The right BJJ training Partners

Having the right training partners is crucial to making consistent gains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  The right training partners are not only there for their own improvements, but will help you to reach new heights.

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team

It's important to train with a variety of training partners.  Some big, some small, some tall, some short...because you need to adapt your Jiu Jitsu with every single person you roll with.

Oceanside Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes

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Knowing that you have BJJ training partners that have your best interest in mind, can help you to accelerate growth and improvements and this makes for a much more enjoyable BJJ experience.

Learn Jiu Jitsu for sport and self defense with fun BJJ training partners

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Rule #1 on our team is that you take care of yourself.  Protect yourself from potential injury.  Rule #2 is that you protect your training partners.  You cannot learn Jiu Jitsu by yourself.  You need good training partners.  The better your training partners are, the better your Jiu Jitsu will be.

Jiu Jitsu team, serving Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, and Camp Pendleton Marines

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Congrats Mat Liebovitz on your hard earned, well deserved Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt promotion! 

Mat Liebovitz new BJJ Purple Belt with coaches Conor Drury and Michio Grubbs

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Jiu Jitsu is not only for men, but women learn BJJ for sport and self defense.  The workouts are awesome for building strength, endurance, and flexibilty.

 Womens BJJ Oceanside, Vista and Carlsbad

Women also enjoy training Jiu Jitsu.  BJJ is not only a great physical workout, but helps to strengthen the mind and spirit. 

BJJ Women get great Jiu Jitsu workouts that help to build body, mind, and spirit

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Jiu Jitsu training should be fun and enjoyable and having the right workout partners builds camaraderie.

Coed Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes, lessons and workouts

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Best BJJ school Oceanside Vista Carlsbad

Congrats Carlos Velasquez on your Jiu Jitsu stripe promotion!

Carlos Velasquez with Jiu Jitsu coaches Conor Drury, Michio Grubbs and Ray Sloan

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And always, we cannot forget the element of fun!  Always having a good time on the mats! 

"Don't let the pretty face fool you, I roll like a Boss!"

BJJ memes always brings some laughs and good times

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"Always strive to improve yourself"

See you on the mat!

 -Team Excel Jiu Jitsu

Marco Alvarado, 2014 IBJJF Brown Belt No Gi World Champion

We had the honor of having Marco Alvarado (won last years IBJJF No-Gi World Championships at Brown Belt) as a guest instructor at Excel Jiu Jitsu MMA Oceanside.  Awesome No Gi BJJ class!

Learning the Jiu Jitsu 'language' happens one class at a time.  It's best to learn Jiu Jitsu in little chunks.  There is so much to learn.  Learning the Martial Art of Jiu Jitsu takes a long time and that is why it's best to set goals to keep motivation high and keep dedication strong.

Goal setting is the master key to success

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 Setting goals in BJJ is the master skill of success

Marco Alvarado taught a very technical No Gi Jiu Jitsu class last Thursday, April 9th, that put all the techniques in sequence and together in a system, that made it a lot easier to retain the information.

"It's important to stay focused and keep an open mind when it comes to learning BJJ."

Marco Alvarado 2014 IBJJF No Gi Brown Belt World Champion

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The Jiu Jitsu lifestyle goes beyond just training.  It's about taking care of yourself, making friends, and striving to put your 'best foot forward'.

Putting your mind to learning and improving every week will help you to improve mind, body and soul.  Our over-all team goal is to improve at least 1% every week and this requires a positive attitude. 

Conor Drury, Ray Slaon, Michio Grubbs, and Marco Alvarado; brothers in Jiu Jitsu

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Jiu Jitsu lifestyle

 Learning Martial Arts requires dedication, commitment, and desire and having a great team, good training partners,helps to improve at a rapid pace.

Oceanside No Gi BJJ for men and women that want to learn the Art of Jiu Jitsu

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"No Goal was ever met without a little sweat." 

Awesome training with friends makes it for a great experience!  That friendly competition on the mat, builds a camaraderie and bond that many people call 'Jiu Jitsu brotherhood'

Matthew Gurrister, Marco Alvarado, MikoMay, Michio Grubbs, and Nathan Murphy

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 "If you believe in it, then fight for it."

See you on the mat

-team Excel Jiu Jitsu

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

The most happening place!

Excel Jiu Jitsu Oceanside

Come check us out! Guaranteed to have a great time!

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