Rio de Janeiro · Brasil
Seven days in Rio de Janeiro, the birthplace of Jiu-Jitsu. Train in legendary academies, connect with the roots of jiu-jitsu, and see a side of the city no tourist itinerary will ever show you.
The holiday your training has been waiting for. Rio de Janeiro, curated for Jiu-Jitsu. Legendary academies, training with local black belts, and a Rio de Janeiro you'd never find on your own.
If you train, you already carry a piece of Brazil with you. You just haven't been here yet. I'm curating a week that takes you deeper than the usual trip: Cristo, the beaches, the icons, but also a real welcome from the local community, and a stronger connection to the jiu-jitsu you train every week.
We train at the historic academies where jiu-jitsu was built. First confirmed: Gracie Humaitá, one of the founding academies of Jiu-Jitsu. More to come. Open mat, all belts.
Cristo, Pão de Açúcar, Pedra do Sal. The sights you came for, at the right hours, with the right view.
Santa Teresa, Lapa, and the corners of Rio de Janeiro you'd never find alone.
One proper venue. The Rio de Janeiro sound that doesn't translate to a playlist.
Fire, meat, and the people you spent the week rolling with.
I'm Brazilian, based in The Hague, and I've spent the last 10 years organizing over 40 international delegations for governments, investors, and startup ecosystems around the world.
I'm also a BJJ brown belt. And the more I train, the more I see what this art does to people. There's a real connection forming with Brazil, but almost no one gets to go deeper into it. I built Raízes for that. For practitioners who want to connect with the roots of Jiu-Jitsu: the history, the lineage, the culture that makes it more than exercise, while finally ticking off Rio de Janeiro, the city that ends up on every practitioner's bucket list.
So I built the trip I would want: small group, real access, the real thing. The kind of week you'd want to do with the people you already train with.
The program runs 7 full days (March 7–13). Arrive on the 6th and fly home on the 14th, so you get every day on the ground without rushing. The full day-by-day comes together with the group. What's locked: you train every day, you experience Rio de Janeiro with people who know it, and you get room to make the trip your own.
The restaurants, bars, and streets, all curated by Brazilians who built this trip around the training, not by a travel agent.
6–14 March 2027 · Rio de Janeiro
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About Raízes
Raízes BJJ creates immersion programs that bring European practitioners to Rio de Janeiro, the city where Brazilian jiu-jitsu was born, developed, and taken to the world.
Most practitioners around the world train Jiu-Jitsu without ever experiencing where it comes from. Raízes exists to change that, through small groups, real academy access, and a Rio de Janeiro shown the way it should be shown.
The art has a history, a geography, a lineage.
Not a tournament trip. An immersion.
Small groups. Real access. Real connection.
For jiu-jitsu, its history, and the city.
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