Youth Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Renzo Gracie Academy Portland (RGA PDX), 833 N. Shaver St., Portland, OR 97227
About
Youth Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu includes Brazilian jiu jitsu, jiu jitsu, and submission grappling. Classes include self-defense techniques, kids randori, and skill building drills to develop body awareness, strength, agility, and flexibility. All techniques are taught with a safety first mentality, and the material taught to students is never watered down.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
• Schedule: Classes 7 days a week
The Renzo Gracie Youth Program is designed to provide a safe environment for children to learn how to defend themselves while having fun. The program helps to develop confidence, self-respect, and responsibility, and focuses on the concepts of mutual welfare and respect. Youth Jiu Jitsu is described as practical self defense, sportsmanship, and fun, and as part fun, part discipline; part games, part serious training. The kids program focuses heavily on skill building drills to develop body awareness, strength, agility, and flexibility, and all techniques are taught with a safety first mentality which allows students to develop the confidence to apply the techniques on resisting partners without sacrificing effectiveness.
Kids classes are taught by seasoned instructors with years of experience working with children. The head instructor, Aaron Milam, has devoted his life to the study of martial arts and is a black belt under Rey Diogo and John Danaher. Aaron opened RGA PDX in 2013. There is also a dedicated strength and conditioning facility available. Renzo Gracie Portland sets the standard for martial arts instruction in Portland, and the kids program is described as without peer in Portland. A free trial class is offered to all prospective students, and a gym parent notes that their kids have been training there for 4 years.
Last updated July 13, 2026.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
• Schedule: Classes 7 days a week
The Renzo Gracie Youth Program is designed to provide a safe environment for children to learn how to defend themselves while having fun. The program helps to develop confidence, self-respect, and responsibility, and focuses on the concepts of mutual welfare and respect. Youth Jiu Jitsu is described as practical self defense, sportsmanship, and fun, and as part fun, part discipline; part games, part serious training. The kids program focuses heavily on skill building drills to develop body awareness, strength, agility, and flexibility, and all techniques are taught with a safety first mentality which allows students to develop the confidence to apply the techniques on resisting partners without sacrificing effectiveness.
Kids classes are taught by seasoned instructors with years of experience working with children. The head instructor, Aaron Milam, has devoted his life to the study of martial arts and is a black belt under Rey Diogo and John Danaher. Aaron opened RGA PDX in 2013. There is also a dedicated strength and conditioning facility available. Renzo Gracie Portland sets the standard for martial arts instruction in Portland, and the kids program is described as without peer in Portland. A free trial class is offered to all prospective students, and a gym parent notes that their kids have been training there for 4 years.
Last updated July 13, 2026.
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