10th Planet Springfield

Tenth Planet Jiu Jitsu was created by Eddie Bravo under the tutelage of Jean Jacques Machado. It is a unique style of No-Gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu which was made to work both inside the cage and on the sporting mats. The internationality behind the creation was to have an unorthodox style which could keep an opponent under constant control and in the threat of danger. The Tenth Planet system was put to the test in Abu Dhabi 2003, and it succeeded masterfully by facilitating Eddie Bravo’s victory over long time reigning champion Royler Gracie. Immediately following that victory, Eddie opened his own school to further the system.

What separates Tenth Planet Jiu Jitsu from other styles is its innovation and evolution. Some of the moves, like the Rubber Guard, the Twister, and the Lock-Down have taken the Jiu Jitsu community by storm because of their originality and effectiveness. The moves mentioned here are so different that opponents do not know how to react to them and they leave the practitioner in a unique position to execute with little to no defense from their opponent. Moreover, the beauty of the system does not stop there: Eddie Bravo and his students are constantly inventing new moves and counters to old moves in order to keep the style relevant and functioning. So, where other systems cease to grow, Tenth Planet finds itself in a situation where its entire focus is to continue its own growth.

Today, the Tenth Planet Jiu Jitsu headquarters is housed inside of the Legends Gym in Hollywood. The chief instructor is Eddie Bravo. And now there are serveral affiliate gym across the United States, and San Francisco is one of them. Denny Prokopos is regarded as one of Eddie Bravo’s top students. Denny has contributed to the evolutionary process of Tenth Planet Jiu Jitsu by being Eddie Bravo’s first Jiu Jitsu world champion and has added his own mix of techniques to the Tenth Planet system.