About Fight For Us Jiu Jitsu

Since we opened, we have been dedicated to changing lives one person at a time, through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, education and coaching. We believe Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can be for everyone, regardless of age, gender or experience level, and the room is built to make that true rather than just say it.

We are in the Rio Vista Shopping Center at 7135 W Ann Road, in northwest Las Vegas. Members come from Centennial Hills, Skye Canyon, Providence, Elkhorn, Lone Mountain, Tule Springs, Aliante, North Las Vegas and Summerlin.

Greg Kalteich, Owner and Head Instructor

Greg is a 3rd degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Robert Drysdale, and he teaches the classes himself. That is worth checking at any academy you are considering, because there is a real difference between a black belt whose name is on the door and a black belt who is actually on the mat on the nights you would be attending. Students describe him as welcoming, technical and knowledgeable, which is roughly the order those things matter in for a beginner.

The lineage

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu takes lineage seriously because it is a traceable record: every black belt can name who promoted them, and who promoted that person, back toward the beginning of the art. This is the recognised lineage record behind our instruction. It traces the teaching succession of the art rather than documenting each individual promotion, and the earliest links pre-date the belt system entirely.

1. Mitsuyo Maeda Japanese judoka who brought the art to Brazil
2. Carlos Gracie Founder of the Gracie school of Jiu Jitsu
3. Helio Gracie Co-creator of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
4. RG Rolls Gracie The bridge between traditional and modern Jiu Jitsu
5. RC Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti Founder of Alliance Jiu Jitsu
6. Leonardo "Leo" Vieira Multiple time world champion, co-founder of Checkmat
7. Robert Drysdale ADCC and world champion, head of Team Zenith
8. Greg Kalteich 3rd degree black belt, owner and head instructor here

Portraits: Mitsuyo Maeda, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Carlos Gracie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Helio Gracie, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Leonardo "Leo" Vieira by Tbb 911, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Robert Drysdale by Ozonexp3, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Rolls Gracie and Romero Cavalcanti are shown as initials because no freely licensed photograph of either was available.

Greg Kalteich is a 3rd degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Robert Drysdale. Robert Drysdale's own academy lists him as a black belt under Leo Vieira, which is where this chain joins the Gracie line.

Team Zenith

We are a Team Zenith affiliate. That matters practically rather than ceremonially: the curriculum, the belt standards and the competition path connect to an established Brazilian Jiu Jitsu organization rather than a system invented locally. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu takes lineage seriously because it is a verifiable chain, and ours runs through Robert Drysdale.

What the room is actually like

• Family oriented on purpose. Parents train on the same mats their kids train on.
• Beginners are the point, not an inconvenience. Most people walk in with no martial arts background at all.
• Mixed levels in the adult class, because the experienced belt is the person who keeps a new person safe.
• Etiquette first: respect your instructor and your training partners, and check your ego at the door.
• A competition path if you want one, and none of the pressure if you do not.

Come see for yourself

You cannot judge a gym from a website, including this one. That is why we give people two free classes rather than a single one: one class is sensory overload and tells you very little. Come twice, watch how beginners are treated, and decide after. If another academy is a better fit for your family, take it. You should be training somewhere.

Not sure what to look for? Read our guide on how to choose a BJJ gym in Las Vegas, including the questions we would want you asking us.