What is Gracie Jiu Jitsu 101?
Our Gracie Jiu Jitsu 101 program is a boot camp designed to build and reinforce your foundation in Gracie Jiu Jitsu as it was designed and intended by Helio Gracie. Taught in 5 hour increments, this program focuses on the fundamentals of GJJ in the specific order Helio Gracie intended with focus on the meticulous detail and attention to leverage over power that makes GJJ so successful. Helio Gracie’s self defense Jiu Jitsu focused on the assumption that your assaillant is bigger, faster and stronger than you. This street reality preparation positions you to defend yourself and get away. Our GJJ101 bootcamp is a mandatory self defense and fundamental class for black belts, but is encouraged to be started at the white belt level.
Who is Phil Migliarese?
Phil Migliarese is a 4th degree black belt under Relson Gracie. He also holds a Level 10 Teacher Certification from Relson Gracie – the highest level the Gracie’s offer. Having spent much of the 1990’s in CA at the Gracie Academy learning directly from Helio and having to perform this sequence in its entirety for Relson before he earned his own Black Belt in 2000 has had its benefits. Phil called on both Relson and Royce Gracie to review his notes to ensure the authenticity of this system. He is using Helio Gracie’s specific methods of imparting knowledge so that GJJ can be continued to be taught to anyone.
What is the difference between Gracie Jiu Jitsu and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?
This Gracie Jiu Jitsu 101 course makes the separation between GJJ and BJJ. There are two key components to Gracie Jiu Jitsu:
- The way it is taught. Helio Gracie had a specific method of teaching this martial art and the instruction pages are taken from his personal manual.
- It is a self defense system, not an offensive system or a sport. This system does not work with aggressive offensive behavior.
Through Gracie Jiu Jitsu, students will learn to defend themselves from stand up offense and ground offense. Phil and Ricardo Migliarese are in the direct lineage of Helio Gracie and his son Relson Gracie. They, in fact, had to master these exact techniques to receive their black belts from Relson Gracie. The techniques are taught the way Helio taught and intended and how Relson continues to instruct.
How do I get started?
The GracieJiuJitsu101 program is not being taught by anyone else! Thought the last name is different, Phil Migliarese is teaching Helio Gracie’s fundamentals step by step. Sign up today!
Who is Gracie Jiu Jitsu 101 for?
Our Gracie Jiu Jitsu 101 bootcamp is intended for everyone. Our From the absolute beginner to the black belts and everyone in between, this program is for anyone and everyone.
How is Gracie Jiu Jitsu 101 different from a basics program?
The Gracie Jiu Jitsu 101 bootcamp is different from a regular basic program for several reasons. First, this program honors and maintains the tradition of techniques in the way that Helio Gracie taught them. Few people know that Helio organized GJJ to be taught in a specific order and usually in a private setting. This program follows the order and method of Helio Gracie’s fundamentals to continue the authenticity of the product, in the way that Helio intended.
Secondly, this program focuses on the fundamentals and self defense techniques of GJJ. As sport Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts continue to grow in popularity, many basics classes focus on techniques for competing and winning. This program focuses on saving lives.
Next, this IS a class for EVERYONE. If you are an absolute beginner, here are some reasons why this is the perfect setting to jump start your learning:
- Start from position #1 as intended by Helio Gracie, inventor of Gracie Jiu Jitsu
- Receive a take home manual with a page on EACH fundamental of the GJJ program
- Learn in a safe environment with multiple instructors (this is a jump start class for our future instructors as well)
- Learn the fundamentals of GJJ from someone who learned the fundamentals from Helio Gracie himself, 4th degree Relson Gracie Black Belt Phil Migliarese.
For students already in the Balance Basics program, this is a great way to accelerate your learning and graduation into our Black Belt program. This reinforces your learning from step one so that you are even more comfortable with the fundamentals of Gracie Jiu Jitsu. For current students in our Black Belt program this reaffirms the foundation learned in our program and is the structure upon which everything is built. This boot camp is the next step in mastering the fundamentals. For those of you that want to be instructors in the future, students from this boot camp are hand selected to move on to the next steps in our instructor training. You must first learn to do everything correctly yourself before you learn how to teach it to others. Even our black belts, who have studied Gracie Jiu Jitsu for years, are interested in this program. The self defense fundamentals in this program are intended to save lives in an uncontrolled environment. There is never enough practice and focus on being able to defend yourself in a threatening situation and our Balance Black Belts are the first to reinforce these techniques by signing up for our boot camp.
This 10-hour course is designed to build your base in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu! Call 215-636-9661 for more info.
