Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position and using joint-locks and chokeholds to force an opponent to submit or be knocked out depending on what submission method is used. The art was based on early 20th century Kodokan Judo, which was itself then a recently-developed system (founded in 1882), based on multiple schools (or Ryu) of Japanese Jujutsu.

It promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant. It primarily uses Judo takedowns to gain the dominant position. BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition. Sparring (commonly referred to as ‘rolling’) and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition.

Scott Oates

Hybrid Academy Head Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Instructor

Scott is an avid martial artist with over 10 years of experience. He is currently a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under 6X World Champion Saulo Ribeiro. Scott has competed both on the National and International level and has won numerous Gold Medals in Regional and State level Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitions. He also holds a Brown Belt in Judo.

Scott is an experienced former Navy SEAL and 18 Delta Combat Medic as well as a Nationally certified Paramedic. Scott is also a French linguist. Throughout his career as a member of SEAL Team 2, he participated in several highly volatile combat situations in Kosovo and Albania as well as Africa.

Scott has instructed BJJ, Judo and Self Defense to military, law enforcement and civilians alike. He has also instructed hand-to-hand courses to several foreign military units including a combatives course which he taught to Cote D’Ivorian military personnel in French. Scott was also a member of Team Bravo on Mark Burnett’s (Creator of “Survivor”) Combat Reality Show, “Combat Missions”.

Hybrid Academy Brazilian Jiu JItsu has the unique privilege of being one of only 3 Saulo Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu Association Affiliates on the East Coast. The Association is headed by 6 time World Champion Saulo Ribeiro and his brother Xande Ribeiro.

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