Connection Rio Jiu-Jitsu Academy is your connection to the heart of BJJ's motherland Rio de Janeiro Brazil. CR BJJ founder, 3rd degree black belt (graduated by world champion, master of the 'Half Guard' Roberto Correa de Lima) Dennis Asche invested more than twelve years of his life living and training Jiu-Jitsu on Brazilian soil. In Rio de Janeiro professor Asche developed his BJJ through training with innumerous world champions, masters of the arte suave and teaching literally thousands of jiujiteiros from around the world. The experience that has been accumulated over a decade in Brazil has been brought back to Bend, Oregon and is now being passed on to our students at CRA.
Connection Rio Jiu-Jitsu Academy is centrally located in Bend, close to Revere exit on the parkway making it easy to find and convenient to frequent (1620a NE 3rd, upstairs). Having a great location helps to facilitate training for you the student saving travel time and making it a convenient to fit even into an active lifestyle. At our convenient location we have developed an outstanding environment that is most conducive to learning and development of not only great students but great citizens of our society.
When it comes to training, carefully programmed classes with refined fundamentals, practicle functional drills and competitive sparing without inflated egos is what you can expect. That good training at CRA translates into more efficiently learning BJJ, building confidence and integrity that are learned on the mat but with our students wherever they go in life. At Connection Rio Jiu-Jitsu Academy we do more than train BJJ, we live it! Join us on the mat at CRA and experience the best BJJ in Central Oregon for yourself.