The Academy is a center of learning for numerous Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies which regularly convene there for G.R.A.P.L.E.® (Gracie Resisting Attack Procedures for Law Enforcement) intensive camps and refresher courses. The Torrance facility is also the base for Rorion's WOMEN EMPOWERED® program, the innovative rape prevention course which is being enthusiastically embraced by women's groups nationwide.

The Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy

3515 Artesia Boulevard
Torrance CA. 90504

Phone: (310) 353-4100 Fax: (310) 353-4109

The New Gracie Academy is a 12000+ square foot training facility located at 3515 Artesia Blvd still in Torrance, CA. The new Gracie Academy is the largest continous training mat roughly 4000+ square feet. There are two large private rooms, a comfortable lobby area, even larger locker rooms for men and women, vending machines, and of course the Gracie Musuem. In addition to regular private, semi-private and group instruction.

It's amazing how much things have changed since the early days. However, the most essential feature of the Torrance Academy is one it shares with its "garage days" ancestors: It's still the home of the most effective self-defense instruction in the world.

When Rorion Gracie and his brothers first began revealing the secrets of their family art of Jiu-Jitsu, they taught anywhere they could throw down a mat. Known as the "garage days" by those early students who fondly remember grappling in makeshift classrooms cobbled together in spare bedrooms and empty car garages, it was a period of growth and experimentation for Rorion and his family. During this initial phase, the Gracies established their curriculum and teaching methods, adapting them to best meet the needs of their students.
It wasn't long, however, before the demand for Jiu-Jitsu instruction by Rorion mushroomed beyond his cottage-industry facilities. In order to accommodate the expanding list of applicants pleading for instruction, he began to design what was to be the first American Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy®. And so it was that in August of 1990, Rorion officially opened the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy at 1951 West Carson Street in Torrance California. The world of martial arts would never be the same again.