Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting, it is a derivative of the early 20th century Kodokan Judo, which was itself then a recently-developed system (founded in 1882), based on multiple schools (or Ryu) of Japanese Jujutsu.

It promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant using Joint-Locks and Chokeholds to defeat an opponent. BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.

Sparring and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition. -

Helio Gracie was the Brazilian martial artist who, together with his brother Carlos Gracie, founded the martial art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, known internationally as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Until his death, Gracie was the only living 10th degree master of that system, and is widely considered as one of the first sports heroes in Brazilian history. -- TEAM PEREIRA --


CONGRATS to Joel Brito for wining his Muay Thai fight at RING WARS 13 IN NEWARK, DE 4/20/13. GREAT JOB JOEL! GO TEAM PEREIRA!




CONGRATS TO TEAM PEREIRA FOR WINNING THE UGC INFERNO ON MARCH 30 IN PHILADELPHIA! GREAT JOB GUYS!



Congrats to Emmanuel Encarnacion for winning his muay thai fight in DE, last Saturday. Good fight! Great job team!


Congratulations to Yessi Ventura for winning 1st place in no-gi at NAGA on February 2, 2013!



CONGRATULATIONS TO EMMANUEL ENCARNACION FOR WINNING HIS MUAY THAI FIGHT AT A USKA EVENT ON JANUARY 26, 2013!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM FOR WINNING THE UGC BEST OF THE BEST TOURNAMENT ON DECEMBER 1, 2012!



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