Head Instructor
Bryan Barrick
3rd-degree black belt under Ricardo “Rey” Diogo · Carlson Gracie lineage
Bryan began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 1994. For his first four years he drove to Chicago for private lessons and to New York to train with Renzo Gracie, picking up seminars anywhere he could find them.
Within a few years of starting, other students began asking him to teach — and he has been teaching ever since. In 1998 he organized the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament in northern Indiana, drawing competitors from five states.
Today he teaches every part of the art, self-defense included, to beginners and competitors alike.
“Teaching is my passion and drive. Competing has taken a back seat, allowing me to focus on my students and enable them to succeed personally and competitively.”
