Our goal is to preserve Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) as a true Self-Defense Martial Art System. What we teach today is exactly what the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu), Helio Gracie, would have wanted us to teach. What makes us different from other Gracie or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Self-Defense Academies is that our head teacher Olivier ?Ollie? Barre grew up with the legendary Rickson Gracie?s family and started training with them in 1996 at the age of 12. Ollie was the first kid to train at Rickson Gracie?s academy in Pacific Palisades, California. Ollie was also best friends with Rickson?s eldest son Rockson Gracie, who Ollie considered an older brother and mentor figure. When Ollie was 12 Rockson took Ollie to Rickson home and put him on the scale there, at the time Ollie was only a 100 pound skinny kid. Rockson told Ollie ?I am going to make you my 100 pound warrior? which Rockson did both physically, mentally, and spiritually. Rockson, among several others of Rickson?s first Black Belts including Luis ?Limao? Herédia, Thiago Vella, Henry Atkins, Kevin Casey, Kron Gracie and Rickson himself was Ollie?s first teachers and mentors. This has given Ollie first hand knowledge of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Self-Defense that is hard to find anywhere else. When Ollie started training it was not about belts, competitions/tournaments or academy affiliations, it was about Real Life Self-Defense for the Streets.

We invite you to come and train with us and see the difference between our academy and other BJJ and Self-Defense academies. Our academy offers the highest level of training in the area, the most classes per week, the most affordable classes (no one is ever turned away for lack of funds), and the most friendly and inviting training environment. Come take a class and see for yourself the true way Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) was meant to be taught.

More About Olivier (Ollie) Barre:

I started training in Self-Defense and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (also known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or BJJ) at the age of 12 and have over 25 years total experience training and teaching. I grew up with the legendary Rickson Gracie?s family and was fortunate enough to learn the original teachings of Self-Defense Based Jiu-Jitsu that have been mostly lost over the years. I managed Rickson Gracie?s and Kron Gracie?s academy for over 5 years and owned a very successful Self-Defense and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school in Los Angeles. I also trained for many years under the legendary Carlson Gracie Team by way of Ricardo (Rey) Diogo. 

I am a Certified Self-Defense Instructor from C.O.B.R.A. Self-Defense System and the American Sports & Fitness Association. I am a former Certified Personal Trainer from the International Sports Science Association. 

I have a sophisticated, technical and intimate understanding on how to teach Self-Defense & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and most importantly how to pass on this knowledge in an enjoyable way. I have a passion for teaching people how to defend themselves and their loved ones in a real hand-to-hand combat situation. 

There is no ego, no academy politics at my academy. Why I teach is purely for the love of passing on what I know to others and to give people a comfortable family oriented place to train.