Founded in 1986
Southlake, Coppell, Grapevine, Colleyville, Keller, Westlake, North Richland Hills, Trophy Club, Roanoke, and Hurst.
Hours: Mon 11 AM–8 PM · Tue–Fri 6 AM–8 PM · Sat 9 AM–1 PM · Sun Closed
Gracie Barra is one of the most trusted names in martial arts - and Gracie Barra Southlake brings that legacy home to our community.
Certified, background-checked Gracie Barra black belts.
Carioca born and raised, Matheus has been a black belt since 2015 - but the title only tells half the story. Hundreds of tournaments, IBJJF Master gold, podiums on the world's biggest stages. He walked away from an engineering degree because the mat is where he actually comes alive. He won his first tournament at thirteen, a white belt, and never stopped. Most recently: double gold at the 2026 Dallas Summer Open IBJJF — Black Master 1 Heavy in Gi and Black Master 1 Heavy in No-Gi. IBJJF No-Gi World Champion at medium-heavy in 2023, silver in the absolute. Double gold, weight and absolute, at the 2025 Denver Open. Master heavyweight gold at the Rio Summer International Open. He still competes.
Professor Gabriela is an athlete through and through - a black belt who still trains like she's chasing the next level. Roll with her and you'll feel it: relentless pace, sharp timing, and a game built on precision instead of strength. She's a mainstay of our women's group, where her presence on the mats has helped build a real community around training hard and having fun doing it. And if you catch her Instagram videos, get ready to take notes - there's always something new to pick up. Relentless, technical, and impossible to ignore. Gabriela raises the level of every room she trains in.
The Gracie Barra brand has grown into one of the largest and most respected Jiu-Jitsu organizations in the world, with over 1,000 schools across six continents. Every Gracie Barra school follows the same structured curriculum designed for safe, effective learning - and shares the same values: Integrity, Development, and Brotherhood.
Here in Southlake, we've built a close-knit family of more than 300 students - from babies 6 months old in our Baby Champions program to seasoned competitors. We're proud to be the most-reviewed BJJ academy in the area, with 178 five-star reviews and counting.
The Gracie Barra Method is the set of teaching techniques, tools, and standards developed by Master Carlos Gracie Jr. - seven essential building blocks that empower GB instructors worldwide to teach Jiu-Jitsu for Everyone, while keeping the legacy alive.
All seven blocks rest on one foundation: safety. Risk management is a constant variable in every single class at Gracie Barra.
"The student of one of us is a student of all of us - and together, we are all students of Master Carlos Gracie Jr."
The 7 building blocks of the Gracie Barra Method
We do right by our students and our community, in class and out. Background-checked, certified instructors, every class.
The structured Gracie Barra curriculum helps every student grow - building skill, confidence, and character one class at a time.
From your first class, you're part of a family. Our members become friends, and our families become each other's people.
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Our art has been passed down, hand to hand, for over a century. This is the lineage behind every class we teach.
Gracie Barra Southlake is part of a global family of 1,000+ schools, powered by a network of purpose-driven organizations.
Your first class is free - no pressure, no commitment.
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