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Instructors

World Class Tuition

Gracie Barra Glasgow instructors are fully certified both male and female. Giving you the very best instruction for all levels including adults & kids. We take pride in giving you our very best to teach Jiu jitsu for everyone safely and efficiently to give you the best training experience possible.

Ricky Gillon

Gracie Barra Glasgow Scotland Head Instructor and official coach, with ICP certification and 2nd degree Black belt professor
Glasgow

Fully certified Gracie Barra Instructor with 35 years coaching experience is one of Scotland’s leading sports coaches and martial arts instructors, He has taken hundreds of people from little or no fitness to athlete standard. Rick practices what he preaches, and at 55, he is fitter and stronger than most men half his age. His genuine real passion is for helping people learn Brazilian jitsu.

  • Program Director
  • Top personal trainer
  • Qualified kettlebell teacher
  • Kids Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach
  • 3 x black belt in various martial arts

Iain Macaulay

Black belt professor
Glasgow

Iain has been training for over 10 years, he is also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu official referee.

Iain is a certified instructor

Kellyanne Gillon

Purple belt
Glasgow

Kellyanne has been training in martial arts since she was five years old, now at 28 a personal fitness and martial arts coach and kids coach. Kelly is dedicated to helping anyone who wants to get fitter and in shape quickly as well as improving their self defence skills.

Kellyanne is a Black belt 1st degree in Japanese jiu jitsu and currently a purple belt lt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Key areas:

  • Kickboxing
  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Kids classes

Kimberley Gillon

Black belt professor
Glasgow

Kimberley is a black belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and a personal trainer at Gracie Barra. She is an expert in teaching BJJ, and she also runs our popular women classes.

Key areas:

  • Barra Fit
  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Women’s instructor




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IT IS NOT WHERE YOU ARE NOW THAT MATTERS,
IT IS WHERE YOU WILL GO THAT MATTERS! 

We Are Gracie Barra

At Gracie Barra Glasgow, you are a part of an extended family. You will join a team that will support you in your quest for self-improvement and the development of knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of life like a black belt.

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Why Gracie Barra

At Gracie Barra Glasgow we are part of the Gracie Barra family, and follow the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) instructions of the head of Gracie Barra, Master Carlos Gracie Jnr, son of Master Carlos Gracie, the first person in the now famous Gracie family to study the art of Jiu-Jitsu. This means you can be sure that you will be learning authentic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Professor Salvatore Pace, a 3rd degree Gracie Barra Black Belt.

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Jiu jitsu ‘For Everyone’

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