Renzo Gracie BJJ Hoboken Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Muay Thai Rob Constance Elijah Clarke
Our Mission
Our Philosophy
At the Renzo Gracie Hoboken Academy, we set high standards for ourselves and we challenge each other to achieve our best in all that we do. We train hard, train smart, and treat everyone with respect.
We believe that through the practice of martial arts, we become better people. Through effort and dedication, our martial arts training improves not only our lives, but also the lives of those around us.
Our Academy
What will you find at Renzo Gracie Hoboken?
At the Renzo Gracie Hoboken Academy, you’ll find world class instruction. Interested in learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? We offer classes taught by a Renzo Gracie and John Danaher black belt.
At the Renzo Gracie Hoboken Academy, you’ll also find a friendly, safe training environment. Students develop as martial artists, gain self confidence, and improve their physical fitness in a supportive atmosphere. Moreover, our facility is brand new, furnished with top-of-the-line quality mats. From our friendly, team atmosphere to our first-class facility, we have everything you need for a great training experience.
Our Challenge
Whether you are interested in competing or merely looking to improve your physical fitness, stop by and check us out. We’re confident you’ll find what you’re looking for.
Our Students
At the Renzo Gracie Hoboken Academy, we know that students are the lifeblood of any martial arts academy. As such, we pledge to provide a first class training environment. In turn, we ask that each student and parent carefully read and uphold the pledge below.
Students at the Renzo Gracie Hoboken Academy agree, to the best of their ability, to:
– Show a positive attitude
– Treat each other with respect
– Treat personal and the Renzo Gracie Hoboken Academy property with respect
– Bow when stepping on to the mat
– Follow the Renzo Gracie Hoboken Academy rules
– Listen attentively during class
– Arrive 15 minutes before class and be prepared for class 5 minutes before it begins
– Have clean, proper attire for every class. For gi classes, have a clean gi top, gi pants and belt. For no-gi classes, have a clean rash guard and shorts or gi pants.
– Keep fingernails and toenails trimmed
– Be current with their tuition
A Message from John Danaher, Renzo Gracie Black Belt
Brazilian jiu jitsu is a grappling-based martial art whose central theme is the skill of controlling a resisting opponent in ways that force him to submit. Due to the fact that control is generally easier on the ground than in a standing position, much of the technique of Brazilian jiu jitsu is centered around the skill of taking an opponent down to the ground and wrestling for dominant control positions from where the opponent can be rendered harmless. To control and overcome greater size, strength and aggression with lesser size and strength is the keynote of the sport. This is done by utilizing superior leverage, grip and position upon your opponent. Students of the sport gain a deep understanding of the workings and limits of the human body. This knowledge can be used to subdue and control an opponent with whatever level of severity the student chooses. The path to this knowledge is physically and mentally demanding. Students benefit from greatly increased physical fitness, problem-solving ability, self-knowledge of their body and mind and the many social benefits of working within a large group of like-minded fellow students as you learn and have fun together.
Many students first learn about jiu jitsu through the great popularity of mixed martial arts (MMA) competition, where Brazilian jiu jitsu technique is very prominent. Indeed, the beginnings of the contemporary MMA competition were largely tied up with proving the combat-efficiency of Brazilian jiu jitsu. The practice of Brazilian jiu jitsu as a sport, however, is strongly separated from MMA. Daily classes do not feature kicking or punching. The focus is on safe grappling technique that can be done on a daily basis with no more fear of injury than any other contact sport. While there is a professional MMA team at the Renzo Gracie Academy, the great majority of students study only the grappling sport and find that this is the most enjoyable and satisfying route to take.
Renzo Gracie is a world-renown practitioner of Brazilian jiu jitsu and MMA. He is a senior member of the famous Gracie family of jiu jitsu teachers and fighters who did so much to change the shape the current state of martial arts instruction in America. He has assembled a great team of some of the very best instructors from Brazil, many of whom are members of his illustrious family and who teach his system to a very large and ever-growing community and his world-famous New York City Academy. Renzo’s fame and charisma is the basis of a truly enjoyable place to train, grow and develop your skills among many avid practitioners of the sport, ranging from famous professional fighters to everyday enthusiasts.
Classes at the academy are taught six days a week. They feature a strength and endurance building warm-up, followed by demonstration and practice of techniques after which students engage in live wrestling with other students of their own level. It is a truly demanding workout with a strongly cerebral aspect and a sense of purpose and skill that will truly capture your imagination. Come down to the academy. Come take a look at a class or better yet, take one of the introduction classes. We are confident that jiu jitsu will become one of the most cherished and enjoyable aspects of your life. It will give you a confidence, knowledge, body-dexterity and fitness that few people will ever know.
– John Danaher
Renzo Gracie Black Belt / RGA Professor