”

Folkstyle, freestyle, and Greco-Roman — every technique labeled by style and skill level, from the penetration step to the par terre lift. {{ wrCount }}

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“Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy.”

Sport and combat sambo — the Soviet synthesis of Kodokan judo and wrestling, from the kurtka grips to the leg locks judo left behind. {{ smCount }}

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“If sambo was easy, it would be called jiu-jitsu.”

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“If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength, you tire. And if you tire, you die.”

“The first period is won by the best technician. The second period is won by the kid in the best shape. The third period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.”

History of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Judo crossed an ocean: Kodokan judoka Mitsuyo Maeda carried the art to Brazil, the Gracie family rebuilt it around the ground game, and a century later it came home to share the mat.

“Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you — rely on technique, timing and leverage.”

History of Wrestling

The oldest sport on earth — on cave walls before writing, in the first Olympics, and still deciding matches the same way: control the body, pin the shoulders. Its three modern styles feed the same base every grappler stands on.

“You don’t play wrestling.”

History of Sambo

Born in the young Soviet Union from judo, freestyle wrestling, and the folk styles of a dozen republics — built by two founders who never worked together, nearly erased by the purges, and named for its purpose: SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya, self-defense without weapons.

“САМБО — самозащита без оружия.” Self-defense without weapons.

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The BJJ shelf — the canon, the story of the art, and the instructionals our coaches recommend.

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“If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength, you tire. And if you tire, you die.”

The wrestling shelf — technique encyclopedias, the mental game, and the stories that built the sport.

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“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”

The sambo shelf — thin in English but strong: Steve Scott’s Welcome Mat texts and the founding textbook, plus the platforms and channels where the art actually lives.

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“First learn to fall. Everything else follows.”

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“Wash your gi. Every time.”

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