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At the Caio Terra Association (CTA) we believe that Jiu-Jitsu truly has the power to change lives. I know this first hand, as it has changed my life! Jiu-Jitsu makes us mentally stronger not just physically stronger. It teaches us how to problem solve in stressful situations, the importance of perseverance, and to deal with […]
This year worlds was a emotional one for me. I knew win or lose, it would be Mason Fowler’s last championship at the color belt level. We put in the work, had the right game plan and it was our goal to come away with double gold. In the end, things didn’t go exactly as […]
This past weekend, ADCC champion Yuri Simoes traveled to England for the inaugural RAW Grappling Championship Grand Prix. After two tough matches he faced the current IBJJF European Champion, Patrick Gaudio in the final. When the dust settled, Yuri came home with the decision victory! Yuri now is now undefeated in his last 7 matches […]
Triple J BJJ is owned by bjj enthusiast, professor Kev Johns. Kev holds a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under Base MMA owner Shaun Spooner. Kev is a life long martial artist and strongly believes in the one team, one family approach! After a long 3 month process, we are pleased to announce that Triple […]
This past weekend CTA Athletes Mason Fowler and Benji Silva flew out to Atlantic City for the 2021 ADCC East Coast Trials. This was the biggest trials in the history of ADCC with some divisions having over 200 competitors. At the end of day 1 both Benji and Mason were left standing! Benji had made […]
We are pleased to announce the addition of Lions BJJ in Lihue, Kauai, to the CTA Family. Lions BJJ was founded in 2016 by head Instructor and owner, Mory “Mo” Fernandez. Mo firmly believes that through Martial Arts we can make the world a better place. In 2017 Mo started learning directly from Professor Kim […]
This past weekend Mason Fowler, made his 8th title defense at Submission Underground (SUG) against Gabriel “Zangief” Checco. After a tough 5 minutes of regulation, the match headed to overtime.In the 2nd overtime round, Mason submitted Checco by RNC to retain his Submission Underground title. Mason is now 12-0 in submission underground and has the […]
Yesterday I was at Sensei studio for a seminar and was surprised with a story from the instructor, Tony Caito. He said he had a few moments in life that he regretted. As a parent we always want the best for our children, and when his son Anthony was a kid he started his jiu […]
We would like to announce the newest Caio Terra Affiliate, TRXTR Studio’s in Kapolei Hawaii! In 2017 Jeremy committed his life to Jiu Jitsu and quit his job. He starting teaching full time at Mad Tiger Academy, under Eric “Mad Tiger” Goo and in 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, he took a leap […]
In March of 2020 we faced a pandemic unlike any we have seen in our life time. No one could have predicted that it would last over a year, but it did. The world, our world, would never be the same. As we are starting to emerge from this time we are faced with many […]