Rodrigo Mendes Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy

Specialties

RMBJJ Academy offers many ways for you to learn Brazilian Jiu-​Jitsu, self defense, build self confidence, and get in shape. The Academy embraces all aspects of BJJ and appeals to a wide range of commitment to the sport. RMBJJ Academy has a program for you!

If you’re looking for a good work-​out, or if you’re interested in weight loss, RMBJJ has a class for you. Jiu-​Jitsu is a great way to lose weight and get in shape because it is a whole-​body work out which requires the use of all muscles of the body.

Perhaps you want to learn how to defend yourself from an attacker. Our classes teach how to immobilize an attacker using Brazilian Jiu-​Jitsu in self defense situations. Jiu-​Jitsu techniques are designed to help you use leverage to overcome stronger and heavier opponents than yourself, forcing them into submission holds and locks.

If you want to become a world-​class champion in BJJ, like many of the top UFC fighters, then RMBJJ has a class for you. Jiu-​Jitsu will give yo

Meet the Business Owner

Rodrigo M.

Business Owner

Rodrigo Mendes started his training in Brazilian Jiu-​Jitsu sometime during 1995 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He first discovered his calling to teach as a blue belt when he would be asked to help teach the other students in his class. Mastering the art quickly, in 2002 Rodrigo moved to the United States. Without being able to speak hardly a word of English, Rodrigo opened his first RMBJJ Academy in the state of Massachusetts. In 2004, Professor Andre «Dedeco» Almeida awarded Rodrigo Mendes his Black Belt in Rockland, Massachusetts. Rodrigo continues to teach BJJ today because he feels it is his calling in life.

«In my career as a fighter I have won many tournaments such as the World games, Pan American, and Nationals (to mention a few), but the most important to me was to be awarded my black belt. Since I was a white belt in Brazil, doctors told me that I would NEVER be able to successfully train BJJ due to a herniated disc in my back. In spite of this, I didn’t just make it to a black