A Black Belt under Kron Gracie, Ricardo Rosa trained under both Rickson and Kron at their academies for 15 years. He was the head instructor at Kron Gracie’s in LA before taking the leap to build his own, Los Angeles Jiu Jitsu Academy.
Torres, Brazil
THE BEGINNING
2001
Professor Ricardo picked up Martial Arts at a young age. He started with Taekwondo until Jiu Jitsu arrived in his hometown of Torres, Brazil. He immediately transitioned over and hasn’t looked back since.
The early days of his Jiu-Jitsu career were at the Lotus Club before he moved to the United States in 2005. By the end of March 2006, he dug his roots in Los Angeles where he began training under Rickson and Kron Gracie.