World-Class Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Bend & Redmond

Straight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Our Expert Team

Come experience elite Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & MMA straight from Brazil led by 4th degree black belt, Professor Dennis Asche taught to thousands of athletes from around the world. All of our instructors have been taught the Connection Rio system and have been ranked by Professor Asche.

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Our Core Values

At Connection Rio, you won’t learn a bunch of techniques demonstrated on a non-resisting partner. You will learn a system that has been battle tested and proven applicable in real life scenarios in a safe, fun and supportive environment. At Connection Rio you are more than just a member, you are joining a family!

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Our Mission

Our mission is to empower our students by unleashing their greatest potential as a martial artist and human being through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other martial arts.

Kids BJJ

Our Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu program is the best martial art for kids’ self defense. It is designed to build our kids up instilling positive core beliefs, character building, developing boundaries, combat bullying and learning self discipline in a safe and fun environment. We build our students up for success in all aspects of life!

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Kids Muay Thai & Boxing

Our Kids Muay Thai program builds confident & successful students out of committed athletes. We provide a positive outlet for your child to build mental fortitude, become physically fit and build a life long realistic technical skill set. Our program is designed to build our athletes up and instill core values in a fun and safe environment!

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Adult BJJ

Come experience elite Brazilian Jiu Jitsu straight from Brazil taught by Professor Dennis Asche to thousands of athletes from around the world. At Connection Rio BJJ, you will learn real life self defense that has been battle tested and proven in a safe, fun, and controlled environment.

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Muay Thai & Kick Boxing

Our team appreciates the simplicity and beauty of Muay Thai and Kick Boxing, two of the most effective striking martial arts on the planet. Come experience battled tested Muay Thai instruction learned by Professor Asche from the best around the world! You’ll learn life long skills while enduring a full body workout!

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Judo

Judo has a very important role in all aspects of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and we are proud to offer our students the opportunity to train their throws with our high level Judo coaches! Our Judo instruction provides that understanding allowing practitioners to feel more comfortable in any situation, starting from the feet.

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Proudly Serving Bend, Redmond, & All of Central Oregon!

Connection Rio BJJ Bend is Central Oregon’s premier Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy.

To all the Police Officers, First Responders, Military and Veterans out there, thank YOU for your service!

For those protecting our communities and our nation, Connection Rio BJJ Bend and Redmond is here for you! We believe all Police Officers, First Responders, Service Men and Women should be training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. To show our appreciation and gratitude, we offer membership discounts and special offers.

Unleash Your Greatest Potential at Connection Rio BJJ!

What do people say about us?


Brian Garrett

I've trained at MANY BJJ gyms here in Oregon, and Connection Rio is the real deal. Professor Dennis Asche has an unparalleled level of knowledge and depth of expertise, giving him the ability to meet ...

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John Hickey

Having trained in gyms all over the world for many years, Dennis's classes always stick out in my mind as the most beneficial, enjoyable and relevant to modern jiu jitsu. I still carry with me to this...

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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu near Bend

Kyle N.

I got sucker punched today and just wanted to say the things you have taught me saved my life. So from the bottom of my heart thank you....

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Mark Gasson

This is THE place to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Bend, Oregon. Somehow, black belt Dennis Asche has hit all the sweet spots with his gym: great work ethic, friendly atmosphere, absolutely killer work...

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Tom Williams

I've been training for 5 months now. Started and still at CRA (Connection Rio Academy). Professor Dennis, the Brown, Purple, Blue, and even White belts at CRA are all super knowledgeable, friendly, an...

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Sean Gregg

This is the best BJJ gym I have ever been to. Professor Dennis Asche is an amazing coach. He does a great job breaking down moves and techniques making them easy to learn. I have really appreciated ho...

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