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Rei was born in Venezuela and grew up practicing Shotokan Karate and Tai Chi Chuan, which greatly improved early health issues. He moved to the US in 2001 and joined the United States Army as an Infantryman, deploying multiple times to the Middle East. During this time, he was introduced to the Army Combatives Program and fell in love with grappling.
Upon returning to the United States, he sought to become an expert in this program, eventually becoming a full time Tactical Combatives Instructor at JBLM Washington, as well as receiving extensive training in SOCP, The Special Operations Combatives Program. In 2013, he began studying Jiu Jitsu under Professor Jason Palacios (Royce Gracie black belt).
Due to the dynamic nature of military life, Rei moved to Texas in 2015, where he continued to train and compete extensively, eventually earning his jiu jitsu black belt in 2020 from Professor John Ramseier (John’s Gym/LEAD BJJ). Aside from teaching Jiu Jitsu and Army Combatives, Rei is an instructor for the elite self defense company Sheepdog Response and teaches both hand to hand combat and firearms all over the country.
In February 2024, and after 20 years of honorable service, Rei chose to retire from the US ARMY in order to focus more on family and teaching. In 2025, after years of dedicating himself to no gi jiu jitsu, Rei received his 10th Planet Black Belt under Curtis Hembroff of 10th Planet Austin.
Competition experience includes: IBJJF, NAGA, FIGHT2WIN, Elevate Submission Series, KIRIN, GARCIA PROMOTIONS, and other nationally recognized organizations.
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10th Planet Jiu Jitsu is a system of no gi jiu jitsu and an affiliation of no gi jiu jitsu schools developed by Master Eddie Bravo and founded in Los Angeles in 2003. With over 200 affiliated schools worldwide, the 10th Planet community is a strong, collaborative network of no gi practitioners who have developed some of the most creative pathways to grappling control and submission ever.
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Tyler started training jiu jitsu in 2020 at Gracie Bradenton in FL. Spending his first several years of training while living on the road, he had the opportunity to learn from generous, brilliant jiu jitsu experts, particularly training with a number of 10th Planet Black Belts all over the country. He’s passionate about teaching highly detailed and technical jiu jitsu to kids and beginners and sharing with others the life-changing effects of learning to fight.
Andrea started training jiu jitsu in 2021 at Gracie Bradenton in Florida. She spent her first year and a half training jiu jitsu at several 10th Planet gyms while traveling full-time in an RV. With a background in filmmaking and an interest in women’s jiu jitsu, Andrea created the documentary American Jiujiteira which follows her own first steps in jiu jitsu as well as the stories of remarkable jiujiteiras across the country. Andrea now coaches the women’s classes at 10th Planet Airlock.
Alex started training in 2009, focusing solely on jiu jitsu in 2017. He’s a Black Belt who knows both ‘how to win and how to take a loss.’ Alex has competed at Sub Hunters, Fight 2 Win, and Who’s Number One. Oh, and he likes to party.
Fighting should be fun.
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