Morumbi Camarillo Jiu Jitsu

🥋 DON’T FORGET — OPEN MAT TONIGHT!
Join Professor Raul tonight at Morumbi Camarillo for Open Mat.
Want to get some extra rolls in?
Need some specific training?
Want to spend more time working on this week’s position and techniques?
Tonight is the perfect opportunity.

Open Mat is your time to explore, ask questions, troubleshoot positions, and put in the repetitions that turn technique into understanding.

Tonight | 6:30–7:30 PM
📍 Morumbi Camarillo

All Morumbi students are welcome.

Come train. Come experiment. Come get better.

See you on the mats! 🥋
Professor Raul

New No-Gi Class with Coach Jessy!

Great energy on the mats tonight for our new No-Gi class with Coach Jessy!
Coach Jessy brings a strong knowledge of No-Gi techniques, movement, and transitions, with an emphasis on staying fluid and technical throughout training.
Excellent movement, great instruction, and another exciting addition to our program. We’re very happy to have Coach Jessy leading our No-Gi classes!
See you on the mats!

In Jiu Jitsu, progress does not begin with advanced techniques. It begins with a strong foundation.
The Fundamentals Class develops the essential principles of Jiu Jitsu: posture, base, balance, movement, frames, pressure, positioning, escapes, and control. These are not simply “beginner techniques.” They are the building blocks that make advanced Jiu Jitsu possible.
As students gain experience, fundamentals become even more important. Returning to basic techniques allows us to discover details we may have missed before and develop better timing, efficiency, and understanding.
Think of Jiu Jitsu like building a house. You can continue adding new levels, but everything depends on the strength of the foundation underneath it.
That is why Fundamentals Class is valuable for every student, regardless of rank. White belts need it to build their Jiu Jitsu correctly, while experienced students need it to continually refine what they already know.
Never become too advanced to practice the fundamentals.
A strong foundation doesn’t limit your Jiu Jitsu—it gives you the ability to build upon it for years to come.

Professor Veltri

At our Morumbi Academy , I believe good training requires something from both students.
When you step onto the mat with another student—you are not there simply to have techniques performed on you. You are there to participate fully in the exchange. You must Bring intention. Bring resistance when resistance is appropriate. Bring awareness AND Bring responsibility for your own training.
As a Professor , I should not have to dominate a student in order to make the technique work. And a student should not become passive simply because they are training with someone more experienced. You Meet each other honestly.
This is one of the deeper meanings of training (keiko).Training is not something one person does to another. It is something two people create together.
In Jiu-Jitsu, this means giving your partner a real problem to solve while still protecting one another.
In the Japanese art of Iaido, ( the Japanese Sword ) the opponent may be imagined, but the demand for honesty is the same. Your posture, timing, intent and awareness cannot be false.
And in the Acadeny / dojo as a whole, rank should never eliminate this responsibility. The teacher brings experience. The student brings sincerity. Both bring a sincere commitment. We bow to one another, and then we meet. Not through ego. Not through domination.
But through honest practice.

That is the kind of training culture we want at Morumbi Academy Camarillo. Strong technique. Strong character. Mutual responsibility.
Gassho
Professor Raul

Join Professor Michael tonight for Open Mat!

A great opportunity to work on this week’s techniques, get some rounds in, or simply add some extra training to your week.

Tonight | 6:30–7:30 PM
📍 Morumbi Camarillo

All Morumbi students are welcome!

Train. Refine. Roll. See you on the mats!

Don’t forget !

Once the preconditions for the ex*****on of a move are met - it’s time to go! Jiu Jitsu does not demand that you be the fastest person in the room, but it does demand that you don’t procrastinate once you’ve identified an opportunity and satisfied the things you need to execute. A spirit of decisiveness is a virtue in this game. Identify opportunity, get yourself set up to act along the lines of the opportunity you’ve identified - and go! Timidity kills ex*****on to a greater degree than imprecision.
Professor Raul

One of the basic truths of Jiu-Jitsu is this:
If you want to stop a technique, first learn how to perform it correctly.
Every technique succeeds because of a series of principles—structure, timing, balance, pressure, and connection. When you truly understand why a technique works, you also understand where it can be interrupted.
In our dojo, we don’t study techniques simply to accumulate more moves. We study them to understand the principles behind them.
I was taught that the student who memorizes techniques gains options.
The student who understands principles gains insight.

That is where real Jiu-Jitsu begins.

— Professor Raul