East Coast Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was born when Fran Kora returned home to Whakatane, having trained for a few months at Wellington’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu School, GSW.

Fran showed Brad some of the sweet moves that GSW coach Geoff Grant had been teaching him and from that moment Brad was a BJJ devote. Fran and Brad were joined by Stu and the 3 Kora brothers along with friend Nassah Steed started sharing their passion for BJJ with their friends. Nassah and Brad came up with the idea of taking this to a larger scale. From those humble beginnings ECBJJ was formed and has since gone on to produce some of the regions top BJJ & MMA competitors.

The ECBJJ boys have won many major competition trophies and medals as well as having great success in the MMA ring.

Brads no nonsense approach to hard and real training means classes are always energetic and rewarding. It also means, as well as learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Skills students get a great fitness workout.