The Rio Grappling Club is a martial arts team with clubs in Europe, North America, South Africa and Brasil.

Our club started in 2003 inside SOAS University of London, founded by the BJJ black belt Roberto Atalla. Soon BJJ black belt Mauro Chueng, living in Portugal, joined the team and the RGC started to develop as a network. 8 years later, our group has expanded and improved, with schools in 3 continents.

Our mission is to provide friendly places where one can train and learn Grappling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo, and help our students improve beyond the scope of martial arts, developing skills that can be used on their lives.

Our goals are to focus on the technical and competitive aspects of the sports we teach, grow our network without compromising our pursuit for excellence, and become one of the best teams in the world of grappling arts.