As we enter the last full week of October, we will be starting our CTA Fundamental classes with the closed guard lesson plans. A closed guard is one of the best and strongest guards in all of Jiu Jitsu from both a sport and self-defense aspect. In the CTB curriculum, we will be finishing up […]

Winter may be approaching, but things are heating up at the Caio Terra Academy, Palo Alto! In the CTA and CTB classes, we are at the beginning of a new curriculum cycle. No better time to start than now! Reminder there is a change in format to introduce the ABCs of Jiu-Jitsu.  For more information […]

The first week with CTA Instructor Gabriel Marangoni has been amazing. Thank you to everyone for welcoming him to his new home, we are lucky to have him here! This week we added an additional morning class at 6:30 am taught by CTA instructor Bruno Ueda. We also changed the curriculum format to introduce the […]

As we head into a our 4th month at the Caio Terra Academy, Palo Alto, we’d like to say thank you to all of our members and the community for all their support. This week welcome CTA Palo Alto’s newest instructor Gabriel Marangoni! Gabriel has been teaching at our headquarters in San Jose and we […]

This is the last week before Instructor, Gabriel Marangoni comes to Palo Alto! Gabriel was the head instructor at our San Jose location and prior to that ran his own academy in Brazil! MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 26TH) 6:15pm (Fundamentals I): MOUNT: HIP ESCAPE   TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 27TH) 6:30am: SIDE CONTROL: SWITCHING BASE AND ATTACKING THE ARM […]

After a very long ADCC weekend in Vegas we are looking forward to returning the Academy. This week we have our grand opening on Friday at 7:00pm. Everyone is welcome as it will be the first class taught by our permanent instructor, Gabriel Marangoni. MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 19TH) 6:15pm (Fundamentals I) : MOUNT: KEYLOCK TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER […]

Welcome to the Caio Terra Academy, Palo Alto!  This is the curriculum for Monday, September 12th through Saturday September 17th. All active CTA Palo Alto students have a discount for Caio Terra Online. If you are thinking about singing up talk with your instructor or email nick@bjjpaloalto.com! Thank you and hope you have an amazing […]

Welcome to the Caio Terra Academy, Palo Alto!  This is the curriculum for Monday, September 5th through Saturday September 10th. At CTA we believe in the One Team philosophy and that starts with the team uniform.  ALL students, Instructors, Professors, and visitors must wear the official CTA Uniform. For Gi trials and drop ins we […]

Welcome to the Caio Terra Academy, Palo Alto! Every Friday we will post the lesson plans for the coming week. This will give our students the opportunity to study prior to coming to class and will greatly accelerate the learning process! This is not mandatory but we strongly encourage it. A separate membership to Caio […]