Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Judo instructors

Stuart receiving Black Belt Diploma from Relson Gracie

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Stuart Ramos

Head Instructor

Stuart was born and raised in Honolulu Hawaii. He began training Judo at the age of 5 with his father Franklin Ramos, a Kodokan Judo Black Belt. Stuart was a member and instructor of the famed Shobukan Judo Club (Olympians from Shobukan: Clifton Sunada 1996, Taylor Takata 2008) in Honolulu Hawaii. Stuart holds a 3rd degree black belt in Kodokan Judo under Olympic Silver Medalist Jason Morris. Mr. Ramos is the only Judo Black Belt to have been entrusted a Judo school under Jason Morris.

After many successful years of local and national competition Stuart retired from active Judo competition to pursue a career in coaching.

In 1990, Stuart began training Jiu-Jitsu with Relson Gracie. His first Jiu-Jitsu class was with Relson and a few of his neighborhood friends at Relson's home in Kahala, Hawaii. Stuart currently holds a Black Belt belt under Relson Gracie.

 In 1999, Stuart began training with Ricardo Pires in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Combat Club. Some of his Jiu-Jitsu training partners have moved on to success in MMA and BJJ like Frank Mir, Phil Baroni, and Rick Davis.

 After graduating from college Stuart decided to stay in the east coast. He has made his home in Timonium, Maryland where he teaches Judo and Gracie Jiu-jitsu.

Nick Tissue began training in martial arts at the age of 4. He has taught martial arts to people of all ages and has a passion for seeing others excel through their training.

Under the tutelage of Stuart he has become the WKA North American MMA Champion, and competes frequently in Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo.

Nick currently holds a purple belt under Relson Gracie and a Green Belt under Jason Morris.

Jason Morris started his Judo Journey in 1975 at the age of 8 and retired after his fourth appearance at the Olympics in 2000. Jason's competition career spanned 26 years. Included among the many awards and titles Jason won is a Silver medal in the 1992 Olympics and a Bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships

Read more about Jason here