Guardian Project

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Guardian Project Guardian is a 501(c)3 non-profit offering FREE youth Jiu Jitsu scholarships around the world.

Guardian Project is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing free youth Jiu Jitsu scholarships for underprivileged youth across the globe. Through our partnership model with existing reputable academies, we are able to streamline donations past overhead costs of running an academy and directly support our youth. It’s crucial for low-income kids & teens to have equal access to after-school programs, and martial arts is our vehicle for driving the next generation upwards. Students who receive a guardian BJJ scholarship are indistinguishable from their paying friends and receive the same youth membership as everyone else. In addition to learning self-defense, guardian students are instantly connected with positive adult role models & a supportive peer group.

10/18/2026

While we’ve started introducing educational opportunities at some of our international academies, jiu-jitsu remains at the heart of what we do. It’s what brings the kids through the door in the first place.

For us, it’s never really been about winning titles. It’s about having a place to belong, learning something difficult, and experiencing the confidence that comes from getting a little better at something every day.

10/17/2026

Some of the best moments in jiu jitsu happen off the mats.

10/13/2026

Thank you to everyone who has helped make Guardian Ethiopia possible and create a place where young people living on the streets are welcomed, supported, and reminded that they belong.

10/12/2026

At Guardian Ethiopia , some of our kids are struggling with addiction to drugs, ci******es, and alcohol.

These kids are growing up homeless, using whatever means they have to cope with circumstances no child should face.

When they show up to the gym intoxicated, we don’t turn them away. We give them a safe place to sit and watch class. We want them to know they still belong.

With the help of our friend Coach Mike 🧙‍♂️ , we’ve been finding ways to support their recovery, and some have already made incredible progress.

Thank you to everyone helping us give these kids a better future.

10/10/2026

Testing viral moves after class. Dayra improvised the ending..

10/10/2026
10/06/2026

“Teaching through example is the only way to teach.”

Rayron Gracie

📍 GUARDIAN PERU JIU JITSU PROJECT

The circumstances you’re born into shouldn’t determine how far you can go.
10/05/2026

The circumstances you’re born into shouldn’t determine how far you can go.

Welcome Guardian China 🇨🇳This week we opened our first class in Fuyang, outside of Shanghai.This entire group has been f...
10/04/2026

Welcome Guardian China 🇨🇳

This week we opened our first class in Fuyang, outside of Shanghai.

This entire group has been fully sponsored, giving each of these kids the chance to step onto the mats, learn jiu jitsu, and become part of a community that is now theirs too. More kids will be joining after the National Holiday.

A new country. A new group of kids welcomed into the sport.

10/01/2026

Rayron Gracie explains to our kids at GUARDIAN PERU JIU JITSU PROJECT that if they learn jiu jitsu and English, they can live anywhere in the world and make a living teaching.

Beyond what jiu jitsu gives them now, they are learning a skill they can use to support themselves and their families and pass forward to the next generation of kids who were like them.

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3007 Sacramento Street
Oakland, CA
94702

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