Expert Jiu-Jitsu and Reality Combat Grappling Instruction Located in Cromwell, CT

1. New to Jiu-Jitsu or Martial Arts?

Starting a new martial art, regardless of the style can be very intimidating for most people. You are walking into completely foreign atmosphere with people you don’t know, who are training to "kick some ass". The...

2. Combat Benefits of Jiu-Jitsu

Jiu-Jitsu is known as one of the most complete and effective martial arts systems. Though it has been around for centuries and has it’s roots in the Samurai battlefields of Japan; it has gained “recent” popularity...

3. Physical and Mental Benefits

Jiu-Jitsu training offers many benefits, besides just learning how to depend yourself. A dedicated jiu-jitsu practitioner can expect to learn more then just effective techniques in unarmed combat, jiu-jitsu training can literally...

4. Sport Grappling vs Real Combat Grappling

When you begin training Jiu-Jitsu you will soon realize that there is a big difference between sport grappling and grappling for real combat. It’s not necessarily the techniques that are different, it’s the approach to...

5. Jiu-Jitsu for Mixed Martial Arts

Unless you are blind or don’t have cable television, you know that the sport of Mixed Martial Arts is on the rise! Everyone is interested in MMA and eventually more and more people want to learn how to fight in a Mixed Martial...

New to Jiu-Jitsu or Martial Arts?

Starting a new martial art, regardless of the style can be very intimidating for most people. You are walking into completely foreign atmosphere with people you don’t know, who are training to...

New Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Featured...

Rafael “Formiga” Barbosa Black Belt / Top-Level BJJ Competitor Rafael has recenetly moved to Connecticut from Brazil to start teaching and competing in jiu-jitsu in the USA. He is one...

Congratulations Student Dan Clayton!

One of our students Dan Clayton competed this weekend in the NAGA Worlds in New Jersey. This was Dan’s second time competing in a grappling competition and his first time competing in no-gi. Dan...

What to look for in Jiu-JItsu School?

I remember many years ago when I was looking for a solid martial arts school. I knew I wanted grappling and was fairly certain I wanted jiu-jitsu. This was around 1997-1998 when the UFC had some popularity...

Combat Benefits of Jiu-Jitsu

Jiu-Jitsu is known as one of the most complete and effective martial arts systems. Though it has been around for centuries and has it’s roots in the Samurai battlefields of Japan; it has gained...

Physical and Mental Benefits

About Us

JiuJitsuCT.com is the home for Kobukai Ju-Jitsu (KJJ) and Best Way Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) school located in Cromwell, CT at the Japanese Karate and Jiu-Jitsu school located on Route 372 in Cromwell, CT.

We offer 2 distinct types of Jiu-Jitsu classes. The first is Kobukai Ju-Jitsu, a Modern-Day Japanese Self Defense and Grappling Art that focuses on real world and modern day combat solutions. You can read more about Kobukai Ju-Jitsu here. The other class(s) we offer is Best Way Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu / American Top Team CT. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is primarily a ground fighting art made popular by the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) and is a self defense and sport grappling martial art. You can read more about Best Way Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu here.

The head instructor of Kobukai Ju-Jitsu is KJJ Black Belt Matt Bryers, and the head instructor of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes is BJJ Black Belt Luigi Mondelli, along with Matt Bryers and Pro-MMA Fighter Oz Pariser, who together run and instruct the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes and grappling classes.