Richmond, VA

Adults

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructors

Joe Gray

Joe Gray has guided many Richmond families to better health, fitness, and life saving self-defense. He is a certified Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor. Mr. Gray has worked with numerous law enforcement agencies and military units, including members of the US Navy Seal Team. He has competed in all forms of competition and still remains undefeated in No Holds Barred competition. Mr. Gray also is a Gold medal winner in the Rickson Gracie International Jiu-Jitsu Association Tournament and a Silver medalist in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Pan American Championships.

If you are looking for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Richmond VA than look no further than World Class Martial arts! Master Instructor Joe Gray is Richmond's only certified Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt. With years of experience teaching and competing, Mr Gray has proven himself as a top level instructor and competitor. Mr Gray has the top certifications in the business, and his school offers a fun, positive, friendly environment to learn the art of jiu-jitsu!

Joe Gray is the head instructor/director of World Class Martial Arts in Richmond, VA. Mr. Gray has competed in all forms of competition and to this day still remains undefeated in No Holds Barred competition. Mr. Gray also is a Gold medal winner in the Rickson Gracie International Jiu-Jitsu Association Tournament and a Silver medalist in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Pan American Tournament.

Pedro Sauer

Professor Pedro Sauer was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where from an early age, he began training in the martial arts. At age five, he began boxing and later took up judo and taekwondo. At age fifteen, however, his friend, Rickson Gracie, invited him to train jiu-jitsu with his younger brother, Royler, who at the time was only nine years old. The outcome of this experience convinced him that jiu-jitsu was the most effective of all the martial arts, and he began training the very next day.

Pedro worked towards a double major (Economics and Business Administration) in college, and took post graduation course at Fundacao Getulio Vargas. He worked in Brazil as a stockbroker for eleven years before deciding to move to the United States and pursue a career teaching jiu-jitsu. In 1990, he moved to California with the original wave of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructors. He lived in California with Rickson Gracie and trained daily with the Gracie brothers (Rickson, Rorion, and Royce), their father, Helio Gracie, their cousin, Renzo Gracie, and the Machado Brothers, as well as many others. In December of that same year, he moved to Utah where he has lived for the past eight years, pioneering brazilian jiu-jitsu in the American southwest.

Pedro Earned his Black Belt from Helio and Rickson in 1985. Long recognized for the superior technical efficiency of his jiu-jitsu, he then began his career as an instructor in 1986 when asked to teach with an organization known in Brazil as Corpo/Quatro (Body of Four) where he taught and continued his training under renowned jiu-jitsu instructors Alvaro Barreto (who is a red belt master under Helio Gracie).

After moving to Utah in December of 1990, he taught as one of only two non-Gracie black belts under the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy (run by Rorion and Royce Gracie). In October of 1996, he became an official representative Black Belt Instructor under the Rickson Gracie American Jiu-Jitsu Association.

Currently, Pedro runs his main jiu-jitsu academy in Salt Lake City, where he has over 200 active students. He also has several affiliated schools across the country, and he visits them on a regular basis to give intensive instruction to the students and instructors. He is one of the most highly sought after instructors in the U.S. (of any martial discipline) and has presented hundreds of public seminars around the nation in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia. (In Virginia alone, Pedro has done over 25 seminars.)

	Videos	Testimonials
	Documentary on the Gracie Family and Jiu-Jitsu (Discovery Channel) Documentary on Ultimate Fighting and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (ESPN)	"Mr. Gray's teaching style is extremely effective for all level of people interested in learning the art of Jiu-Jitsu. In addition, Jiu-Jitsu is an amazing work-out for your body and your mind." -- Neurosurgery Resident, MCV
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