Candal’s Martial Arts & Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy

I’ve been training with Professor Victor for the past 2 years off and on due to work schedules. But whenever I go more than a month without training I get a courtesy call from Victor to see how I’m doing and when I’m coming back to class. Something he doesn’t have to do since I’m on contract and he’s going to get paid automatically anyways. It feels good to be a part of a team that miss you when you’re not around. He teaches more than just bjj techniques, he teaches you how to be a better person. He’s just a good person all around, definitely a more traditional Martial arts instructor.
My wife has been wanting to go to a regular fitness gym and wants me to join her. I’m never been one of those guys that could go to regular gyms, I’ve always been in martial arts since I was a kid. The way Victor works with the kids and the women in class made me feel comfortable enough to talk my wife into joining the bjj class. She’s been excited looking for a new gi. And she’ll start her first bjj class this week, actually it will be her first martial arts class ever. I’m excited as well, I’ve been doing bjj for about 18 years now and have been a bjj parent for many years, but never a bjj coupe. Like professor Victor says «jiu-​jutsu is for everyone»!!!

Master Victor has been able to help me get back into shape which has allowed me to start looking great again. While being able to practice a sport this is cool and fun. I recommend for anyone to try his evening Kickboxing Classes. For this I have decided to give Candal’s Martial Arts & Brazilian Jiu-​Jitsu Academy all 5 stars!

My four and a half year old niece has so much fun here. The instructors are awesome. She has learned to be a lot more disciplined since training here.

Love this place! I bring my 5 year old daughter she loves it! Mr. Candal is so good with the kids! My daughter has learned so much in a short amount of time. My husband also does jiu jitsu here as well and loves it!

Make sure that if you decide to stop attending class u check ur bank account to make sure money is no longer being withdrawn from your account. Instructor victor knew I was no longer going to attend and for 3 months kept withdrawing money from my fathers account nd when confronted about it he refused to return the money. It was really disappointing to know he did such a thing. #careful

I am brand new to jiu jitsu, I went to a strictly Muy Thai gym a couple years ago and decided it was time to train again so I went to an a MMA gym (not going to say name out respect) I thought I was going to train Muy Thai and train jiu jitsu periodically but quite the opposite happened when I got rolled up like a pretzel! I then became obsessed with jiu jitsu. As my need to learn grew I wasn’t getting my jiu jitsu needs met. Long story short I wanted to hone in on my jiu jitsu skills and discovered victor candals gym. He helped me do exactly that, growing up in the military and Being raised in a military family I am a firm believer in Training like your life depends on it because it does «train like you fight» and that’s exactly what victor teaches, also while maintaining an ego free environment. This is a family owned business and family oriented gym the students here are all very great people of all ages and walks of life, victor promotes a healthy lifestyle physically spiritually and mentally. I give this place two thumbs up.

I started training with Professor Victor a few months ago and I have to say that I really love his class (I’m taking his Brazilian Jiu-​Jitsu class). I’ve been doing Martial arts since I was a kid (over 25 yrs now, yup… i’m old) lol. I’ve been doing bjj since 1999 and in that time I’ve trained in Brazil, central America, Mexico and various places here in California. Also the training I have had was under legends in bjj and mma (Master Carlson Gracie Sr. And Master Rafael Cordeiro to name a few) along with many other bjj world champions. So when I walk into an academy I know right away what kind of environment it’s going to be. From the first day I walked in asking about his program and every class since, Professor Victor has been extremely friendly, professional and very ENCOURAGING. I emphasize encouraging because now that I’m getting older and body isn’t what it use to be, and not being able to do the stuff I was able to do in my 20’s can be VERY frustrating and VERY discouraging!!! You can also tell he runs a great program by interacting with his students during class, everyone is friendly and helpful among each other. He works around my injuries and that goes along with what he teaches (jiu-​jitsu for everyone) even the old and broken. Lol.
In the last few weeks I’ve been coming in early hanging out watching him teach the kids class. Along with teaching great techniques and discipline to the kids, he teaches the true spirit and philosophy of Martial Arts. I love seeing kids do Martial arts and having fun with it and wanting to be there. It reminds me of when I was a kid doing martial arts and I wanted to be a Ninja (it was the 80’s) lol. My 9 yr old son will start his training with Professor Victor next month.
So I would definitely recommend this place to anyone, whether you’re new to Martial arts or an advanced student come check it out. You’ll be happy you did!!!

I have been a martial artist for over 31 years. I run my own Taekwondo school and I also currently teach my Taekwondo program inside of Master Victor’s school. I met Master Victor while we training at Cleber Jiujitsu and we had an immediate friendship. He is an amazing instructor and martial artist. It is very rare to meet someone who has dedicated almost their entire life to teaching martial arts to benefit children and adults.
I have seen many of his classes and I can see why a lot of his students win Brazilian Jiujitsu tournaments. He not only trains them hard, he also trains them smart. There might be bigger gyms with more high tech equipment but you cannot buy the quality and experience that Master Victor has with his students. This is something that has to be built through experience and training. He genuinely cares for his students and that is very hard to find.
It is also a very family oriented school. How do I know that? His oldest daughter helps teach the classes and she is AMAZING with the younger students. His other son and daughter are also in his classes and it is quite a sight to see father and daughter teaching while the whole family trains together. As the saying goes… the family that trains together… stays together.
I cannot say enough good things about Master Victor and I am honored that he would let me run my Taekwondo program co-​currently with his Jiujitsu program. Reading this review is one thing but experiencing this program is hard to describe with words. Once you join, you feel like you are a part of a family that all have the same goal, which is for their students to be more successful using what they learned: confidence, discipline, focus, respect and perseverance in the real world where it really matters.
Thank you Master Victor for changing the world for the better through your program.

Candal’s BJJ Academy is excellent jiu jitsu studio. After checking into several studios and taking a handful is free classes to see how the different studios ran, i choose to join up with Mr Victor. Everyone there are extremely helpful and willing to share their experience. Whether you’re looking to compete, what to learn self-​defense, or just get in shape Candal’s is a great place to be.

Victor is such a great instructor he’s been training me since I was 8 and Was his first black belt he’s ever trained. Now I’m bringing my daughter to start training and is great with kids now I’m going to start training again. Victor is very highly recommended.