Come Roll with Us!

About UsMeet the Team

Schedule

Location

Strawberry Canyon Recreation Area

Schedule

Tuesday 8:00 PM – 9:45 PM Thursday 8:00 PM – 9:45 PM Saturday 2 PM – 4 PM

Appropriate Dress

Come with a GI or tight fitting athletic clothing

See you guys on the mats!

About Us

Welcome to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu @ Berkeley!
  • Club History

    We are a student-organization at the University of California, Berkeley. The club, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu @ Berkeley, was started in Fall 2013 by Timur Bazhirov, Christian Lavados, and Denney Choi. Historically, the club used to meet and roll in Hearst Gym, before finding a home more recently in the Strawberry Canyon Recreational Facility, behind Memorial Stadium.

  • BJJ

    Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a grappling martial art, with roots in Japanese Jujutsu and Judo. The ground techniques were refined by the Gracie family, who made their art world famous after the very first UFC event, where Royce Gracie defeated much larger opponents of different disciplines by using joint-locks and submission-holds instead of strikes. BJJ has since evolved into the fastest growing sport in the world as an effective form of exercise, Mixed Martial Arts core discipline, and self-defense.

  • Current Leadership

    Currently, the BJJ @ Berkeley leadership is headed by second-term President McGregor Stadtmiller and first-term Vice President Lucas Yum. See below for full details of our team!

  • Benefits of BJJ

    BJJ develops physical fitness, particularly strong core strength and endurance, and self defense skills, refining techniques through learning and drilling. We are open to all skill levels and welcome all Cal students. Come join us and roll!

Club Officers

McGregor Stadtmiller
President
Contact Email: mcaustin@berkeley.edu
Lucas Yum
Vice President
Lucas is currently a Senior at Cal as an Interdisciplinary Studies Major with an emphasis on economic development and technology entrepreneurship. He is an avid mixed martial arts practitioner, studying various disciplines such as: boxing, muay thai, and kendo. Contact Email: generalyum@berkeley.edu
Darius Levan
Event-meister
Darius is currently a third-year (junior) in the Psychology major at UC Berkeley. He first joined BJJ@Berkeley in Spring 2015 and has been the Activities Director since Fall 2015, so far earning one stripe under Eduardo Faraga. He is also an active member of the wrestling club.
Matt Harmetz
Mentor
Matt was the past Spring ’15 Club Treasurer. Contact Email: mattgarethharmetz@gmail.com
Steve Hwang
Mentor
Steve began training BJJ under Johnny Ramirez. He now trains under Eduardo and evangelizes BJJ at Cal. Steve was the Spring ’15 Club President and has stayed on staff to support the club. Contact Email: stevetaewoonghwang@berkeley.edu
Jono Disenhof
Treasurer
Jono is a fourth year Civil Engineer at Cal. He began training in 2013 under Omar Kasdi. Since then he’s trained nogi grappling and MMA under Paul Tosetti (Erik Paulson), BJJ under Eduardo Fraga, and recently began training at SBG NorCal.
Yaro Kaminskiy
Publicity
Yaro is currently a Junior at Cal as a Chemical Engineering major. Current one strip white belt. Joined BJJ @ Berkeley when coming into Cal in Fall 2015.
Eduardo Fraga
Instructor
Professor Eduardo Fraga is a 5th-degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, brown belt in Judo, and world-renown instructor. He is currently the Head Instructor at Ralph Gracie Berkeley. As a competitor, Fraga was, among many other accolades, a 7x Sao Paulo (Brazil) State Champion and 7x Pan-Ams Medalist, including a 2005 Pan-American Title.

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