Gyms Details:

Head Professor: Sam Marcellini

Details: Since 2000, Marcellini’s Martial Arts Academy has been a premier training center known for excellence in the Inland Empire. We pride ourselves in having a safe and effective program that anyone regardless of age, size, or fitness level can benefit from. Our mission is to provide an authentic martial arts program that is conducive to self-awareness and betterment of our students. We work with experts in character development for our children’s program and altercation de-escalation for all ages. Although we teach our students to avoid confrontations, when self-defense becomes necessary it is crucial to have the knowledge and skills to stay safe whether standing in striking range or grappling on the ground. Sam Marcellini shares curriculums, expertise and knowledge from some of the best schools in the world. Sam has an extensive training background with legends in both grappling and striking arts. Although there are many Jiu-Jitsu schools that we consider a part of our family, we find that our training methods and choice of techniques differs a great deal as we focus solely on the self-defense aspect of Jiu-Jitsu rather than sport Jiu-Jitsu. As a young martial arts instructor, Sam started training with Royce Gracie and his father Grandmaster Helio Gracie in 1994 and has been a dedicated part of the team ever since. Royce Gracie’s early victories in the UFC revolutionized the world of martial arts by contributing to a movement towards grappling and ground fighting. As a sparring partner of Royce Gracie and an undefeated fighter himself, Sam Marcellini was the second person ever to receive a black belt from Royce Gracie in California. Sam is also a dedicated student of the original Mejiro gym style of kickboxing, a style that emerged to develop the best strikers in the world. The Mejiro gym style was the first non-Thai school to have success in the brutal and realistic Muay-Thai competitions in Thailand. Mejiro gym is renowned for developing many legendary fighters including Toshio Fujiwara, the first ever non-Thai stadium champion in Thailand, as well as Rob Kaman, a nine-time World Muay-Thai Kickboxing Champion. Sam was the first person ever to become a certified instructor under Rob Kaman in the US. If you are looking for a complete self-defense system, Sam has spent a lifetime studying and blending striking and grappling arts together to achieve just that. His system and instruction hold great value to everyone, from the first-timer to the expert.

Kids Program Url: https://riverside-brazilianjiujitsu.com/riverside-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-child/

Kids Program Detail: Sam Marcellini’s program works hand-in hand with a child’s schoolwork. His program develops self-discipline, self confidence, mental alertness, and goal setting skills. At Marcellini’s Martial Arts Academy, young people are taught that through dedicated, intense work, all worthwhile goals in life are possible. Parents have attributed our program with improving their child’s grades as a direct result of the increased motivation, achievement, self-direction, and self confidence provided by the program. Sam Marcellini’s program is vigorously designed in conjunction with education experts to develop high levels of self-defense skill while providing social, physical, emotional and attitudinal growth.

Woman Only Program Url: https://riverside-brazilianjiujitsu.com/riverside-women_selfdefense/

Woman Only Program Detail: The driving belief behind the curriculum in this class is that avoiding dangerous situations is always the safest choice, no matter how much experience and training you have. For that reason, an important part of the course is teaching students boundary setting and how to identify the different behavior patterns of sexual predators, both strangers and non-strangers (people the victim already knows). By teaching our students to identify predators and the different stages of an assault, we give our students the tools necessary to avoid and deal with these scenarios. In case physical confrontation becomes inevitable, we also train our students in the use of some of the most effective and devastating techniques from different styles, both standing and on the ground. This seminar usually becomes available with limited enrollment once or twice a year. Although we do our best during the seminar to prepare students to defend themselves against a physical attack, we highly recommend that women also participate in our group Jiu-Jitsu classes at least twice a week for a year for significantly higher effectiveness. Women always have the choice to ONLY work with other females in our Jiu-Jitsu classes if that is what they prefer. The techniques learned in our group Jiu-Jitsu classes will not only make the seminar much more beneficial, but they will also have the amazing benefit of developing truly effective overall self-defense skills. We do offer FREE Assault Prevention Seminars for local places of worship (20 person minimum). And we do conduct Assault Prevention Seminars for local businesses and organizations with a 20-person minimum at $60.00 per person. Please feel free to contact us if you’re interested.

Other Programs Available: Muay Thai Kickboxing

Schedule Url: https://riverside-brazilianjiujitsu.com/schedule-riverside/

Email: info@mmaa.us

Facebook Url: https://www.facebook.com/MarcellinisMMARiverside/

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@mmaajiujitsu

Video Url: https://youtu.be/-WRiBGNkrdM

Country: United States