The Rio Grappling Club is a martial arts team with clubs in Europe, North America, South Africa and Brasil.

Our club started in 2003 inside SOAS University of London, founded by the BJJ black belt Roberto Atalla. Soon BJJ black belt Mauro Chueng, living in Portugal, joined the team and the RGC started to develop as a network. 8years later, our group has expanded and improved, with schools in 3 continents.

Our mission is to provide friendly places worldwide where one can train and learn Grappling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo, and help our students improve beyond the scope of martial arts, developing skills that can be used on their lives.

Our goals are to focus on the technical and competitive aspects of the sports we teach, grow our network without compromising our pursuit for excellence, and become one of the best teams in the world of grappling martial arts.

Roberto Atalla, 3rd degree black belt in BJJ and active in the sport for more than 20 years, has travelled extensively to propagate BJJ and Grappling since 2003, teaching people in many places across South Africa, Europe, Brasil, Canada, USA and the Middle East. His technical skills, relaxed attitude and ability to speak fluent english, spanish and italian languages allow him to communicate effectively with students and pass his knowledge and insights to them with a great success rate, something not common among brazilian black belts.