Manuel Flores was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico. His family relocated to the US when he was 14 years old. After moving to the US Manuel started to train and compete in both wrestling and Kickboxing. Prof. Flores managed to keep a busy schedule with competition while raising a family and continuing with his public service. He competed and won his bouts in both MMA (RITC) and Boxing (police olympics). In BJJ Prof. Flores loved competing in the AZ circuit, achieving multiple gold medals. At the international level Prof. Flores has competing at the Masters worlds, US Nationals and Pan Ams, winning  silver and bronze multiple times. Prof. Flores continues to compete but his main focus is the growth of his students. You can find Prof. Flores on the mats rolling and teaching 6 days per week, helping and guiding his students to achieve their goals.

Brenda Soto was born and raised in Nogales, Mexico. Her family relocated to the US when she was 15 years old. Prof. Soto has won both her division and the absolute at the IBJJF Pan Ams both as a brown belt and as a black belt. When Prof. Soto started training she noticed the BJJ community needed to be more welcoming to women wanting to train and offer more options for them. When she and her husband opened their academy in 2010 Prof. Soto started the first women only program in the state of Arizona. As her program grew this inspired other academies to to the same and offer a safe environment for women to start training. Soto on the mats 6 days per week, helping and guiding her students to achieve their goals.

Robert is a multiple time AZBJJF Champion,  IBJJF Pan American, IBJJF National Champion and IBJJF Wold Champion.

Robert is one of the amazing instructors in our academy that leads classes in the Tiny Warriors, kids, , Teens, and Adults programs.

Robert continues to be an amazing competitor at the international stage along with being an amazing instructor at our academy.

Robert is available for private classes for all stages of your journey.

Fidel started his jiujitsu journey in San Diego and continued to have incredible success in the AZ competition scene.

Fidel has competed at the world class level and continues  to share his knowledge as the leader of our kids/teens/ and adult programs.

Fidel is available for private sessions  for all stages of your journey.