What is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

Andrew Stevens began his Jiu jitsu journey at the age of eight in 1993 along with Capoeira training during a short-term school study in Brazil. He spent 2 years under Grandmaster Marco Ruas (Ruas Vale tudo) before returning to the USA.

In 1995 he was back on the years’ long journey and did quite sometimes training with Grandmaster Rickson Gracie as a part-time student and then took some years absent untill he continued his training again in Sydney Australia while in high school with various masters
(Paulo Guimaraes Root Jiu jitsu, Larry Papadopoulos “Pancrase” MMA & Anthony Lange) untill early 2003 after high school graduated

Returning to Indonesia same year, Andrew did learn from various Bjj instructors and spent one and half year with Tigershark mma head coach Zuli Silawanto
Then finally decided to focus to learn and seeking mentorship under Smash Jiu jitsu Indonesia
Head coach Mr Martin Hartono and officially starting coaching in 2021 until present day.