Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Our Program and Curriculum

Performance Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Fair Lawn, NJ runs one of the largest and most successful adult Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu programs in the state of New Jersey. This has been attributed to Louis Vintaloro’s 13 years of hands-on experience teaching the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Every student gets the attention they need to rise to the next level.

Performance Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy stays true to the Jiu-Jitsu taught at the Gracie Humaitá Academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Gracie Humaitá Academy was founded by Grandmaster Helio Gracie and is considered the birthplace of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Almost all of the fighters in the famous Gracie family, including Rickson and Royce, have trained at the Gracie Humaitá Academy extensively. It is also the home academy of such legendary BJJ fighters and teachers such as 6 X World Champion Saulo Ribeiro, 2008 Absolute World Champion Xande Ribeiro and of course legendary fighter 6 X World Champion Royler Gracie.

Louis Vintaloro has traveled to Brazil over 30 times to train at the Gracie Humaitá Academy to prepare himself to be the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu teacher he can be.

Performance Academy in Fair Lawn, NJ offers a balanced curriculum of sport BJJ, no-gi, self defense and MMA. The emphasis is on ground-fighting but we also cover takedowns with and without the kimono (uniform).

In the beginning stages of your training we emphasize the fundamental and basic techniques that will eventually be your solid foundation for this exciting martial art. Because the techniques are constantly changing and evolving in Brazil, we try to offer the most up-to-date techniques coming out of the competition scene.

In order to prepare students to be well rounded martial artists – the basic Performance Academy adult BJJ program now also includes high quality Muay Thai Kickboxing classes at no extra cost. MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) techniques are implemented in the BJJ and Muay Thai programs.

Self Defense

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a great self defense system for both men and women. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu has a full set of self defense techniques (defesa pessoal) that are used against common standing street attacks such as headlocks, bear hugs, rape situations…etc.

Getting in Shape

Training at our academy will be a great way to become and stay fit! A beautiful thing about training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is that you will be having a lot of fun while you’re getting in shape. Students lose weight without even focusing on it. You will also be learning an incredibly effective martial art at the same time.

Supplement your Current Martial Arts Training

Many students at Performance Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy are students and instructors of other martial arts themselves. We have a very open mind and our students do also. As many of you know Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a wonderful supplement to striking based martial arts such as tae kwon do, karate, kickboxing…etc. Many martial artists know Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will make them a more balanced and complete fighter.

Rank

We use the traditional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grading system that is used in Brazil. White, Blue, Purple, Brown and Black. We also use a 4 stripe system on the white belt with easy to follow required techniques to achieve the next stripe rank on your white belt. This system has proven to be very successful in guaranteeing that the student learns the fundamental techniques before he/she reaches the Blue Belt (1st colored belt).

We DO NOT charge for belts or belt testing. Your belt and rank is yours because you earned it on the mat.

More Questions?

Please don’t hesitate calling 201-225-0099 or e-mailing Louis Vintaloro at BJJAcademy@aol.com with any questions you might have and to also make an appointment to observe or try a free no obligation trial class out.

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Every program includes members only ‘open mats.’
Open mats are open sparring sessions without formal instruction.
Sparring or ‘rolling’ is an integral part of the learning process. It’s also everyone favorite part of BJJ training!

Open mats are open to all belts!!

Adult membership now also includes the Muay Thai Kickboxing for FREE.

Contact Us Today

Please contact Prof. Louis Vintaloro at 201-225-0099 or e-mail ahead to make an appointment for your first FREE trial class. You just need to wear comfortable clothes on your first day and you will not spar.

Private Lessons

Busy schedule or in need of 1 on 1 intensive instruction? Private lessons could be for you. Private lessons are also helpful to gain
a strong foundation of the basic techniques before entering a group class.

Private lessons are taught by Head Black Belt Instructor Louis Vintaloro and Assistant Instructor Black Belt Rich Dimino.

Private Lessons with Louis Vintaloro are: $100 for 1 hour, $75 for 45 minutes or $50 for a half hour

Private Lessons with Rich Dimino are $80/hour or $50/half hour.

If it’s the first time emailing our academy please email Louis Vintaloro to schedule a free group class or to schedule an “introductory” private lesson from Louis Vintaloro.

E-mail Rich Dimino or call Rich at 781-864-5272 for Rich’s private lesson appointments.

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