Meet Our Professor

J.J. Tudela

J.J. started training jiu-jitsu in 2012 and has since had his wife and three kids start training as well. He has won many local tournaments and earned bronze as a brown belt in No Gi Worlds in 2019.

Outside of the gym, J.J. is a full-time soldier, serving as a Sergeant First Class in the Oregon National Guard. He spent 6 years in the US Coast Guard before transferring into the Army National Guard.

Before J.J. went full time in the National Guard and moved to Tri-Cities, he worked at Salem-Keizer Brazilian Jiu-jitsu as the head instructor for kids and fundamentals classes.

 

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Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie Sr. > Carlos Gracie Junior > Gustavo Pires > J.J. Tudela