The Academy’s method combines three key elements: martial arts philosophy, technical study and application, and competition.
Every position taught at The Academy, guard, passing, takedowns, submissions, escapes moves through the same structured method. It’s not a random collection of techniques strung together; it’s a system Thalison Soares, our Head Coach, developed over years of competing at the highest level in the sport, winning across every belt, learning from some of the best coaches in the world, and studying jiu-jitsu as closely as it’s ever been studied.
That system isn’t locked in one person’s head. It’s the actual curriculum built into every class, taught the same way by every coach on our mats, at every level, from your first class to Pro Training.
Students move through it stage by stage, understanding why a position works before a single technique gets drilled, building the mechanics, proving it against a resisting opponent, then making it theirs under full pressure. Skip a stage and a technique falls apart the moment someone resists. Go through it properly, every time, and it becomes part of how you move, not something you’re thinking about anymore.
Jiu-jitsu teaches you who you are when you’re losing long before it teaches you how to win. Every student gets tapped, gets stuck, gets back up, and does it again. That’s not a side effect of training here. It’s the point.
Through learning and applying techniques in drills and sparring, students enhance their physical, emotional, social, and cognitive skills.
Our dynamic classes promote physical fitness, emotional intelligence, strong communication, and cognitive development, all while building self-defence capabilities. With consistency, students see improvements in health, self-awareness, and everyday choices.
Every technique gets proven the same way, against someone who’s actually trying to stop you, not just letting it happen. For most students, that’s rolling live in class, week after week, until it holds up under real pressure. For those who want to take it further, we’ve got a competition team and a Pro Training track — but stepping onto a competition mat is never the point of training here. Whether you compete once, every season, or never, the standard’s the same: can you make it work when someone’s actually resisting.
