Here is a little bit of Grand Master Mansor’s story: Franciso Mansor was born in 1940 in the Minas Gerais state in Brazil. In his teens Francisco Mansor moved to Rio de Janeiro, chasing one of his younger dreams, become an air force cadet. Mansor was 15 years old and already a martial arts student in…

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Happy Tuesday! We have a few announcements for you guys this week. Please read all the way to the end and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We will be back to our regular schedule on Monday July 5th We have been having some issues with our downstairs…

Prof. Marcio Santos, owner and head instructor at Carlos Machado Jiu Jitsu Lake Highlands received his 6th Degree Black Belt on April 10th 2021 from Master Carlos Machado during his affiliate training weekend in front of hundreds of Master Machado students and many of Master Machado’s Black Belts. This is no small achievement! Prof. Santos…

Many parents in our Lake Highlands community decided that Home School this year was the way to go, we would like to provide a safe, fun way to keep your kids active, and give them the opportunity to have some person-to-person interaction in a controlled scheduled activity. We already have classes Monday through Thursday starting at 4:30pm…

Our Machado Family! Proud to see us all come together to cheer on our team mates as they compete!

Hygiene is very important in our school! Most of you already know what this is about, but there are many new members of our family, so here is a friendly reminder of rules you MUST follow; trust us, everyone around you will appreciate it. WASH YOUR GI YES… Every time… there is nothing wrong with…

Fighting Chance Perched behind his desk at Lake Highlands’ RCJ Machado Jiu-Jitsu studio, wire-rimmed glasses on his nose, piles of paperwork at his fingertips and a rescued Chihuahua mix named Rocky at his feet — Marcio Santos has come a long way since his days as a rebellious teenager picking fights on the streets of…

New student of BJJ? One of the first questions we get asked is how do you tie a belt? We love helping out our new students and showing them how to tie a belt is one of the first things we teach them. However it can take some practice. So our Professor Santos is here…