OUR LEGACY

JIU-JITSU IS A PROVEN SELF-DEFENSE MARTIAL ART THAT ENABLES A TRAINED PRACTITIONER TO DEFEND THEMSELF AGAINST A LARGER ASSAILANT BY UTILIZING LEVERAGE, ANGLES, POSITIONING, AND CONTROL. BEYOND SELF-DEFENSE, THIS ART PROVIDES A COMPLETE WORKOUT AND BUILDS MENTAL STRENGTH THROUGH FOCUS AND COMMITMENT.  

JIU-JITSU HAS A STORIED LEGACY THAT IS CONTINUALLY EVOLVING. OUR FOUNDER, RENATO MAGNO, IS DEEPLY INTERTWINED WITH THAT LEGACY. RENATO FIRST BEGAN HIS MARTIAL ARTS JOURNEY WITH JUDO, WINNING SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS. AFTER HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH JIU-JITSU, RENATO BECAME ENTHRALLED WITH THE ART AND DEDICATED HIMSELF TO MASTER IT. HIS DEVELOPMENT WAS SHAPED BY MASTER GASTÃO GRACIE JR., MASTER CARLOS GRACIE JR., AND THE MACHADO BROTHERS. IT WAS THE MACHADOS WHO CONVINCED RENATO TO MOVE FROM BRAZIL TO THE UNITED STATES - WHERE HE ARRIVED IN 1991 - AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THEIR ACADEMIES. RENATO IS OFTEN CALLED THE “SIXTH MACHADO BROTHER”, AS HE IS THE ONLY BLACK BELT TO RECEIVE HIS BELT FROM ALL FIVE BROTHERS. RENATO IS NOW ONE OF THE FEW CORAL (RED AND BLACK) BELTS IN THE WORLD, MEANING HE WAS A BLACK BELT FOR OVER 31 YEARS. HE IS THE FIRST CORAL BELT UNDER THE MACHADO LINEAGE.

RENATO IS A MULTIPLE-TIME IBJJF PAN AMERICAN MEDALIST, A MULTIPLE-TIME U.S. OPEN GOLD MEDALIST, AND HAS WON MANY OTHER TOURNAMENTS. HE OPENED STREET SPORTS IN SANTA MONICA IN 1998 AND HAS ALWAYS CARRIED FORWARD THE ORIGINAL LEGACY OF JIU-JITSU. FOR OVER 25 YEARS AT STREET SPORTS, HE HAS TRAINED BLACK BELTS — MANY OF WHICH HAVE OPENED THEIR AFFILIATE SCHOOLS — THAT CONTINUE TO UPHOLD THIS LEGACY. IF YOU DECIDE TO ENTER STREET SPORTS YOU WILL FIND A DOWN-TO-EARTH, LAID-BACK GUY WHO WILL BRING JIU-JITSU TO YOUR LEVEL WHILE MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE HAVING FUN WITH IT.