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 techniques they are doing are unfamiliar and maybe intimidating themselves.
The movements look "painful"
Sparring may look scary or incredibly difficult.
You [...]

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 of the most talented and dynamic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters coming from Brazil.
Rafael will be teaching 2 days a [...]

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 and some people were starting to say they offered “jiu-jitsu”. I went and searched for [...]