Fact: 90% of all attacks end up on the ground. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was designed to ensure that students could defend themselves in a real attack. No matter what your age or physical condition, you will learn how to use leverage and technique to successfully defend yourself. You don’t have to be in great shape, you don’t have to be big and strong and you don’t need prior Martial Arts experience before you can expect any benefits. Most attacks happen without warning, there is no time to produce a self-defense weapon such as pepper spray, or go into a flashy fighting routine. That is why Jiu-Jitsu is so effective; it is designed to give you immediate results, even after your first lesson! If you are looking for the most authentic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the Fort Collins / Loveland area, then you have found the right place!
Infinite Mixed Martial Arts Academy is a Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy. As an Official Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy, we are defined by our direct lineage to the Gracie Family. Our Academy receives regular instruction by legendary Gracie family members Rodrigo and Royce Gracie. Accept No Imitations- Infinite Mixed Martial Arts Academy is the ONLY Academy in Northern Colorado directly under the Gracie Family. Our students are the only students in Northern Colorado that recieve the honor of being evaluated by the Gracies in order to recieve their direct approval and promotion in authentic Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
There is an old saying in the martial arts; the closer you are to the root, the stronger you are. Learn the art the way the Gracie Family meant for it to be taught, learn at the only Academy in Northern Colorado that has their students personally promoted by the Gracie Family, learn Gracie Jiu-Jitsu at the Gracie Colorado training center- Infinite Mixed Martial Arts Academy.
In 1914, a Japanese Jiu-Jitsu and Judo master named Mitsuyo Maeda, (AKA Count Koma) stopped in Brazil during his World Judo tour. Maeda decided to prolong his stay and help a Japanese colony settle in the North of Brazil. A Brazilian diplomat named Gastão Gracie helped the colony with land and cattle. In return Koma, went against the Japanese tradition and volunteered to teach real Jiu-Jitsu to a non-Japanese, Gastão's son Carlos. Carlos, who was the oldest of five brothers, became so fascinated with Maeda’s techniques that in 1925 he opened the first Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Riode Janeiro, Brazil. Helio, Carlos’ youngest brother, in spite of his small frame and weight of only 140 pounds, he became the mastermind behind the development of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, adapting the techniques of Japanese Jiu-Jitsu so that they depended entirely upon leverage, rather than strength. That is how he developed this style of Jiu-Jitsu. Though Gracie Jiu-Jitsu descended from the ancient Japanese style, the differences are quite apparent. Many of the Japanese facets of the art, which depend on physical prowess and stiff motion, were tossed aside, leaving only pure technique.
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was made famous by Royce Gracie when he won the first 3 UFC's, defeating opponents that routinely outweighed him by over 50lbs, using solely the techniques of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Since that time, it has come to be known that training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is absolutly essential to succeeding in MMA competition.
