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Our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu School has been teaching the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to people of all ages since 1992. We have trained more than fifty Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Champions, World Champions, Pan American Champions, UFC Champions and ADCC Champions. Our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu School (now in Boca Raton, FL) is considered a powerful actor in the sport.
Since 1992, our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu School has been a place where students of all ages come not only to learn world-class Jiu-Jitsu, but also to grow mentally, emotionally, and socially. At our academy in Boca Raton, FL, we focus on building a strong community where confidence, discipline, and resilience flourish on and off the mats.
Led by Head Coach Denys Darzi, a 7th Degree Coral Belt with decades of experience, our teaching method blends effective self-defense with valuable life lessons that support the education children receive at home and school. Our programs for kids, youth, and adults are designed to enhance focus, problem-solving, emotional regulation, and respect—skills that extend far beyond training.
Whether your goal is personal development, wellness, or connection, our academy offers a welcoming environment where students find support, build lasting friendships, and strengthen both body and mind.
According to the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF), Jiu-Jitsu was born in India and was practiced by Buddhist monks.
Concerned with self-defense, these monks created techniques based upon principles of balance, with a special system for manipulating the body and creating leverage to avoid the use of force and weapons. With the expansion of Buddhism, Jiu-Jitsu spread through Southeast Asia and China and finally arrived in Japan where it was developed and became popular.
In the last days of the 19th century, Jiu-Jitsu masters emigrated from Japan to other continents, teaching the martial art and its system of and presenting public matches. Mitsuyo Maeda (11/18/1878 Hirosaki, Japan – 12/28/1941 Belém, Brazil), also known as Count Koma, who arrived in Brazil in 1915 and settled in the city of Belém, State of Pará, the following year.
Carlos Gracie met Mitsuyo Maeda and found in Jiu-Jitsu a form of personal fulfillment. At 19, he moved to Rio de Janeiro with his family and adopted the profession of martial arts fighter and teacher. In 1925 he opened the first Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy. Carlos shared his knowledge with his brothers, adapting and refining the techniques to the naturally frail characteristics of his family and Helio Gracie became the most important member of the family representing Jiu Jitsu..
He also taught them his philosophy of life and concepts about natural nutrition and was a pioneer in the creation of a special diet for athletes, the Gracie Diet, which made Jiu-Jitsu synonymous of health and lifestyle.
Having improved an efficient self-defense system, Carlos Gracie and Helio Gracie saw in Jiu-Jitsu as a way to become a more tolerant, respectful and confident man. Carlos Gracie thus initiated the first case of a change of nationality of a martial art – or any sport – in all of modern sports history. Years later, the Japanese martial art became known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and was exported worldwide, including Japan.
Now, you can be a part of the History by taking Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Classes in Boca Raton, Florida-FL.
