13 YEARS OF JIU JITSU TRAINING AND 10 YEARS OF COACHING EXPERIENCE, SET THE STAGE FOR THIS PREMIERE NO-GI JIU JITSU ACADEMY IN LOS ANGELES, CA. COACH LOBES HAS AN IMMENSE PASSION FOR THE ART OF JIU JITSU AND MARTIAL ARTS. FOR MANY YEARS, MMA WAS HIS FIRST LOVE.

AFTER COACHING AT A LOCAL VALLEY ACADEMY FOR MANY YEARS, COACH LOBES MADE PLANS TO OPEN UP HIS OWN 10TH PLANET LOCATION NEAR WOODLAND HILLS, CA. PLANS FELL THROUGH AND A BIG MOVE WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS, AND SO HE TOOK OFF FOR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. WITH NEW PLANS OF BUILDING A BRAND NEW 10TH PLANET SEATTLE AND TRAINING WITH ONE OF THE BEST BLACK BELTS IN THE WORLD, UPON ARRIVAL THE PANDEMIC HAD OTHER PLANS.

THOUGH THE ORIGINAL PLANS OF TEACHING AND BUILDING THE BIGGEST GYM IN WASHINGTON STATE DIMINISHED, COACH LOBES CONTINUED TO TRAIN IN SEATTLE AND AWAITED FOR THE WORLD TO RETURN TO NORMALCY. AFTER A YEAR AWAY, HE RETURNED HOME WHERE AN OLD STUDENT REACHED OUT AND WANTED COACHING FOR AN UPCOMING TOURNAMENT.

ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING BEGAN WEEKLY IN A 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT AND THEN GREW TO A GARAGE WITH NO ROOM TO BREATHE. MORE AND MORE OF HIS OLD STUDENTS TOOK NOTICE AND WANTED TO KNOW HOW THEY COULD JOIN. LESS THAN 3 MONTHS BACK FROM WASHINGTON STATE, NEW GROUND JIU JIUTSU WAS BORN AND ITS DOORS OPENED ON JULY 1ST 2021. NEW GROUND JIU JITSU HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS FROM THE MOMENT IT WAS ESTABLISHED. THERE IS NO GREATER FEELING THAN KNOWING NEW GROUND IS PART OF JIU JITSU’S BIGGEST INSURGENCE IN THE PROFESSIONAL GRAPPLING WORLD.