Equipe Jucão Jiu Jitsu

Jucão’s stellar instruction shows not only through his excellent teaching, but also in the outstanding teaching coming from his students — from his black belts to the more experienced white belts with solid fundamentals. Whether you want a hard, competitive roll full of submissions and counters or just a light, friendly opportunity to exercise and learn this beautiful martial art, Equipe Jucão Jiu Jitsu’s got what you need. Prepare for a safe, clean, familial ambience and a lot of fun! Train with champions.

I have trained jiu jitsu at two other schools and taken trial classes at five others. Jucao has very smooth and technical jiu jitsu. He has an arsenal of techniques that you will not see elsewhere. His team are all very friendly and looking to help each other. This is a great place to train.

The thing I first noticed about a Jucao class is that it’s not like a typical martial arts class. I mean, it is a lot like other martial arts classes: warm-​ups, techniques, and sparring. Now that I know more about jiu jitsu, I can say that Jucao knows techniques and can teach them at a level that most black belts will take decades to get to. He’s a rare master of the art, one of only a few at that level in North America, let alone New York.
But what makes it like no other school are the people. Jucao is a warm, inviting, attentive black belt who treats new and experienced students like they are part of his family. The experienced belts are all as friendly as Jucao and make trying out jiu jitsu a safe and fun experience. Even the staff at the desk are friendly and easy to work with. And all the students seem to be there as friends and partners out to all become great at jiu jitsu. I’m happy I joined and would highly recommend this place to anyone.

I’ve only trained with Equipe Jucao and plan to be a lifer. The feel, the flow, the team, it’s all perfect. We’re a family, and Jucao expresses this philosophy everyday. He is insightful and passionate about Brazilian Jiu-​Jitsu. You can see it in every move he knows and teaches. If you want to train under an amazing practitioner along with a great group of people who all strive to better their understanding of the Art together, then this is your place.

Just moved (again!), I guess it’s a NY thing, temp housing seems to be the norm. Anyway, I needed a new BJJ (Jiu Jitsu) school around my new place. I thought I was going to find some random guy teaching, but was super surprised to find Jucao teaching. Great guy, warm, inviting, great team of guys training there. He’s a 5^th degree BJJ black belt, with a rich history in the sport, and tons of awards and championships to his credit. I’ve taken three classes there so far, about 15 people per class, very structured, clean school, reasonable pricing… all the things I was looking for in a Jiu Jitsu school.