#tigardjiujitsu

Jiu Jitsu classes in Portland,

Also known as the friendliest, most qualified, and authentic BJJ in the area. It's hard to make mean, serious, faces at the camera when everyone is such good friends. Our community of students always tell me they feel like a family. People build relationships on the Jiu Jitsu mat, in part because of the present mindedness and proximity of training and because if you're going to get past white belt you'll be around for a couple years.

There's no shortcuts to training in Jiu Jitsu, and thankfully after you realize you're learning a real skill a lot of the rush to progress diminishes. Your confidence goes up, the ego drops off a cliff, and your belly fat goes down. Good BJJ really works against opponents of all sizes, it's great for self defense, a fun workout, and actually gentle. Notice I said good BJJ there, because the imitators are still out there roughing it up.

Lucky for me in 2007 I heard about a first generation black belt that was moving to Oregon. In July of the following year I met Anibal Lobo and Relson Gracie at a seminar in Portland. Anibal rescued me from terrible Jiu Jitsu filled with bad mechanics, muscling people, mouthpieces, and cauliflower ear. I had been training at a place that taught "grappling" but it wasn't real Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Anibal made me start again at white belt, and now almost 9 years later I'm a week away from taking the brown belt test with one of my favorite training pals. It's a journey and I have enjoyed every minute of it.

Besides being a first generation black belt, what sets Anibal Lobo and our BJJ apart from the rest in Portland is his willingness to keep learning at 57 years old. Anibal teaches at RCW every week, but he also travels to the best JiuJitsu in the world, or brings his friends from Brazil up to our academy.

Here's list of people Anibal has trained within the past year:

- Rey Diogo - Luis Heredia - Pedro Sauer - Rickson Gracie - Kron Gracie - Rener Gracie - Riron Gracie - Rigan Machado

We've personally had he privilege of training with the top 3 on this list fairly frequently. Anibal brings in a lot of seminars each year to keep the bar high, in fact in early November Royler Gracie will be doing a workshop for our team.

I've been dong Jiu Jitsu in Portland in some way or another since the late 90's. Trust me if you want s clean journey where you develop from the ground up with good mechanics, a safe technical training, and awesome training partners you'll get the best results in our program at RCW. We are always proving it with free trial classes so when you're ready to see what BJJ can do for you give River City Warriors a call.

Bully Proof Kids at the Tigard location “rolling” with instructor Anthony. Ben struggled two years ago with bullies in his own life… That was until he went down to the Bully Proof Camp in Torrence with Rener and Ryron Gracie!

Not only did it give him the confidence to stand up to the misguided bully at his school, but he was super motivated to join our program at River City Warriors.

A great video on longevity and training in any art. The values presented by the Gracie brothers in this clip is exactly what we subscribe to at RCW in Tigard. 

They touch on some great points here like obstacles to training like the entrapment of the ego and how small barriers can curb your class attendance. Whether you're brand new and have never taken a class before, you're an armbar specialist, or you're in the Kali class at River City Warriors this is a fantastic video. 

This philosophy of training from 5 till 95 is exactly how we're going to keep the warrior tribe together at RCW for life! I hope you enjoy it, give me some feedback and if I start slipping please remind me down at the academy to live by the 5 simple rules presented here by Rener and Ririon Gracie.