Southside Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

Southside Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy operates at 2303 Kennedy St NE in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Led by founder and head instructor Enrique Muniz alongside academy leadership under Adrian Ricci, the training school provides Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instruction, self-defense systems, and ground combat education for practitioners across Minneapolis and surrounding communities. Instruction at the academy focuses on positional control, defensive frames, guard passes, joint locks, and submission escapes. The academy maintains a strict student code of conduct designed to preserve a safe, respectful, and high-level training environment. Instructors guide students through progressive technical demonstrations, controlled partner drilling, and supervised live rolling rounds. The academy provides class options accommodating practitioners across varied experience levels and age brackets. Adult classes run from beginner to competitive levels, alongside open mat practice sessions. Students develop mental discipline, physical resilience, and practical grappling capability while training within an orderly and supportive team community.