San Clemente Residents: Empower your Children With Jiu-Jitsu
San Clemente Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wants to warning every parent: even our quiet and small San Clemente cityoffers some danger. ”Our Martial Art improves every practitioner’s confidence, health and discipline, and of course self-defense in case that they need. And trust me, emergency and violence happens, even in our so loved San Clemente… “, says our Gracie Jiu-Jitsu [...]
What Makes Jiu-Jitsu Different From Karate & Tae Kwon Do?
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is very different from many other martial arts. Unlike other martial arts like Karate and Tae Kwon Do, BJJ’s main focus is on grappling and ground fighting. However, surprisingly to many, BJJ has emerged as the elite martial art that has dominated the world of MMA. In contrast to other Martial Arts that [...]
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: what it is and where to find it in San Clemente

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is one of the world’s most effective Martial Arts and a superior form of self-defense. Not only has BJJ become recognised as perhaps the most elite of all martial arts in MMA and UFC championships, but has proven to be equally efficient on some of the roughest streets in the world as [...]
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and its Science

At Guillobel Jiu-Jitsu San Clemente Academy when someone talks about leverage, they are talking about using minimum effort for maximum effect. In a martial arts sense, generally we are talking about ways of controlling/moving/effecting someone whereby a smaller person can do so to a bigger guy with minimum effort. Leverage is a mathematical formula [...]
Jiu-Jitsu San Clemente will be represented at Pedro Soriano’s In-House

Guillobel Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu San Clemente will be represented at Pedro Soriano’s In-House BJJ Tournament this Saturday, Sep 11th. More than 10 of our students will head up north to San Pedro to compete at Pedro’s Martial Arts competition. Most of our competitors want to get some warm-up for the Jiu-Jitsu Nationals Championship, to be held the [...]
Jiu-Jitsu Pro Gear Open will be hosted in San Clemente

In partnership with Gilberto Faria, Paulo Guillobel is extremely excited to be hosting the first EVER big Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament in San Clemente. Gilbeto, owner and founder of Jiu-Jitsu Pro Gear, chose San Clemente for the life-long relationship with our Master Paulo – who was sponsored by Gilberto for being such a good athlete winning or going to [...]
Our San Clemente Jiu-Jitsu Academy will be closed next Monday Sep 6th

Our Guillobel Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in San Clemente will be closed next Monday, Sep 6th, for the Labor Day. Our so loved top black belt instructors will take a rest (certainly will be surfing) on their day. So on Tuesday, Sep 7th, our mentors will start the week fresh and full of energy to train [...]
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Class: Learn How to Open the Guard
2010 Jiu-Jitsu Pan American Champion Paulo Guillobel teaches you for FREE a Jiu-Jitsu Class. The technique of this week, Aug 30th, is How to Pass the Guard. Any BJJ practioner, kids, women, adults and teens, must know how to do it – and do it properly. Notice that before train, always warm up first. Safety always [...]
Take Advantage of Martial Arts Lessons in San Clemente

Jason Hughes is one of our many students who Take Advantage of our Martial Arts Lessons in San Clemente. Jason started to train at our Adults and Teens Jiu-Jitsu Program in San Clemente almost 2 years ago. In the first 6 months, Jason’s Fitness condition was in a whole new level. Hughes lost [...]
Jiu-Jitsu Technique of the Week: Aug 23rd
Black Belt for more than 15 years, Sensei Paulo Guillobel teaches today one of the many techniques in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The Technique of the Week is a Sweep: Pendulum. Notice that before train, always warm up first. Safety always comes first. At our academy in San Clemente (92672, 92673 and Dana Point area) you can train it in [...]
Nico Coli, our Surfer and Martial Artist

Our Student Nico Coli proves that Jiu-Jitsu is a great way to improve anyone’s surf performance. Niko started to attend our Jiu-Jitsu Little Kids Empowerment Program more than a year ago at our academy in San Clemente. All he knew by the time was just how to surf and skateboard. But little by little our new [...]
Guillobel BJJ Team wins Five Golds!

This last weekend, The Guillobel Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Academy in San Clemente achieved the unthinkable. We sent THREE of our students to two different Martial Arts tournaments, and they got FIVE GOLD MEDALS! How nice is that?! The eleven years old, Mitch Olesinski, and the 15 years old, Luis Gonzales, went to the North American Brazilian Jiu-jitsu tournament, a tournament [...]
Paulo Guillobel visited Leo Dalla’s Academy

Sensei Paulo Guillobel was in Washington DC last weekend, from Aug 18th to 23rd. Our head instructor was attending a seminar as well as visiting Leo Dalla’s BJJ academies. While Sensei Guillobel was improving his business skills at east cost, our academy in San Clemente was under the command of Black Belt Sensei Andre. Leo [...]
Jiu-Jitsu Technique of the Week: Aug 16th
The Gracie Jiu-Jitsu technique of the week is a take down: ippon seinagi. Sensei Paulo Guillobel and Sensei Andre Lucic demonstrate it to you. Notice that before train, always warn up first. And if you don’t know how to break the fall, please don’t do it. Safety always comes first. At our academy in [...]

