Brazilain Jiu Jitsu Belt Promotions Oceanside, Ca

 Great year of training!  Here we are in October and this year is going by fast.  Want to recognize a few students for their dedication, commitment, and loyalty...

Gabe Gonzalez received his Brown Belt!  Armando Contreras receives his Brown Belt!  Greg Boulet receives his Purple Belt!  Gator Pugh receives his Blue Belt!  John Lemus receives his Blue Belt!  Chirsite Philips receives a stripe on her Brown Belt!  Larry Glick receives his 2nd stripe on his Blue!  Bill Sine receives his 2nd stripe on his White!  Edward Calderon receives his 3rd stripe on his White!  Kidd Herrera receives her 2nd stripe on her Blue Belt!  Peter Flotron receives his 2nd stripe on his White Belt!

Nick Bogart and Laurynn Garcia having too much fun training Jiu Jitsu in Oceanside!

Mixed Martial Arts training in Oceanside for Kids, women and men

 Congratulations to Armando Contreras and Gabe Gonzalez on their Jiu Jitsu promotion to the Brown Belt!  These guys have been training Jiu Jitsu about 9 years and are about as tough as they come.

Congrats Armando Contreras and Gabe Gonzalez on receiving the Jiu Jitsu Brown Belt! with coach Michio Grubbs

 Receiving a Jiu Jitsu Belt Promotion is a great marker for where you are heading. 

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Training Oceanside, San Diego, California

 Congrats to these hard working athletes, Gator Pugh, Greg Boulet, and John Lemus on their Jiu Jitsu Belt promotions!

Congrats Gator Pugh on receiving the Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt from Michio Grubbs

Congrats Greg Boulet on receiving the Jiu Jitsu Purple Belt from Michio Grubbs

 Keep training hard!

Congrats John Lemus on receiving the Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt from Michio Grubbs

Hard Work + Dedication = Success!


-Team EXCEL

Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu San Diego

 Jiu Jitsu is an expression of who you are...train like it means everything to you in the world.  Focus.  In a heated battle, you will find out what you really represent...

 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu = Time + Effort + Dedication

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu San Diego

Michio Grubbs with his Instructor, Chris Haueter

 Jiu Jitsu will change your life...

Congratulations to Chris Galliher stripe promotion with coaches Charlie Grant and Ben Blakesly

 Team atmosphere, friends for life!

BJJ Afternoon training in Oceanside

 Friends for life!

loyalty; Michio Grubbs with long time students Dan Hoopes, Andy Atkinson, Gabe Gozalez, and Christie Phillips

Time to "UP Your training!"


at  -TEAM EXCEL

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine

 September is here!  Increase the intensity and make that jump in your game!

Joey Beltran and Ray Sloan Brazilian Jiu Jitsu San Diego

Excel Jiu Jitsu San Diego, Ca

Let's train!


-Team EXCEL

Scientific Art by Ezekiel "Zeke" Fernando

“Don’t only practice your art, but force your way to its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.” -Ludwig Van Beethoven

Oceanside Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is a martial arts system that focuses on the ground fighting range.  A Japanese Judoka and Jiujitsuka named Mitsuyo Maeda emigrated from Japan to live in Brazil. Maeda taught the Gracie family Japanese Judo/ Jiu-Jitsu.  Using the concepts and techniques Mitsuyo Maeda taught the Gracie family, the Gracie family developed their own system of ground fighting called Brazilian jiu-jitsu. In the 1990’s the Gracie family promoted the effectiveness of their ground fighting system through a competition called the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Due to the success of the Gracie family in the early days of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, it became clear that the Gracie family had developed the premier ground fighting system.

Since I have started training in martial arts, I have learned many things about myself that I would not have discovered, through any other modality. I have learned that it is better to avoid situations where I cannot obtain my goals. I have also learned that since I live in a dynamic environment, I cannot remain stationary, I must adapt to the selection pressures in my environment to become a better Brazilian Jiu-jitsu player, a better martial artist, and a better person.

Excel Jiu Jitsu!

When I step onto the mat, I remind myself that I am placing myself in to environment of learning; My own scientific laboratory, where I can test concepts and techniques to form my grappling game. Currently, my hypotheses are: Do I have the skills necessary to survive in an inferior position? Also do I have the skills necessary to impose my will, to achieve the goal of either improving my position or obtaining a submission?  I am not always successful in achieving desired results from my hypotheses, but the results from each experiment gives me a system of techniques that I know works for me as well as actions that do not work.  It is the crucible of training that helps us to adapt to the selection pressures of the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu mat.

As human beings, we are all unique but we have the same fundamental anatomical structures that can be exploited in order to improve our position or obtain submissions. I also have learned that we each have a distinct body composition and ways of moving our bodies. No two people are exactly alike. This means that each of us will have our own method of grappling that would be uniquely suited for us. We each have to discover our own grappling game.

            Practicing Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is not only a martial science but also an art, a means of uniquely expressing oneself through the modality of combat. Simply, the art of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is to use leverage instead of brute force to improve position or attain a submission. Through this medium of combative moving mediation, we learn to truly live in the moment as our actions could result in dislocated bone structures, unconsciousness or even death.  We learn to protect ourselves and our training partners from potential injury by always being mindful of the situations that we are in. When we improve ourselves, we improve the group’s ability to become better.

Zeke training hard!

If you are considering training in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, I wholeheartedly endorse training with the Excel Jiu-jitsu team. Each Brazilian Jiu-jitsu professor at Excel Jiu-jitsu is completely devoted to improving the grappling game of each team member. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Professors facilitate a constructively competitive environment that is conducive to learning Brazilian Jiu-jitsu regardless of your background or learning style. The training philosophy is that as I better myself in the practice of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, I am able to positively contribute to the group’s understanding of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, thereby improving my own game. It is like a friendly arms race with the aim of improving our Brazilian Jiu-jitsu games.  So come in and try a class. I am confident that you will not be disappointed. Excel past every limit! 

-ZEKE